Today, I’m going to start trying a new type of blog post to attract my target audience. I just wanted to give you a heads up 😉
A few months back, my parents wanted to buy me an ergonomic desk chair. My criteria? It couldn’t have rollers on the bottom. My family says my greatest strength is my determination and focus… yet all that disappears in the presence of a rolling chair. All I want to do is spin in it. I can’t think straight!
Which is why I love this particular desk chair. It slides back, but doesn’t roll, leaving me free to concentrate on writing my manuscript.
Please tell me I’m not the only one with these weird quirks or a fragile attention span. What “unique” distractions bother you?
Rayleigh
September 7, 2016 - 2:00 pm ·How funny! I can’t concentrate on my writing UNLESS I have my instrumentals playing..It’s really weird but I have a playlist with over 7 hours of instrumental songs just for writing and I don’t get anything done unless I have them loud enough to cover the outside noise.
Elizabeth Newsom
September 9, 2016 - 2:29 pm ·I’ve heard some people write best with instrumentals or music. I can’t do it! Huh. I guess everyone writes differently. Does it have to be instrumentals instead of songs? Do you ever choose a particular instrumental when writing in a particular mood?
Hannah
September 7, 2016 - 9:11 pm ·I agree on the instrumental music – I write best in perfect silence but perfect silence is hard to come by. The next best thing is drowning out all of the noisy distractions with some mood-setting instrumental music.
I have always loved spinning and rolling in chairs, but it has never been that much of a problem for me. 😉 However, if there is anything written within my field of vision, I must read it – often to the detriment of stuff I should be doing. Even if I have to click over to the Internet or flip to a different word document to read something, it draws me like a fly to a stinky thing.
Brenna
September 9, 2016 - 11:33 am ·YES! Oh, Hannah, I am so glad that I’m not the only person with that problem… I read *everything*. Which is why it is all too easy for me to get sucked into the black hole of the internet. Although I know they’re trying to be helpful, I can’t stand it when writing bloggers place links to other posts within the text of the post I’m reading, because I feel obligated to read the linked posts when I’m done. I will even read the back of a cereal box, a warning label, etc, and cannot rest peacefully until I know what it says… sigh. Anyway, sorry to rant, but I was so surprised and happy to hear that we have the same problem. 🙂
Elizabeth Newsom
September 9, 2016 - 2:33 pm ·LOL! It’s interesting that that seems to be a common problem. But, since both of you are writers, it kind of makes sense. I have to have sticky notes on my desk, my calendar dates and deadlines on my wall, and verses taped places. I don’t want to forget anything. 😉
Elizabeth Newsom
September 9, 2016 - 2:30 pm ·Lol! Well, I’m glad you can tolerate those spinning chairs 🙂 Huh. That’s really interesting. So do you have to have a clear computer background and remove papers and books from your desk?
Hannah
September 7, 2016 - 9:12 pm ·By the way, just out of curiosity, what target audience are you trying to attract?
And did you ever realize that the time on your blog is five hours ahead of the time zone you live in?
Elizabeth Newsom
September 9, 2016 - 2:32 pm ·Girl 16-18. I’m supposed to do more personal posts that incite engagement 🙂 David thinks this one was lame, but I’m sure I’ll get better 😉
Actually… I didn’t. Hmm. I wonder if there’s a way to adjust that on settings.