It's a curious question - personally I have a really difficult time focusing on one conversation or activity for longer than like a half hour. I have to consistently move between different things if I want to remain in a normal state of mind instead of feeling like the walking (or sitting) dead. That's the other thing, I have to move around a lot.

So that's my question - how long can you focus? And how?

It really all depends on the topic/subject/activity at hand! If I really am into something (basketball, coaching, running, teaching, poker) I can do it for hours on end. IF its something I hat (mowing the lawn, cleaning dog poo, listening to chamber music) then my attention span is that of a gnat!

Well, music - listening to and making, etc. - is the one exception. I can focus on music for long periods of time. But only at night.

2 minutes

bucketofbouncyballs said:

Bucket, don't leave MySpace.

2the9s said:

LOL

I'm awful.

I'm getting better now that I'm meditating again, but normally not very well.

bucketofbouncyballs said:

Okay go then!!

2the9s said:

You are such a pussy when it comes to pretty girls who could be your grand daughters.

2the9s said:

LOL i probably wont delete. If i get new pics and i feel better

I don't ususally GET more than 5 minutes in one hit to even try that

but having said that, a few weeks ago I concentrated on one single task for 2 hours without a break! I love it when I get a little system happening

bucketofbouncyballs said:

If I promise to remove Dan from my top 24 will you stay?

Protege said:

Usually I can last quite a while before I start to lose I had Doritos for lunch today, but they weren't salsa flavored.

2the9s said:

yesssss

bucketofbouncyballs said:

Hello 'balls.

JDINTERACTIVE said:

alohaaaaa

For about.....what are we talking about?

For about six to seven minutes. I lack all basic skills needed for properly focusing on something. At the moment, I'm browsing three different pages. And thinking about my personal life and music while reading quite demanding philosophical texts.

When I listen to music I can focus for hours, everything else not so much.

Actually, I'm pretty good atHOLEE SHIT! Lookit that! Someone left a half eaten cabbage!
I bet it's still pretty good if you peel off the outer layers.

it's more of a task for me to prepare to focus on something than it is for me to actually focus on it. i can write for hours but it takes me forever to sit my ass down in a chair and focus on my writing. likewise, i can go into a whole other world working on compilation CDs for friends and spend all day working on it, but it takes days for me to force myself to focus on it.

of course, put a dman PS2 joystick in my hand and i'll focus all weekend if you let me.

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whut?

Whenever I draw, paint, play my keyboard, work with ceramics (basicially anything artistic) I can focus for a few hours. Time flies when you're doing things like that.

I have to force myself to study and usually I always wait until the last minute to study for tests,so I end up having to study for hours as opposed to a few minutes a day.

depends on what it is

hours & hours... sometimes I avoid doing certain things b/c I know I'll be so damn focused that I'll blow everything else off When I'm really interested in something I get tunnel vision like a mf...

CalhounSq said:

I get like that when solving a problem
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