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focus: the ability to control our attention

Figure 1: Most of my time my focus is blurred and difficult to manage. Is it normal? I can only tell for myself. Made by Sue5Ft1

Figure 1: Most of my time my focus is blurred and difficult to manage. Is it normal? I can only tell for myself. Made by Sue5Ft1

focus can be defined as the ability to carefully pay attention to something such as a task or a person.

it requires a lot of concentration.

in the world of sport psycology, focus is a critical skill that must be mastered by all athletes that desire to exceed in their role. for my particular scenario at running, there are some key moments that i really need to focus on the task at hand:

  1. races
  2. the long run
  3. regular workouts such as sprints

it is very important to keep myself concentrated and present in the moment when i am realizing these activities. therefore, i do not listen to music, podcasts, etc. i try to minimize all distractions that i can control to build this cleaner environment to be able to focus on the signals that my body provides me at every step.

on improving my ability to focus

i found funny that by reading this note i came into the conclusion that the words i used to describe focus and its properties reminds me of meditation.

not to my surprise that many resources i have found thus far recommends meditation as a way to improve our ability to control our attention.

luck for me that i have been doing meditation for the last 10 weeks and i definitely see improvements on my daily behavior.

on the matter of sustaining focus

i already noticed that keeping ourselves focused for a brief amount of time is an arduous task. it is difficult to keep concentrated in a task of 1 or 2hrs of duration. however, there are long term objectives that requires daily focus such as keeping myself in the diet plan to reach my desired body composition to perform the way i want in some event or circunstance.

therefore, for these situations it is important to rely on short term goals to keep us in the correct track:

  1. weekly mileage
    • Me at 2024-08-26: i want to eventually reach 80km per week in the future
Figure 2: The training program works in cycles, so now I will reduce the mileage a bit to start over and improve beyond past marks.

Figure 2: The training program works in cycles, so now I will reduce the mileage a bit to start over and improve beyond past marks.

  1. monthly mileage
  2. more consistence with strength training and stretching

i could explore this subject more by researching on the various types of focus that we experience.

short term

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medium term

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long term

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