Folarin Temitope

Today, I’ll share my experience with you.

As y'all know by now I am reading Ultralearning by Scott Young(if you don't know it’s because you've not been following 😏).

Anyway, this morning, when I started reading the book, it was going well but at a point, my mind started going everywhere. It was so difficult to concentrate.

If I read small, my mind will travel somewhere and I’ll have to send a PJ(private jet) to bring it back. I was super slow and meanwhile, I had set a block time to read.

It was so difficult that I wanted to leave the book to do something else and continue later, but I was determined to read till the allocated time was over, no matter how slow I was.

When I finished reading, it occurred to me that I learned something yesterday that helped with make the resolve to not stop before the time(as Ultralearner wey I be😂).

Yesterday, one of the things that stood out to me is the resilience ultralearners have to persist and make sure they go through with what they want to learn even if they are distracted by a problem or something.

I learned that, usually the distractions or disturbing thoughts will last for about 5mins and you'll be able to focus again, and that's exactly what happened.

After resisting the urge to leave the book for a few mins, I was able to concentrate again.

But beyond that, I learned that even when the thoughts and distractions persist, and you don't give in, even if you're slow, you would have built “the muscles” in your mind to be able to work when you don't feel like it, even if it's little.

Because it's not all the time, you'll have the luxury of time to wait till you're in the right state of mind before you do what you have to do.

Build your mind to be able to perform tasks even when the environment or your mood is not consistent!

By the way, it’s my elder sister’s birthday today, maybe that's why I couldn't concentrate, the thought of eating cake was so distracting😂!

Birthday blessings, Big Sis❤️!
God bless you🙏!