Impossible to Focus on Something - /adv/ (#33247246) [Archived: 1528 hours ago]

Anonymous
6/20/2025, 6:54:46 AM No.33247246
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Why do I find it so difficult to focus on something.
I don't mean like ADHD. It's more about making changes in life.
Any good idea I have, positive change I want to make, something I take an interest in, it might stick in my mind for a few days at best, before I lose sight of it.

For instance, trying to stick to a routine so that I can practice certain good habits I would like to have. You would think that is very straightforward. You know what you want/need to do, have a checklist and everything. All you need to do is remember to do it. And I don't. Most of the time that's not out of laziness or procrastination, but it simply leaves my mind and I forget about it.

Another example, there are a few hobbies and interests that I have been saying for years I would like to do some day. Sometimes I feel more motivated to do that, but I won't start because it always feels like I need to get myself organised first. Then I forget about it again. And it pretty much completely leaves my mind until something reminds me of it, and I'm like "oh yeah I wanted to try doing that".

It's really frustrating. I feel stuck and I feel like there's no way forward. Nothing I seem to try and do sticks.

Does anyone else experience this kind of thing? Did anyone manage to overcome it?
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Anonymous
6/20/2025, 6:56:32 AM No.33247256
>>33247246 (OP)
Sometimes memory is like that.
Write it down.
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Anonymous
6/20/2025, 7:01:50 AM No.33247286
>>33247256
I write heaps of stuff down but I never take a second look at it
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Anonymous
6/20/2025, 7:08:56 AM No.33247320
>>33247286
>>33247256
Well that's not entirely true.
I mean I have a habit checklist and I try to at least fill that in. But I usually end up forgetting about it sooner or later and fall out of the habit (and don't end up doing half the stuff on it anyway)
Anonymous
6/20/2025, 8:50:28 AM No.33247712
How tf do yall organize writing shit down