One Little Word | FOCUS | January progress

Here’s an update on how I’m doing with my One Little Word this month. As I said in the last post, my OLW is FOCUS. I chose it because I have no focus. Nope, not a bit. Example: I started this post four different times, but got distracted and never finished it. See??

Here’s what I'm doing so far in my journey with FOCUS.

First, I’m wearing my Mudlove band that says “focus.” 

I’ve worn it without taking it off (it’s waterproof) since the 11^th of January, the day it arrived in the mail. I wear it by itself or with other bracelets, from cheap to expensive ones. It goes with everything.

I look at it all the time because it’s there in plain sight. I have it turned to face me to make sure it catches my attention. Although I’m sitting around staring at my FOCUS bracelet, no one else is. To date no one else seems to have noticed it. Or maybe they have and just think I’m weird. 

Secondly, another prompt I bought is the word “focus,” that was handmade from recycled material by Colleen Attaras:

It’s 16 inches in length. Colleen is a mixed-media artist, and she often works with salvaged materials. Isn't it cute?

Even the packaging for my salvaged word was cute. Colleen taped it to cardboard for shipping. Look how she decorated the cardboard:

That’s a handmade bookmark tucked under the “u” of “focus.”

My word is now hanging on a wall by my computer. See:

I could write a lot about the significance of these items to me, but I won’t. (You’re welcome.)

In case you can’t read it, the quote in the upper left corner says, “Creativity is contagious. Pass it on.” It’s from Albert Einstein.

That’s Isaac Hayes in the photo. Perhaps you recognize him by the chains.

How I came to have a photo of him personally autographed to me is a story for another day. He lived in our neighborhood at the time of his untimely passing. Once when walking by our house our Old English sheepdogs barked at him. He said, “Cool dogs.” There’s a little-known Isaac Hayes fact for you.

Thirdly, besides having FOCUS on my arm and on my wall, I have it in my bullet journal. In the last post I showed the pages I made for FOCUS. Here’s how they look taped into my bullet journal:

So, how am I doing with my word? Horrible. Because I want to FOCUS doesn’t mean I have a clue how to go about it. My mind is still all over the place. I continue to start stuff but get distracted before I finish.

However, I am experiencing success in one area, and that’s my daily Bible reading and study. I’ll write about that later. For now I’ll just say I haven’t missed a day since I decided to get serious about the Bible on January the first. Some days I find myself sitting there for two, and occasionally three, hours with my Bible (actually two), my notebook, my iPad, and my fancy pen-holder bag-thing with its ever-growing collection of pens.

I mention my Bible study not to brag, but to say I’m shocked I am focusing on something and doing it intensely and intentionally. Besides learning a lot and spending time with God, I’m feeling there’s hope I’ll be able to focus on other areas.

Thanks for stopping by!