The Sweet Spot

Isn’t it an exhilarating feeling when you are able to blur the world around you and calibrate your brain to get lost in the work you’re doing? Whether you call it concentration, focus, escapism, flow, meditation or even work-induced trance, you have to admit that it’s a sweet spot.

If you are having trouble finding a focus, or if it seems hard to focus your energy with any intensity, here is a simple exercise that I found at Moksha Mantra.

A simple concentration exercise

You can practice the following concentration exercise to hone your focusing skills.

Sit in a quiet room or a quiet place and make sure you will not be interrupted. Focus on any object or image. It could be a painting or a photo or even a candle. But, ensure that the object you focus on is not repulsive. Expect that your mind will mind wander. This is fine. Whenever you get distracted, gently bring your focus back on the object. If you find yourself becoming tense, simply relax and breathe. And gently bring your focus back on the object. Practice this exercise for at least 15 minutes a day.

Note:

This could be tweaked a bit for the project by using an image or collection of images that symbolize or identify those circumstances, situations, and things you’d like to bring more of into your life.