It is not easy to stay focused at work. There are deadlines, sudden phone calls, meetings with bosses, reporting meetings, and various thoughts about family and friends keep swirling around inside. So staying focused is not easy, it has to be made a habit.
I usually start my day with a small plan the night before and decide which are the most important tasks for tomorrow. Trying to keep everything together can be overwhelming, so prioritizing is the first step, which helps organize my day a lot. Although a large part of my work is field-based. Most of the time I have to be on field visits or go from one place to another in a car. I don't waste these times. While sitting in the car, I think about the next work plan, where to go, how to talk, what solution to a problem can be, how to prepare a report in a certain place. These thoughts often make work easier.
However, field work is not always stress-free. Sometimes problems come suddenly, sometimes decisions have to be made very quickly. At such times, when my mind gets a little restless, my only hope is music. I almost always have headphones hanging around my neck because it is not always easy to take out my phone while in the car or while I am on the phone and I do not like this task very much. I have selected some specific songs that make my head feel very light when I listen to them. It feels like the pressure inside is gradually decreasing. Music is not just entertainment for me but a way to focus.
And when I am in the office, I never work continuously, such as working with concentration for 40 minutes and then taking a 5-10 minute break. These small breaks refresh my mind, such as taking a short walk, drinking water, these are very simple but effective things.
But at the end of the day, the work is my responsibility, my own improvement, my future dreams, and when I think about these things, I get a new interest in work. Focus does not mean always being perfect. Rather, understanding the nature of your work and creating some habits that bring your mind back to the right path again and again. Field work, car journeys, songs, small plans, all this is how I try to maintain my focus.
