managing attention

Tips, tricks and observations about living an ordered life, despite being arguably crazy. If you have issues with focus and attention, these posts might be helpful. Or at least entertaining.

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  Steamboats, Who Gets There First & Who Gets the Credit

  Posted on May 16, 2012 by Kat French in managing attention, real life

  I was doing some research for a content strategy project this week for the Belle of Louisville. Since I’ve become obsessed with steampunk stuff, working on a project that features the oldest still-operating steam-powered riverboat is PRETTY DARN COOL. But I digress. In doing the research, I read something really sad. Robert Fulton is widely [...]

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  The Enneagram @ an Ad Agency or Web Dev

  Posted on May 8, 2012 by Kat French in managing attention, relationships

  Why is it that the tics of personality that others share with you irritate you so much more than the ones they have that you don’t? My workplace and personal relationships are a mixed bag of enneagram and Myers Briggs types. Whenever I get completely exasperated with someone, it’s almost always a Four or INFP [...]

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  It’s Entirely Possible I’m Getting Dumber

  Posted on April 25, 2012 by Kat French in managing attention, real life

  Have you ever read old entries from a paper journal or blog? Gone back and read posts you put on a message board? Only to discover to your dismay that the you that you were then seems a lot smarter than the you that you are now? That’s kind of depressing, isn’t it? I mean, [...]

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  Bring on Monday. Please?

  Posted on April 23, 2012 by Kat French in managing attention, real life, relationships

  So, last Friday, started out with my card being declined when I tried to pick up coffee on my way into work. I gratefully accepted the sympathy latte from the kind folks at Bean Street. (Do me a favor? If you’re in the vicinity of Highlander Point in Floyds Knobs, stop by and send some [...]

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  Torn Between Passion and Peace

  Posted on April 5, 2012 by Kat French in managing attention, relationships

  I know. That headline. It sounds like I swiped it from the blurb on the back of a romance novel, doesn’t it? Actually, romance novels are a good place to start with this post.  I used to read them years ago. There’s some interesting psychology at play in the writing of a romance novel. Women [...]

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  Out of the labyrinth, back into the world

  Posted on April 2, 2012 by Kat French in managing attention, real life

  When I was on vacation, we went to the Desert Museum. When I think of a museum, I usually think cold marble halls. This museum was really more of a zoo and park, with an artificial cave and hiking trails.  There were a number of gardens within the museum, including a labyrinth. While everyone was [...]

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