The Best Time on a Blog You'll Spend Today - Jeremy Floyd

The Best Time on a Blog You’ll Spend Today

Posted by Jeremy Floyd on May 21, 2012 in Thinking | 5 comments

I’m going to make this short and sweet.

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When you click on the link below, don’t do anything until the timer runs out. Close your eyes; face the wall; meditate; pray; but most importantly be intentional about being undistracted for the allotted time.

HERE’S THE LINK.

If you don’t mind, take a moment to capture your thoughts in the comments.

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http://www.jeremyfloyd.com Jeremy Floyd

They say in marketing that we see 3,000 advertisements per day. On the way to work this morning, it occurred to me that the number is only scratching the surface of distractions that I encounter. From tweets to emails to Facebook to texts to phone calls to conversations, my day seems like a constant longing for stimulus and distraction.

I wondered what would happen if we stopped in the middle of the wall-to-wall interruption for a minute, or three. What would we hear? What do we think about?

For me, the three minutes is very difficult. My brain craves distraction and stimulation. When I actually press the pause button, it feels uncomfortable.

I’m just curious what your silence sounds like?
http://www.catheycommunications.com/blog Robert.R.Cathey

Prevailing thought for three minutes: a bad one-hit wonder band from the early 80s called April Wine. Your thoughts on the cosmic import of this revelation are welcome.
http://www.jeremyfloyd.com Jeremy Floyd

Hmmm, now I have a visual of your long flowing locks rocking to the hair band ballad. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iafnAiYDpXM&feature=related
Rob Howard

Wow! I appreciate the stilling of my mind for a minute, though around 1:15 remaining I think I dozed off – at least nearly. I studied white space above the numbers and wondered whether there would be a ding at the end. Then realized that I had the sound turned off my computer, so it didn’t matter if there was a ding. I also thought about Ted Fisher for a second. Usually because when I think of you I think of Ted Fisher. Off, perhaps.
Andy

Something I’ve been telling myself I need to do for weeks now: pray without distraction. 3 minutes doesn’t do justice here but it is still 3 MINUTES vs 0.

I spent the quasi silence praying to God about family and friends and loving them well. More of Him and less of me.

Periodically my focus would return to the timer: is the dinger about to ding? Its next to impossible not to think about the timer….mmm.

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