{"id":5217,"date":"2020-05-15T11:03:48","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T09:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bullesbygundula.com\/?p=5217"},"modified":"2020-05-15T11:04:33","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T09:04:33","slug":"take-your-glasses-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bullesbygundula.com\/en\/take-your-glasses-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Take your glasses off!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cLet me take my glasses off so I can concentrate!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I stare in surprise at the person talking to me. Then I understand. When outlines are blurred by his myopia, he is no longer distracted by his surroundings and can focus on the problem!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We experience that state when we daydream; our eyes become fixed on the distance and our surroundings merge into a blur. Out of the mist one single idea takes shape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I look at the watch firmly attached to my wrist or the clock on my bedside table, I see only one thing: the time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I try to achieve the same result looking at my smartphone, I am immediately distracted by the red bubbles showing the number of calls, emails and text messages that have arrived in my absence. I find myself replying to my messages and realise later that I still don\u2019t know what time it is!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What about you? What symbolic glasses do you need to take off in order to really focus on something?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cLet me take my glasses off so I can concentrate!\u201d I stare in surprise at the person talking to me. Then I understand. When outlines are blurred by his myopia, he is no longer distracted by his surroundings and can focus on the problem! We experience that state when we daydream; our eyes become fixed on the distance and our surroundings merge into a blur. Out of the mist one single idea takes shape. When I look at the watch firmly attached to my wrist or the clock on my bedside table, I see only one thing: the time! If I try to achieve the same result looking at my smartphone, I am immediately distracted by the red bubbles showing the number of calls, emails and text messages that have arrived in my absence. I find myself replying to my messages and realise later that I still don\u2019t know what time it is! What about you? What symbolic glasses do you need to take off in order to really focus on something?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2289],"tags":[2889,2890,2888],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n