Learn to listen well and give people my full attention.

I don’t know if it’s something that can be “developed”, but I feel like I’m “developing” ADD. Honestly, I don’t know much about the disorder, but it has something to do with lack of attention, right? I don’t know… I just feel so out-of-focus lately. It’s hard for me to pay attention, my mind either wanders away or it’s just plain blank. And I feel numb all the time. Just numb. Not exactly tired, but I can’t say it’s not a form of exhaustion. Just numb…

Man this is scary.

I’m actually already pretty good at this when it is one-on-one. I do occasionally interrupt people though, and if there is a lot of noise in the area I might have trouble concentrating.

I gotta be more patient with people. I gotta just slow down and listen to them instead of rushing into things. I’m always busy trying to guess what point they’re making instead of paying attention to what they’re actually saying. The worst part is that once I think I’ve gotten the main idea, my mind just moves on to other things. It’s so disrespectful and I know I wouldn’t want to be treated that way. FOLLOW THE GOLDEN RULE JACKIE!

Stop focusing inwardly and being self conscious. Focus on the conversation at hand and contribute.

I have a bad habit of this. Not when I’m talking to one person, usually, but when there is a group conversation. I just simply check out. Get bored. Lose interest. I need to stay engaged.

Need to find some sort of a mechanism to listening, hearing & remembering peoples names & faces. Especially in social situations…