Comments on: On Monomania http://deannahoak.com/2004/10/16/on-monomania/ SF/F Copyeditor Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:54:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: deannahoak http://deannahoak.com/2004/10/16/on-monomania/#comment-91 deannahoak Tue, 09 Aug 2005 15:15:56 +0000 http://deannahoak.com/?p=52#comment-91 Yeah, I'm afraid there's no way to break the habit--just learn to work within its bounds. I just wish I could choose my obsessions. :-) Yeah, I’m afraid there’s no way to break the habit–just learn to work within its bounds. I just wish I could choose my obsessions. :-)

]]> By: jebbypal http://deannahoak.com/2004/10/16/on-monomania/#comment-90 jebbypal Tue, 09 Aug 2005 14:53:08 +0000 http://deannahoak.com/?p=52#comment-90 I'm sorta like that, but not too bad. i can't focus on work or studying unless i'm in a certain frame of mind...so i tend to procratinate to force myself there. I'm a bit better than I was in the past. But I have a friend that sounds a lot more like that. I kid him all the time about it when he picks up new 'obsessions' as I term them. And he hasn't broken himself of it now by the age of 30, i doubt he will. I just roll my eyes and wait for him to come up for air eventually I’m sorta like that, but not too bad. i can’t focus on work or studying unless i’m in a certain frame of mind…so i tend to procratinate to force myself there. I’m a bit better than I was in the past.

But I have a friend that sounds a lot more like that. I kid him all the time about it when he picks up new ‘obsessions’ as I term them. And he hasn’t broken himself of it now by the age of 30, i doubt he will. I just roll my eyes and wait for him to come up for air eventually

]]> By: everyonesakitty http://deannahoak.com/2004/10/16/on-monomania/#comment-89 everyonesakitty Fri, 15 Oct 2004 22:30:28 +0000 http://deannahoak.com/?p=52#comment-89 I'm totally that way. And I've also found it to be a blessing and a curse. I "get stuff done" for sure, but it always takes its toll on my health/relationships etc. I've been trying to use a schedule to break my bad habits, like forcing myself to quit a certain activity at a certain time, or forbidding myself to start until a certain time. It's kind of working, but then I sit around worrying I'm not working hard enough. :) I dunno... if you come up with something that works, I'd love to hear about it. :) I’m totally that way. And I’ve also found it to be a blessing and a curse. I “get stuff done” for sure, but it always takes its toll on my health/relationships etc.

I’ve been trying to use a schedule to break my bad habits, like forcing myself to quit a certain activity at a certain time, or forbidding myself to start until a certain time. It’s kind of working, but then I sit around worrying I’m not working hard enough. :)

I dunno… if you come up with something that works, I’d love to hear about it. :)

]]> By: mrissa http://deannahoak.com/2004/10/16/on-monomania/#comment-88 mrissa Fri, 15 Oct 2004 19:36:13 +0000 http://deannahoak.com/?p=52#comment-88 It's rather like relaxing: you must focus very hard and concentrate every muscle in the body on being relaxed as hard as it possibly can. I'm half-joking here; mostly it's my way of saying I don't really know. Because it seems like the answer is to turn that monomaniacal attention on ways to solve it, and I don't think that'll work somehow. It’s rather like relaxing: you must focus very hard and concentrate every muscle in the body on being relaxed as hard as it possibly can.

I’m half-joking here; mostly it’s my way of saying I don’t really know. Because it seems like the answer is to turn that monomaniacal attention on ways to solve it, and I don’t think that’ll work somehow.

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