1,1,1,1,1,1.....
I've discussed this here before and if you know me even a little you can attest to the fact that I think a WHOLE HECK OF A LOT. It's not like I'm some inert ameba, I just like to roll things around in my head before I form opinions of any kind and I've also found that it's nearly impossible for me to talk about anything if I haven't had adequate time to formulate a response, I tend to stutter, but that's beside the point. On to the story at hand.
I began a speech class mid-semester, it's an intensive but I've had some practice in the area. Anyway this week we gave our first speeches, The Narrative. No biggy, 3-5 minutes is a piece of cake after hour long french presentations on philosophy, but justifiably so many were very nervous so the teacher had us do this thing to relieve stress.
The task was to close your eyes, sit very still, and count to 10. The trick was that you could only think of the counting of the numbers and each time your thoughts strayed from that you had to start over at 1. It doesn't sound that hard, but try it. The first time I made it to five before I realized I was also rehersing my entire speech in the cadence of my counting. So I began again at 1 and for the next 10 minutes decided to be honest with myself and consequently never made it past 1.
I couldn't focus at all, perhaps it was just the fact that I had to and thus couldn't, but just because I think it's funny I blame it on my obcessive thinking nature.
Whatev's I'm cool with it!
P.S. I was actually more stressed at the end of the exercise wondering if I was the only one who couldn't do it.... I'm still wondering
I began a speech class mid-semester, it's an intensive but I've had some practice in the area. Anyway this week we gave our first speeches, The Narrative. No biggy, 3-5 minutes is a piece of cake after hour long french presentations on philosophy, but justifiably so many were very nervous so the teacher had us do this thing to relieve stress.
The task was to close your eyes, sit very still, and count to 10. The trick was that you could only think of the counting of the numbers and each time your thoughts strayed from that you had to start over at 1. It doesn't sound that hard, but try it. The first time I made it to five before I realized I was also rehersing my entire speech in the cadence of my counting. So I began again at 1 and for the next 10 minutes decided to be honest with myself and consequently never made it past 1.
I couldn't focus at all, perhaps it was just the fact that I had to and thus couldn't, but just because I think it's funny I blame it on my obcessive thinking nature.
Whatev's I'm cool with it!
P.S. I was actually more stressed at the end of the exercise wondering if I was the only one who couldn't do it.... I'm still wondering
posted by HMS at 12:00 AM
2 Comments:
Maybe it's harder when you're under pressure or stress, because I just did it with no problemo. :D
MAN, that was TRICKY! i couldn't do it...i think it's impossible to count to 10 without another thought getting into your counting pattern. perhaps, a thought is different than a rabbit trail...but both are a distraction. micah c. must be a genius to be able to do that. or maybe--there's just nothing in his head..JUST KIDDING!!! i'm sorry, perhaps i shouldn't joke with people i don't know. but micah, i know you subsequently through mary frances---so you'll have to take it up with her. :)
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