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  Writing Sample from the Prose The following was written for a writing challenge on theprose.com. The prompt was as follows: Grey Wall  Check out the original over at  Grey Wall . Grey Wall Towering over everything was the Grey Wall. For a thousand generations the Grey Wall had separated the worlds, looming above each in silent threat of what lay on the other side. Looming in the heart of the unchosen. No being had every crossed the Wall. No human would try for the abject terror it brought the imagination. Even the birds, circling and wheeling about the azure sky would not cross the line of demarcation. The Wall meant safety and the Wall meant death. Zenyassa did not care for safety and she did not fear death. She was Unchosen. What did it matter? What was life without the risk of losing it? She could not feel alive sitting before a thatch hut milling grain while the men of her village hunted wild yissana beasts. Their hunt brought them adventures and risk for the great ...
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Too Many Interests and Lack of Focus? Read this!

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Too Many Interests and Lack of Focus? Read this! 

Okay. This is a bit of a "gotcha", but I was doing some research on why I can't seem to focus on any one of my hobbies/interests long enough to truly specialize in them. 

That includes writing. 

After a certain amount of time laser focused on something, I lose interest and it becomes stale. I keep working on it, hoping to find the spark again. I usually do, but only after going through something else. I have so many phases of interests, but they are cyclical.

I know I have ADD in some form, not sure which, so that doesn't help.

What I discovered, from reading the article listed below, was that it is okay to not specialize. The article describes people like me, and maybe you, as "scanners". 

The author further delineates between unsuccessful and successful scanners. What does it take to be successful as a jack of all trades? They also let us know that it is fine to have tons of interest and hobbies. 

There is no rule governing or limiting your passions.

You just have to learn to manage and prioritize them as your mind changes.

If this relates to you then give it a read. If it doesn't, then give it a read so you understand people like me. This was a very helpful post!

Focus isn't the Answer to Having too Many Interests | EXAMPLE IN METAPHOR

Today I am back onto Roman history and pulp adventures. Tomorrow it will be fantasy again and so on.

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