I think being so focused on everything running inside your head isn’t all that bad. Because when things need to get done, and fast, focusing all your mental energy on the task at hand allows you to do away with distractions.
But it was not an ordinary day to walk through the street near the train station that day.
Why?
My thoughts were hyperfocused on the task at hand, and I remained oblivious to everything happening outside my head. It felt as if I was walking in the street from point A to B without really paying attention to what was happening around me.
I was even confused about why I saw the things I did that day:
- Firetrucks
- Wet street
- Children pushing a cart full of rusted metal
- Cages of animals
- Crowds of people
- Some people with handheld cameras and mobile photos seemingly pointed in one direction
… only to have my brain process everything and realize that I was walking through wreckage; a fire just consumed a section of houses on my left with evacuees on my right.
How did I miss all these?
Everything only made sense when I almost reached point B, which is hilarious. I felt stupid.
But then again, I was incapable of thinking about things other than what had filled my mind at the time.
So here’s what I learned from the encounter:
It’s possible to miss a lot of things and details when you are only focused on one perspective.
jessa 