When it comes to work or school, we all have projects, assignments, reports and deadlines to deal with. We have things to type, research to make, books to read, and emails to write.
Some of us can stay focused and get through a to do list even when there are people chatting, music blaring, food being passed around, or sirens outside - (like me). Then there are others who can pay more attention, and get more accomplished when they are completely alone, with no sounds or people to distract them.

So I want to know, when it comes to getting your work done, are you highly focused or easily distracted?









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so easily distracted. i hate it! i'm actually distracted no matter where i am. even in the quietest of scenes
1Di9tto for me too, actuLLY dx with ADD at the age of 40yrs old.
2easily distracted...I'm trying to change that though. It makes school harder when my mind constantly wanders off
3I guess it depends...
At work I'm easily distracted (that's why I'm always on TeamSugar), but with school I'm extremely focused.
4Depends on the task at hand.
5I can pretty much block any noise out and focus.
6This is something I really hate about myself... I am very easily distracted and sometimes I procrastinate because of that, and I really would love to change that.
7Definitely depends on what I am doing. At work...easily distracted since my job doesn't require much of me. With school, it depended on the subject. My criminal justices courses I was so focused and received near perfect marks, yet with my math and psyc courses...not so much. History was hit and miss because there were subjects in history that I was more attracted to than others.
8Easily distracted at work, since a lot of the time I'm not real busy (thank god for internet access!)
Easily distracted, period, I guess.
9Easily distracted, obviously, as I am on this site all day at work.
10It depends, although I really like ccsugar's answer! It seems as though I'm very distracted for the same reason.
If I'm in a "zone" of whatever I'm doing, reading, working, talking on the phone, you could drop a piano from ten storied up on the ground next me and I wouldn't notice.
I like to multi-task, so I guess I'm easily distracted? I like to be doing a million things at once otherwise I'm bored. So if I'm talking on the phone, typing a letter, making copies, doing laundry, making dinner, etc., all at one time, I'm a happy girl.
11its horrible how distracted i get. im actually working on a project now and im on here heh.
12most of the time i'm easily distracted but on rare occassions i can focus well.
13my coworkers tell my I have ADD since i can't sit still, etc, but give me something i like and I totally focused...give me something crappy, admin, or boring, and well, i have learned to go ahead and knock it out, wait the appropriate amount of time (i.e., if i wasn't speeding through it) then hand it over. I guess i am focused. haha, but don't be with me in my office too long, or you wil say i am add too! haha
14I'm somewhere in the middle. And it depends on how badly I need to do whatever I'm doing.
15I am easily distracted.
16it really depends for me... I can be in a zone and block out anything.... or I can be easliy distracted... LOL
17SO distracted... it's worse when I'm alone, but I have a home office so all my books are here. I'm procrastinating right now!!!
18Highly focused. Especially when it comes to work. I've written 400 pages to a novel that will probably never get published, how's that for motivated??
19Easily distracted...Everytime I try to go study, after two minutes, i'm either on facebook or here!
20totally focused, stay on task AT ALL COSTS. which others can find very annoying, lol.
21If I'm doing something interesting to me, I'll stay focused, not a problem... other than that, umm.. no. ha
22I'm pretty focused at work and at school (when I was in school), although its still easier for me to get things done when I'm in my office with the door shut.
23I am pretty easily distracted with anything, even when I'm in a quiet secluded room with no one there, my own thoughts distract me and I can't focus, lol! The only time I can completely focus is when I am riding a horse (which I love to do, so of course I can focus, haha). When I ride sometimes you might have to yell at me or poke me to get my attention, hehe!
24Easily distracted. So bad, I try to stay focused!
25Depends on whose boring me so much at the time.
26I'm very easily distracted. I have adult ADD unfortunately people say its not the worse thing to have but I hate it. I try to focus very hard because I'm very hard on myself I always try to do a perfect job but it takes a lot of effort.
27I have my good days and my bad days. Bad days seem to be more prominent then the good ones. When I find myself being easily distracted I make a to do list of what needs to be accomplished that day, or that week. Or, I take a walk around the office, outside so when I come back I will be more focused. I feel if i am doing a project or task for a long period of time , my mind starts to wonder. SO, I try to mix things up in my daily routines.
28I can be both.
29It depends. When I'm working on something, I'm all in and totally focused. But I'm not one of those people who can do work while at Starbucks. I get far too distracted by people watching and get nothing accomplished.
30My only distractions are the web, popsugar, photoshop, and various other fun programs, that keep me from doing my work. Somehow the work suprisingly gets done, it must be magic !
31I am extremely easily distracted. I have a pretty hard time focusing on something.
32Get one of my friends (or more) and you have a party! lol But yea, its sad how just about anyone can distract me.
33so easily distracted! i am a major procrastinator! if there are people around me, i tend to watch/spy on them (people watch) and if i'm alone, i'll go on the internet every 5 minutes!
34depends on how close it is from the deadline..(and how important the task for me) i can be very easily distracted but i can be super highly focused as well!
but honestly speaking.. Procrastina is my middle name.. hahaha
35It all depends on what I'm doing.
36I mean, if I am having fun at work or doing something I like, I can stay pretty focused.
But if I am doing something really boring at work, then i come on here and get all destracted!
Thanks popsugar!
I'm typically highly focused but there are some moments of distraction that slip in every once in a while.
37Learning for exams: easily distracted at home
38Working on some task: highly concentrated
If I'm working on a project at work (particularly if it has a tight deadline) I'm extremely focused. However, if it's slow in the office, I am very easily distracted.
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