Somewhere on a certain campus, there is a yellowed paper hanging on a classroom wall, reminding us all to "Focus." The funny thing about this is that every time I see this sign, I'm inspired to do the exact opposite. I can't help wondering who climbed up there to tape this fragile little piece of paper to the wall. Did they use a chair or a ladder? Whose idea was it? Why isn't it bigger? Am I supposed to be focusing on the sign or on the class?
I know there is a point that the author of this sign wanted to make. If I'm being serious, I'm even certain that it should be interpreted as "focus on the class." The problem is, I'm a spaghetti head. A friend of mine, who is a guy, once said to me, "guys are waffle heads because we put everything in a box and only think about 1 box at a time. Women are spaghetti heads because they string all their thoughts together and one leads to the next and the next." At the time, I was annoyed with the idea, but I know he's not wrong. Someone could say "thumb tack" to me and my internal dialogue would find a way to wind those words back to some long forgotten, or even recent but ignored memory that would probably all boil down to a seemingly unimportant, unrelated pop culture reference. It's bizarre.
So what does this mean? Do I lack focus or am I just a girl who's good at multitasking? Is multitasking ever good? And does it matter if it's good or not given that society is marching forward and it doesn't look like multitasking is going to end anytime soon? I don't know. I'd like to say that I do, and I'm sure if I sat here long enough I could form an opinion on the idea, but truthfully, I don't know if that's even the point. Maybe it's less about knowing the answer and more about exploring the idea. Even if I do ramble when I free-write.
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