The Art of Deliberate Distraction

by Elaine L. Orr

Overview

THE ART OF DELIBERATE DISTRACTION
AND…
A BONUS
Falling Into Place, a heartwarming novella to help you distract

Is your life way too hectic? Are you concerned about people or events in your orbit? Welcome to the
21st century -- especially in the time of COVID-19. Sometimes you just can't turn off your swirling thoughts.

That's the time to practice the Art of Deliberate Distraction.

Deliberate distraction is recognizing something you cannot control or fix and consciously taking positive action to divert your thinking to something more positive. It doesn't mean you avoid problems or duck responsibility. It means you know when to channel your thoughts or actions to areas where you can do something, or to time to simply chill.

Practicing deliberate distraction won’t eliminate problems and it is not permission to ignore things you could do something about. Deliberate distraction is not medical advice or counseling, simply thoughts of a reformed worrier. Or partially reformed. I think worry may be an innate trait we need to learn to manage.

Deliberate distraction offers a way to consciously refocus your thinking – if only for a few minutes at a time – so you can feel more even keel as you handle life. This book will explain the concepts further and offer suggestions for putting them into practice. Take a look at the topics in this short piece.

THE ART OF DELIBERATE DISTRACTION
How to Start
Try to Get Folks in Your Orbit on Your Team
THE CRAFT OF OVERCOMING WORRY
Criteria for Taking Action
What About the Really Big Stuff?
Final Thoughts on Worrying
GET BACK TO DELIBERATE DISTRACTION
What’s Next for You?
RESOURCES AND LINKS
FALLING INTO PLACE – a novella

Product Details

BN ID:	2940164749026
Publisher:	Elaine L. Orr
Publication date:	11/26/2020
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	171 KB

About the Author

Elaine L. Orr writes four mystery series, including the eleven-book Jolie Gentil cozy mystery series. Behind the Walls was a finalist for the 2014 Chanticleer Mystery and Mayhem Awards. The first book in her River's Edge series, From Newsprint to Footprints, came out in late 2015, and the Logland series began with Tip a Hat to Murder in 2016. The 2020 Family History Mystery Series began with Least Trodden Ground. Demise of a Devious Neighbor, the second River's Edge book, was a Chanticleer finalist in 2017. Elaine also writes plays and novellas, including the one-act play, Common Ground published in 2015.

Her novella, Falling into Place, tells the story of a family managing the results of an Iowa father’s World War II experience with humor and grace. Another novella, Biding Time, was one of five finalists in the National Press Club's first fiction contest, in 1993. In the Shadow of Light is the fictional story of children separated from their mother at the US/Mexico border. Elaine conducts presentations and teaches online classes on book publishing and other writing-related topics. Nonfiction includes Words to Write By: Getting Your Thoughts on Paper and Writing When Time is Scarce. She graduated from the University of Dayton and the American University. A member of Sisters in Crime and the Indiana Writers Center, Elaine grew up in Maryland and moved to the Midwest in 1994.

Her fiction and nonfiction are at all online retailers in all formats -- ebooks, paperbacks, large print, and (on Amazon, itunes, and Audible.com) audio in digital form. Support your local bookstore!