Comments on: Bring Your Extension Cord http://pauseforpurpose.com/2007/12/bring-yours-extension-cord-to-starbucks/ Slowing down and noticing what’s extraordinary, humorous and meaningful in the everyday. Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:30:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Pause for Purpose » A Slow Book Group http://pauseforpurpose.com/2007/12/bring-yours-extension-cord-to-starbucks/comment-page-1/#comment-2097 Pause for Purpose » A Slow Book Group Sat, 08 Mar 2008 18:14:21 +0000 http://pauseforpurpose.com/?p=238#comment-2097 [...] about this group reminded me of an earlier post called Bring Your Extension Cord, about a young women who always brings her extension cord with her when she goes to Starbucks so [...] [...] about this group reminded me of an earlier post called Bring Your Extension Cord, about a young women who always brings her extension cord with her when she goes to Starbucks so [...]

]]> By: Brenda Grate http://pauseforpurpose.com/2007/12/bring-yours-extension-cord-to-starbucks/comment-page-1/#comment-1499 Brenda Grate Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:21:17 +0000 http://pauseforpurpose.com/?p=238#comment-1499 I've been enjoying your blog very much. I, too, go to Starbucks often to get things done. I'm a writer and I find it much more distracting to write at home with my family around me. I like what the young woman said about the people around her keeping her accountable. I find the atmosphere at Starbucks to be like white noise. No one is talking to me (unlike at home) and so I can shut them out and focus on my writing. At home there can be a ton of interruptions and noise, but it's directed at me, or could be any minute, and that makes it hard for me to get into that deep concentration I need. I also find it much easier to procrastinate at home. At Starbucks, I'm there to WRITE. Thanks again for an enlightening blog. I’ve been enjoying your blog very much. I, too, go to Starbucks often to get things done. I’m a writer and I find it much more distracting to write at home with my family around me. I like what the young woman said about the people around her keeping her accountable. I find the atmosphere at Starbucks to be like white noise. No one is talking to me (unlike at home) and so I can shut them out and focus on my writing. At home there can be a ton of interruptions and noise, but it’s directed at me, or could be any minute, and that makes it hard for me to get into that deep concentration I need. I also find it much easier to procrastinate at home. At Starbucks, I’m there to WRITE.

Thanks again for an enlightening blog.

]]> By: John R http://pauseforpurpose.com/2007/12/bring-yours-extension-cord-to-starbucks/comment-page-1/#comment-1392 John R Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:59:50 +0000 http://pauseforpurpose.com/?p=238#comment-1392 Great story! I think many of us can relate to her and what she's trying to do here... One motivating factor I've observed in such locales (besides, of course, the caffeine) is that the activity around you actually gives YOU energy and focus. I think ADD doctors have something to say about this. Either way, I applaud her for finding her way in this distractable world. Thanks for bringing her story to us! Great story! I think many of us can relate to her and what she’s trying to do here… One motivating factor I’ve observed in such locales (besides, of course, the caffeine) is that the activity around you actually gives YOU energy and focus. I think ADD doctors have something to say about this. Either way, I applaud her for finding her way in this distractable world. Thanks for bringing her story to us!

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