Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips

Looks are often deceiving. Especially how you look when you are concentrating.

Many years ago, a college professor told a calculus class I was in something like, “People think you are wandering the campus absentmindedly when the opposite is true. You are in deep concentration.”

I often find myself standing to walk away from my computer unable to do what I intend. My muscle ache and are stiff.

I have been sitting still too long. I have been concentrating my  mental faculties on something too long for my physical muscles.

Sometimes, not often enough, I set a timer next to the computer. The timer pings me after 25 minutes. I then spend five minutes standing, walking, and stretching, a.k.a., reactivating my body.

When you see someone stand and freeze in pain, they have probably been concentrating. Ask them the subject of their concentration. The answers could be enlightening.