Dear Students,

I’m happiest when I’m just chopping onions. It makes me cry, my face gets all scrunched up and weird looking, and I often slice into my fingers, but I love getting lost in the world of chopping onions. Everything else disappears and I’m totally focused on one thing.

The most important thing I can teach you is how to focus on one thing at a time. I believe there is great power in single-minded focus and I also believe it’s the only way you can ever learn anything really well. That’s why we read intensely. That’s why we are so focused when we write. You have to get lost in the “flow” of these activities.

So today I want you to check your focus throughout the day. Are you just chopping onions? Or is your mind distracted and scattered?

Sincerely, 

Mr. Heimbuck