FOCUS.

My attention span is not the greatest. Honestly, my mind goes a mile a minute, and if I see or hear something that doesn't keep my focused, I move on in .2 seconds. But in order to sustain my attention, say at a boring lecture or a class, I disect everything about the speaker. Clothes, hair, appearance, body language, speech ability, you name it. It keeps my mind on what's going on rather than just zoning out into my own little world day dreaming. I try to keep focused on what's in front of me, and in doing that, it usually means I hear some of what is being said at well. Usually I'll still be bored, but at least it doesn't look like I am. You'd see me focusing intently on the speaker or whatever is going on, so it's a win for Mary!