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Kim Nelson's avatar

!! 👍🏻 !!

I prefer devoted attention to multitasking. Since I'm perpetually taking notes during Zoom courses and conversations, I often hide the distraction of the chat feature.

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KL Parr's avatar

Yes and mute the notifications/previews.

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X. P. Callahan's avatar

Yeah, this poem's speaker took a while to learn that trick.

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KL Parr's avatar

Ha! Spot on.

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Ryn Kingsley's avatar

🤣

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Janie Braverman's avatar

Laughing over this: try putting your monkey mind on a short leash

Advice we all need, from time to time.

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Mark Rico's avatar

Sorry, I was distracted by the chat. Can you repeat that?

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Mary Holscher's avatar

Good one! And I can relate to how annoying that is, especially if the chat is also used for useful links, etc., so helpful to be left open.

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X. P. Callahan's avatar

Seriously.

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Mike Rivera's avatar

An extra syllable per line in a sonnet about someone talking too much? Smooth smooth move.

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X. P. Callahan's avatar

Heh.

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Mary Roblyn's avatar

👍🙏❤️ That’s why the Internet gods created emojis.

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Carole Roseland's avatar

I avoid Zoom at all costs!

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Aditi Garg's avatar

This is such a wonderful poem, so relatable and of course I did not think you could poem this experience!

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X. P. Callahan's avatar

Ha ha! Thank you, Aditi.

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