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compartmentalization: isolation or splitting off of parts in the mind with lack of communication and consistency between the other parts.

Compartmentalization is a favorite coping mechanism when we are overwhelmed. It is also a big time accessory to the crime of justification; the moments when we are compelling ourselves to make a choice we know is selfish.

We compartmentalize in an effort to lighten our mental or emotional load. We split off and then decidedly ignore any other aspects of our life other than the most pressing aspect in our mind. Often, to a point of detriment. Moreover, we do not even realize we are doing it. To make matters even more difficult, we sometimes confuse our actions of compartmentalization with a decidedly different and truly helpful action — focus.

focus: a point upon which attention, activity, etc. is directed or concentrated

The two words are unquestionably not synonymous. Although both describe your thoughts isolated to one issue or area of life, there is an extremely large difference between the two.

Compartmentalization is similar to your first glance at a fuddling cup. You are unaware the cups are, in fact, connected to each other, and you direct your attention only to whichever singular cup from which you wish to drink.

Focus, however, is like being a seasoned Fuddle Cup drinker. You are thoroughly aware that the cups connect and choose to concentrate your attention toward a singular cup. Although you focus on one particular cup, you never entirely lose sight of the other connected cups. In fact, if you truly focus, you will factor in the surrounding cups as an advantage to your strategy.

In Review:

Compartmentalization is a short-sighted approach which involves fixating on one aspect of your life and ignoring the others, causing potentially detrimental effects. When you make decisions this way, you are spilling your Fuddle Cup all over yourself and everyone around you.

Focus is a well-considered strategy, prompted by concentrating on one aspect of your life, with continual respect for the other connected aspects. Moreover, it involves the other life aspects as advantages for your solutions. That is the ideal model of Fuddle Cup drinking success, with minimal spillage.

Kids, the object of this book is to help get you focused on the different aspects of your Fuddle Cup — without losing sight of the other vital aspects attached — so you can create successful strategies for whatever parts of life you wish to concentrate.