it was nice that I didn’t have to necessarily sit down and focus for an extended period of time
This is something I am sure I will use through the program, but I am afraid if I don't block out a large chunk of time I wont find those precious moments of productivity when I hope for them. Does anyone else have those moments?
avoid taking notes. Pay attention to what you are hearing and participate in the discussion to help keep your focus.
This is really good advice. Although, I recently heard that sometimes just scribbling, even non-sense, can actually be beneficial to retaining the information you are hearing. I haven't been able to put it to practice but would love to over the course of this program.