Distractable Days
Today has just been one of those damn days.... I get in this funk sometimes where EVERYTHING... and I really do mean EVERYTHING distracts me.... to the point where I can literally get nothing done... Little things will distract me and send me way off course...
For example, if someone at work mentions the link to a silly video on YouTube on one of my distractable days, I could click on that link and then literally spend two hours on YouTube before I noticed that I hadn't done any work.
If I have to go to the bathroom on a distractable day, I get up and go and when I come back, I can't remember what exactly it was that I was doing, and it takes me 30 minutes to figure out what I was doing.
On a distractable day, I usually don't want to stay put.... I have a hard time sitting still, but I'm afraid to leave the computer, even for fifteen minutes to give myself a breather to do something else that would be constructive around the house (like cleaning... which often, that's what I want to do when I can't sit still) because I'm afraid I'll tangent and won't come back to work that day.
Usually, at the end of the day, I'm exhausted, anxious, and have absolutely nothing to show for my day on any front (work or home) because I've gotten myself so worked up and upset because I haven't gotten anything done.
The idea behind making all the lists a la FlyLady was to try to keep me on task.... and in some ways it's helped, but in some ways it's made everything far far worse because when I don't get things done on days like this, I get upset with myself and my inner monologue goes a little something like this:
N1: Look at all this crap you didn't get done today around the house!
N2: But I had to work!
N1: But you didn't get jack shit done at work either. You could have done X, Y and Z while you were sitting there staring at the wall!
It's that kind of thinking
It's that kind of thinking that got ya where you are in the first place
It's ok if you don't get everything done on your list for the day - you're just getting started. And it's ok that you were distracted. Sometimes, it just happen
I feel like such a cheerleader for FLYing, but that's because it's working well for me so far. I've tried really hard to stick to at least my evening routine, but I've missed it a couple of times. The only thing I can say I've done every single night is shine my sink. I prefer to have the whole kitchen clean, but even just the sink makes a big difference.
Don't sweat days like today - they happen sometimes. Eventually, your whole routine thing will be autopilot, distractable day or not
Aw, don't worry! You're only
Aw, don't worry! You're only human...we all get into days like that
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