Distraction and Frustration

“Hutchison's Law: Any occurrence requiring undivided attention will be accompanied by a compelling distraction.”

Robert Bloch


Distraction is my word for today. I just couldn't keep my mind on a single task at hand. Including this post. I started about three posts today, and I'm hoping this is the one that will get finished. Sadly, alongside the distraction is the unfortunate side effect of guilt. I have a day off so I feel like I should be doing way more than I am. Especially with all the new goals I have. So along with not accomplishing much, I feel even worse because of that side order of blame. So distraction leads to frustration which is never good. That molehill can blow up pretty quickly.
There will be good days and bad days, but there's something in between - there will also be mediocre days. And today was one of them.

My usual antidote to this? Try and complete a series of small tasks or one big one. But that hasn't worked today. So instead, I'm trying the opposite - doing nothing. Cutting myself some slack and giving myself the night off to do whatever I want. And right now, a book is calling...