Do you get distracted easily?
@rosekiss (30380)
Eugene, Oregon
May 14, 2017 10:50am CST
I must admit that I certainly do. I will be doing one thing, get distracted by one thing or another, and forget what I was doing before I got distracted.
My mind has a tendency t wander at times too, so I end up not getting done what I was doing, and then I will start doing something else, all the while, not realizing I had something else to do, and didn't get done what I was doing before I got distracted.
When i am in here, I try to keep from being distracted, but there again, it will happen, and I end up reading what I posted, so I don't repeat myself.
I guess you coud say, my age might bea factor too, although, it more than likely happens to all of us at one time or another.
My biggest distraction is the fact I have two dogs, and when I have to stop doing to take care of them. It happens more times than not, but that is okay, as I have been able to deal with the distractions fot the most part.
How do you handel distractions, do you get frustrated and throw in the towel, or do you deal with them. It would be really interesteing to see how others deal with their distractions.
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@allknowing (130292)
• India
15 May 17
I am a multi tasker - have been that way for quite a while and so cannot say I get distracted.
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@rosekiss (30380)
• Eugene, Oregon
15 May 17
@allknowing That could be. I watch tv while posting in here, and sometimes I get distracted then too, as I will have to read what i posted so I don't type the same thing again. Most of the time though, i don't let the background noise even bother me.
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@allknowing (130292)
• India
15 May 17
@rosekiss May be if what is in the air is more important then your mind goes there I suppose.
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@rosekiss (30380)
• Eugene, Oregon
14 May 17
I am certainly glad to know that i am not the only one that gets distracted. It can be annoying at times, and funny at other times, at least for me it is anyway. I will eentually et done what needs to be done though, and I am the only one that lives in my home, so I would be doing them just for me anyway.
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@rosekiss (30380)
• Eugene, Oregon
14 May 17
Once I start something, I like to finish it right away, but when I get distracted, it just doesn't happen. I don't like getting distracted, but it happens to all of us at one time or another, and it is how we handle them that is the main thing.. I do get things done too, eventually, but it might be days before i get to them.
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@rosekiss (30380)
• Eugene, Oregon
14 May 17
@rebelann Wow, that is some distracton alright. If you aren't in a hurry to get them done, then just doing them in bits and pieces will eventually get them done, but just take a little longer. I am never in a hury to get mine done either, so I just take my time, and then I get distracted, and don't go back to it.
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@rosekiss (30380)
• Eugene, Oregon
14 May 17
@valmnz yea, I know the what if scenari. what if I had done this, and what if I had done that. Believe me, I have asked myself that many times. Either I do something silly, or I don't get done what I need to do, but it will get done, eventully.
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@GardenGerty (157909)
• United States
15 May 17
Sometimes my distractions send me into a state of inertia. I can so sympathize with this post.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16559)
• China
16 May 17
I guess there are times when we get distracted,so do I,though not that often.Sometimes I am doing one thing,another thing strikes me,then I leave the first thing undone to do another thing.
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@rosekiss (30380)
• Eugene, Oregon
16 May 17
That is the same with me too. I decided that when I think about doing something, I better do it right away, or I will sure as shooting not get it done, as something else will come up. and then I forget all about what I was doing and do something else.
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@prashu228 (37525)
• India
14 May 17
No I don't get distracted easily, when I am doing something I fully concentrate on what I am doing.
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@rosekiss (30380)
• Eugene, Oregon
14 May 17
Oh yea, same here. Been there and done that one. It is frustrating for sure. I do laugh at myself sometimes though, at the things I end up doing, as it is good to laugh at ourselves once in awile.
@Courtlynn (66918)
• United States
14 May 17
Sometimes i can get distracted easily.
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@Katharina (24)
• Scranton, Pennsylvania
14 May 17
I hate to admit it, but I'm afraid I'm like that, too. My mind is always racing and I love learning new things, so I think sometimes it goes faster than I can keep up with it. 
Then when I remember what I'd been doing, it's like "Uh, how did I get away from that?!"
Then when I remember what I'd been doing, it's like "Uh, how did I get away from that?!"2 people like this
@rosekiss (30380)
• Eugene, Oregon
14 May 17
My rain seems to go faster than I do. I try to keep up with it, but alas, no such luck. I often wonder why I do what I do.
@rosekiss (30380)
• Eugene, Oregon
14 May 17
I am glad to hear that. I am going to have to not let my mind wander, and do what I need to do and get it done. Case in point, I got distracted the other day, and ended up forgetting to let out the dishwater when I got done. I didn't remember it until it got to be cold water.
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@mysteriousJ (33)
• India
14 May 17
Write down all the tasks at the time when you get it and follow-up and complete one by one.........
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@rosekiss (30380)
• Eugene, Oregon
14 May 17
You know, you are right, as I have never done that as I figured I would get them done, but life takes us in anoher direction sometiems and we get distracted. I am definitely going to have to write them down, that way I know they will get done. Thank you for the advice.
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@celticeagle (160015)
• Boise, Idaho
15 May 17
I get put out when there are distractions. Maybe you are trying to do too much. I have gotten into the habit over the years to wait until the kids are all asleep and the night is quiet before I try to concentrate on anything.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
15 May 17
oh, i don't get easily distracted by any outside forces, but only when my sister whines, that is the time that i am distracted, like at this very hour.
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