do the thing you sat (or stood up) for

One of the first things that one must do to lose weight is “eat less.”

And go shopping for better (whole foods), more vegetables, less garbage, while following the fundament of: out of sight, out of mind (and mouth).

How often do you find yourself craving to do “something,” yet you catch yourself doing everything but “that”?

As of late, I catch myself doing that far too often. And then I catch my frustration compound, as I continue to do the thing I am not supposed to be doing right now, while taking time away from what I promised myself I’d do instead.

By the end of it, I’ve “used” up more time than initially allocated, while achieving short of nothing.

Gone are the days you could write on a typewriter (made for a sole purpose).

It’s only human to lose focus or attention while doing something. Wandering of the mind is natural. So is the stabilization needed to focus on a task, then to move to the next.

Reality is, we spend more time stabilizing than doing the thing. And in an age where single function tasks are so heavily restricted by the distractions around us, focusing requires a lot more effort.

While writing this, there were enough times where my modern typewriter (laptop) distracted me. So if I sit to write, and I catch my typewriter delaying me from writing, am I in eternal misery?

I am no psychopath. With this logic, I would have to become the man from Notes from Underground.

I like my distractions. But, it’s just as interesting to see where attention takes me when undistracted, under stimulated.

Separation from my phone and closing every open window and application on my laptop tends to do the trick for now.