I got distracted

I have read a couple of articles before about distraction. @gwapojohn for one said that it was Facebook that is a major distraction from him before. I do not know if it is still the case now that he is already a dad. Have you ever been distracted from school, work or anything? What distracts you from it? How do you try to focus back on what you are doing after being distracted? Sometimes I find it hard to go back to what I am doing whenever I get distracted.

When I was in high school, I remember I cannot study if the TV or radio was on however, it was the opposite for my brother. I really envy those people who can still fpcus woth what they are doing even when there are a lot of distractions most especially if it is memorization. My dad and my brother can memorize words even if the TV is turned onbut for me, I really cannot do it. I had my ways on how I would memorize my notes before and my number 1 rule is that there should not be anyone to distract mo. Meaning, I have to study in a silent place. Much better if there would be no one beside me as I can also get distracted with what that person is doing. My sister-in-law had a classmate in high school where she never listens to the teacher and she also does not take down notes. Guess what? She was always top in class. Amazing right? That's why whenever someone is explaining something, I see to it that I give him or her my undivided attention.

When I started my blogging journey on Kiki a few years back, I always wanted to work in a place where it was quiet and no one to disturb me. Although as weeks gone by, I have slowly started to make some posts even if I was watching TV. However, if it is watching TV, drafting an article plus my mom talking to me, I would end up either getting distracted or not minding what my mom had said. Although even if without the TV, I would still be distracted if someone is talking to me or like I have said, I might not respond to them because I am too focus on what I am drafting.

I can say that my biggest distraction while I am drafting or texting someone is when somebody will talk to me or ask me for some favors. I would either forget what I was typing about or I would be typing what I would reply to the person who was talking to me. Have you experienced that? I have experienced it a lot of times. LOL. I would be typing my reply only to realize that it was not what I wanted to say to the person I was texting.

Instead of making those mistakes, I would sometimes finish first what I was typing then I would politely ask again the person who was talking to me to repeat what he or she have said. Because sometimes, I also did not understand what they were telling me when I am too focus on my article. Pretty sure that most of you can relate with me. When we draft our articles, we already have the words that we want to type flying on our minds. So if someone will distract us, those words sometimes disappears that you would forget what you wanted to write about. Raise your hand if you can relate.

Now that I am alone in my room, I can say that I have all the privacy and alone time that I want. No one can distract me because I am on self-quarantine. However, instead of reading articles, I got distracted by watching some movies and finishing the Korean drama that I have started last year. This is the thing that I have been avoiding for the last 2 years, to get addicted to Korean dramas, Youtube vlogs and movies again. Why? Because my mind will only think about what I have watched and I would find it a little hard to be active here and on noise.cash. Another thing is that I sometimes cannot let my mind work when it has been on hiatus. Although there were some instances that I got my topics from watching those. But it is with the inactivity that I am mostly worried about. I am a certified couch potato when I get hooked up on Korean dramas.

I have already finished the Korean drama and my mind is telling me to watch those dramas that are on my list but my heart is telling me to hustle and grind because I need to produce a lot of money for next month's payables. Sometimes distractions can be good and healthy if the outcome would be for the better but it would be destruction if it isn't. I still cannot say if being distracted by watching dramas and movies is a distraction or a destruction as it is still too early to tell but I hope that it is just temporary.

We all do experience different kinds of distractions in our lives whether in school, work or life in general. Yes, I may have been a little distracted lately but I still know that I have some goals that I want to achieve. I just hope that we should not let these distractions draw us away from what we are doing and most especially with our goals.

This is my article for JonicaBradley's writing prompt #17 Distraction

The rules are easy.

1. Wrte anything about distraction
2. Write 100% original content
3. Join and submit to the community PromptlyJonica
4. Tag @JonicaBradley
5. Have fun!

Have fun!

January 29, 2022

P.S. lead image is a photo when I was watching the Korean drama the last night.