I Hate Distractions

I started thinking about something today (it's a shocker, I know, especially considering how vacant my brain is at the moment). Distractions. Specifically distractions from writing, which are really hurting my word count right now. While I've got 3,900 pretty solid words, I haven't been able to regain the focus I had once I started my first person, stream of consciousness thing.

But I digress. (What a fun thing to say, if only people actually talked like that.) Thanks to a rare moment of clarity, and an anonymous distractor, I bring you... Two Types of Major Distractions When Writing.

Type One: I sit in the lobby, trying to put words on paper.
OHMYGOODNESS ANNOYINGLY LOUD VOICE BLABBING NEAR ME
So I realize it's not this guy's fault his voice is naturally so loud, but could you please do everyone the favor and take your phone call outside? Other people talking always distracts me, whether I'm reading a book or doing homework or writing (or at least trying to).

Side note: this is also why I have such a hard time falling asleep during movies. While this is usually not preferred, it still would be nice to have the knack when stuck in front of boring/awful/stupid movies or in IT'S 3 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING WHY ARE WE STILL AWAKE situations. Too many voices distracting from sleep.

Type Two: Working working working, writing writing writing.
OH LOOK WHAT IS THAT SHINY NEW THING?
I acknowledge that this is my own fault. I also accept that I will continue to distract myself. Other things can be way more exciting than writing. This blog post, for example. By the time DISTRACTING ME AND EVERYONE ELSE FROM HOMEWORK guy had left, I was too focused on this musing to go back to the boring stuff.

In summary: Blog distracts from TV which distracts from dishes which distract from book writing which distracts from homework. It's a vicious cycle. Well, not the way I wrote it. But eventually you get all the way around and around and around...

So there you have it. Two ways I got distracted today. You might think that I would give you a nice little post, say tomorrow or the next day, about how to rid your life from distractions. But you would be incorrect. I have too many distractions this week (especially lesson planning and test taking) to get something that useful done.