4 - Have I forgotten something?

“130. Did you ever forget something really important?”

Yes, I did forget something important but the problem is -- I don’t know if it is important. First minute, I opened the computer and search for the things I needed to search but the moment I opened my web browser I logged in to my Facebook and just do it later or maybe never. Hey, I think you guys have also experience this situation maybe in a different concept. That’s not the point though; the point is our distractions are getting out of hand that we never really do our needs.

Distraction does not give you the full attention of something else. It could either be from a want or from a need. Everyday, we see distractions whether we’re at school, at work or at home. It is a common problem that everyone encounters frequently. Sometimes we just want to wish that we can really focus with our objectives and not forget about our assignments. I wished I was never distracted. But today, I do not wish that I never get distracted. As a matter of fact, I love distractions.

I don’t want to change your concepts that distractions are bad or they will only make your time lessen for the upcoming tasks. I don’t like controlling people (Yeah right, and I wish I was Charles Xavier) because I know that they have their lives and they want to use it to the fullest. But I would like you to put your attention into this saying that “Distractions are beneficial.” And it’s just all in the matter of perspective

I was in the middle of writing an essay about anything for our expository writing course and I didn’t know what to write then. I was doing all sorts of stuff like rolling on my bed or looking at the clock rather than playing, Facebook or anything exciting (no dirty thoughts please) because if one of my parents walks inside the room and saw me playing or doing anything exciting while my assignment is done then they might be like:

“Dhale, are you done with your assignment?”
“Nope.”
“Then what are you doing there?! You are not done with your assignments and you are playing?! You really are obsessed with computers and now you are...”

Or if it was in a different scenario that I said yes:

“Oh so you’re done with your assignments?”
“Yes.”
“Really? Are you sure?”
“Yes.”
“ARE YOU SURE!?!?!?”

I really don’t like people shouting at me and I don’t want repetition much or long discussions unless I enjoyed it. But that’s not the case here. I was mind blocked from doing my essay about anything. I didn’t know which topic was better or which topic will make more impact. So how did I pass through this? Did I just lie down and sleep my way through until my mind finally awoken or something else? It was a matter of faith, trust, and ninja moves and hope that they don’t catch me playing while my assignment was still not done. But it was not much of playing but doing something I enjoy like writing novels. I just continued my story which I haven’t touched for over four months. I woken up when I started and I got really far from where I was when I got bored. Miraculously because of that story, I got some ideas of what I wanted to write for my essay. I was confident that I was able to write anything from something I got distracted at rather than waste my time on the bed.

Maybe distraction is good. We work because we want to achieve that certain thing. We might say that we are fully focused for that objective but there has got to be that percentage where you think the reason for doing the job. We distract ourselves not because we don’t want to work but because we want to remember why we started the tasks or catch some ideas from the experiences we made.

This time, why not try distracting yourself until you get bored and do your objectives first? Take another route that instead of doing your work first you do what you want first. Second things first. With that training, you’ll be learning time management in terms of having less time to do the job.

There’s still one thing I forgot though, what am I supposed to do again?

“It was at this moment that he remembered he forgot to zip his pants.”