Why I Can't Get Nothin' Done

Michigan Mike

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Somebody sent me the email below not long ago.
If you can't relate to it yet ... just wait! ;)

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I decide to water my garden.

As I turn on the hose in the driveway,
I look over at my car and decide it needs washing.

As I start toward the garage,
I notice mail on the porch table that
I brought up from the mail box earlier.

I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.

I lay my car keys on the table,
put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table,
and notice that the can is full.

So, I decide to put the bills back
on the table and take out the garbage first.

But then I think,
since I'm going to be near the mailbox
when I take out the garbage anyway,
I may as well pay the bills first.

I take my check book off the table,
and see that there is only one check left.

My extra checks are in my desk in the study,
so I go inside the house to my desk where
I find the can of pop I'd been drinking.

I'm going to look for my checks,
but first I need to push the pop aside
so that I don't accidentally knock it over.

The pop is getting warm,

and I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.

As I head toward the kitchen with the pop,
a vase of flowers on the counter
catches my eye--they need water.

I put the pop on the counter and
discover my reading glasses that
I've been searching for all morning.

I decide I better put them back on my desk,
but first I'm going to water the flowers.

I set the glasses back down on the counter,
fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote.
Someone left it on the kitchen table.

I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV,
I'll be looking for the remote,
but I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table,
so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs,
but first I'll water the flowers.

I pour some water in the flowers,
but quite a bit of it spills on the floor.

So, I set the remote back on the table,
get some towels and wipe up the spill.

Then, I head down the hall trying to
remember what I was planning to do.

At the end of the day:

the car isn't washed

the bills aren't paid

there is a warm can of pop sitting on the counter

the flowers don't have enough water,

there is still only 1 check in my check book,

I can't find the remote,

I can't find my glasses,

and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.

Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today,

I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all day,
and I'm really tired.

I realize this is a serious problem,
and I'll try to get some help for it,
but first I'll check my e-mail (the forum (^)).... !!!
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Well it's A.D.H.D. or you're a master of mulitasking. : )
I heard someone with the same type of day say the fix is O.H.I.O.
ONLY
HANDLE
IT
ONCE!

OHIO! When I start having one of thosedays.
 
LOL! That has been my life for years, and I'm only 37. It makes me cringe to think of what lies ahead for me.
 
FOCUS!!
One thing at a time. My brain tries to make me do the same thing, but I don't let it. I make myself finish what I started to do first. It's like having to wear blinders. Multi tasking is only good for people that are good multi taskers. Most of us aren't and want to be.
 
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