Squirrel
Ever had one of those days where you couldn't stay on task no matter how hard you tried?
In other words, you become like the dog in UP running one way, doing one thing, and then suddenly you stop and turn because "squirrel!"
That happened to me (again) today. After a couple of good hours of studying for Sunday's sermon, I got up to go into the office workroom to find a three-ring binder for my Advent series planning stuff.
And then, "squirrel!" And a couple of hours later I walk back into my office, saw the pile of Advent series planning papers and said, out loud, to no one but myself, "Oh yeah, I went in there for a binder."
I had found the binder the minute I walked into the room, but then I got distracted by some clutter and as I started to clean it up, I realized there was a cabinet that I hadn't yet cleaned out, and if I could clean it out, then some of the clutter sitting around on countertops could go into said cabinet. Which then led me to move some Bibles and hymnals to a shelving unit in the sanctuary storage area where the rest of the hymnals and Bibles are kept. And then. And then. And then.
Until I finally got that binder, punched holes in the papers, and got it all squared away.
Then I came home, where I was going to work on some content planning for the church's November social media. But there were dishes on the counter that needed to go in the dishwasher, and a box that needed torn down for recycling, and dogs that needed to go out, and I was super hungry, and then, about the time I sat down to work, hubby got home from work. And then it was time to eat. And then it was time to get dressed for Halloween. And then it was time to hand out candy.
"Squirrel!"
Needless to say, content planning will have to happen on another day - probably tomorrow - and chances are tomorrow I will be hyper-focused and get more done than I could have possibly done today.
But some days are just squirrel days. And it's not like I didn't get anything done - that workroom needed some tidying and it is now very tidy - so I just have to accept it for what it is - a squirrel day.
Does this happen to you? How do you handle squirrel days?
And now, let me offer you a squirrel with some cute pictures of my dogs and I dressed as Little Red Riding Hood, Granny, and The Big Bad Wolf. Enjoy!
In other words, you become like the dog in UP running one way, doing one thing, and then suddenly you stop and turn because "squirrel!"
That happened to me (again) today. After a couple of good hours of studying for Sunday's sermon, I got up to go into the office workroom to find a three-ring binder for my Advent series planning stuff.
And then, "squirrel!" And a couple of hours later I walk back into my office, saw the pile of Advent series planning papers and said, out loud, to no one but myself, "Oh yeah, I went in there for a binder."
I had found the binder the minute I walked into the room, but then I got distracted by some clutter and as I started to clean it up, I realized there was a cabinet that I hadn't yet cleaned out, and if I could clean it out, then some of the clutter sitting around on countertops could go into said cabinet. Which then led me to move some Bibles and hymnals to a shelving unit in the sanctuary storage area where the rest of the hymnals and Bibles are kept. And then. And then. And then.
Until I finally got that binder, punched holes in the papers, and got it all squared away.
Then I came home, where I was going to work on some content planning for the church's November social media. But there were dishes on the counter that needed to go in the dishwasher, and a box that needed torn down for recycling, and dogs that needed to go out, and I was super hungry, and then, about the time I sat down to work, hubby got home from work. And then it was time to eat. And then it was time to get dressed for Halloween. And then it was time to hand out candy.
"Squirrel!"
Needless to say, content planning will have to happen on another day - probably tomorrow - and chances are tomorrow I will be hyper-focused and get more done than I could have possibly done today.
But some days are just squirrel days. And it's not like I didn't get anything done - that workroom needed some tidying and it is now very tidy - so I just have to accept it for what it is - a squirrel day.
Does this happen to you? How do you handle squirrel days?
And now, let me offer you a squirrel with some cute pictures of my dogs and I dressed as Little Red Riding Hood, Granny, and The Big Bad Wolf. Enjoy!
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