Thingys, Something or Anothers, Whatchamacallits
These are the words I use to describe by biggest frustration right now. What to they all have in common? They are distracting. I have been asking myself why I, we, us, the general population are so easily distracted?
I came home from work last night and had spend a good part of the afternoon thinking about what I wanted to be able to do with my evening. I knew that the Queen would be out. I knew that the boys would be gone. I knew that there was the remote possibility that I would be home alone. When I walked in the door, the boys were sitting in front of the TV watch a movie they had picked up from the library.
The rest of the evening was spent trying to get them away from it. We finally had to turn it off and remove the remotes. That way we could stop them before the opened the entertainment center. It is insane.
Once dinner was fixed, the kitchen, cleaned up, the boys at their various activities, and I found myself alone; I started working on some of those plans I had made. One of them required the computer. I wanted to try and catch up on my journal. However, I found myself checking email, looking at blogs, shopping for stuff I didn't need, and reading the news.
Then I heard the hum of the TV and realized it had not been turned off one of those times that we had stopped the boys from trying to turn it back on. In fact, the DVD player was still running and the movie was paused. I got sucked in. I tried to justify what I was doing because I had the laptop with me and it was open to the journal site. I did not make much progress on either.
It wasn't until one of the boys called for a ride that I turned it all off, walked away and made sure that I was doing something somewhat productive. I did catch up on several days of journal. I did read some scriptures, I did taxi the boys several times between the house and the church.
When I had done all of these things and was still waiting for the Queen to get home, did I succumb to the enticings of the movie and other things on the computer. But it was so easy to do the same thing before.
How do we over come that? Some times I wonder if it is not better to fill our lives with such a full schedule that have to really work to do other things. When we find ourselves with idle time, it is easier to fall in to temptation.
I mentioned the brother the other day who was feeling kind of let down after being released. His live was so full before that he had to really work to stay organized and accomplish what he needed or wanted to do.
I have a feeling that I need to carry around a note book or something with my To Do List on it. I need to have the things I need and want to do on top and then the things I can do after on the bottom. The other things should be locked away so I don't have access until I have completed the other things in the list.
I wonder how I can do that with my children, when one finishes his/her list before the others and then wants to do the things at the bottom, but opening them becomes a distraction for the other. I think it all comes down to finding an order. I just have not figured it out yet. If you have ideas, let me know.
I came home from work last night and had spend a good part of the afternoon thinking about what I wanted to be able to do with my evening. I knew that the Queen would be out. I knew that the boys would be gone. I knew that there was the remote possibility that I would be home alone. When I walked in the door, the boys were sitting in front of the TV watch a movie they had picked up from the library.
The rest of the evening was spent trying to get them away from it. We finally had to turn it off and remove the remotes. That way we could stop them before the opened the entertainment center. It is insane.
Once dinner was fixed, the kitchen, cleaned up, the boys at their various activities, and I found myself alone; I started working on some of those plans I had made. One of them required the computer. I wanted to try and catch up on my journal. However, I found myself checking email, looking at blogs, shopping for stuff I didn't need, and reading the news.
Then I heard the hum of the TV and realized it had not been turned off one of those times that we had stopped the boys from trying to turn it back on. In fact, the DVD player was still running and the movie was paused. I got sucked in. I tried to justify what I was doing because I had the laptop with me and it was open to the journal site. I did not make much progress on either.
It wasn't until one of the boys called for a ride that I turned it all off, walked away and made sure that I was doing something somewhat productive. I did catch up on several days of journal. I did read some scriptures, I did taxi the boys several times between the house and the church.
When I had done all of these things and was still waiting for the Queen to get home, did I succumb to the enticings of the movie and other things on the computer. But it was so easy to do the same thing before.
How do we over come that? Some times I wonder if it is not better to fill our lives with such a full schedule that have to really work to do other things. When we find ourselves with idle time, it is easier to fall in to temptation.
I mentioned the brother the other day who was feeling kind of let down after being released. His live was so full before that he had to really work to stay organized and accomplish what he needed or wanted to do.
I have a feeling that I need to carry around a note book or something with my To Do List on it. I need to have the things I need and want to do on top and then the things I can do after on the bottom. The other things should be locked away so I don't have access until I have completed the other things in the list.
I wonder how I can do that with my children, when one finishes his/her list before the others and then wants to do the things at the bottom, but opening them becomes a distraction for the other. I think it all comes down to finding an order. I just have not figured it out yet. If you have ideas, let me know.
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