Have You Ever Did ANYTHING but the One Thing You Are Supposed to?

My answer is a big ol' yes, especially since working on a blog is my "anything" to avoid finishing preparing an information packet for a project. I enjoy the subject matter and look forward to synergizing with my peers and planning an event. YET...I can't "get my head in the game" to focus. 

I've checked Facebook a few times, my email, and even played a game or three of Soda Crush as I drink my coffee. What is a girl to do? I need to know...am I alone in this conundrum? I don't think so, hence the reason I'm putting it out there for a blog discussion.

Yesterday was Ash Wednesday, forty days before Easter, and a time when some "give up" something. This can be a food, bad habit, or thing. Others use this time to take up a new habit. Then there are those of us who focus on both, eliminating something pulling our attention away from God while adding something to help us reconnect or be a better man or woman.

What does Lent have to do with avoiding a task? I don't know, maybe nothing, but on the other hand, what if I gave up procrastination for Lent and focused on only thinking and speaking positive and encouraging thoughts and words? Hmm...would this solve my avoidance in completing a task? Probably not, since it's worked for me the past forty years, BUT...it might minimize the frustration of having to get things done or taking on more than I have time to complete. Then again, they might not be related at all but you just avoided something on your to-do-list to read this crazy and disorganized blog. So we are equally guilty, aren't we?

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If you have mastered the art of completing one task before moving on to the next, will you share your strategies and success below in a comment?

Better yet, do you have a story of how "multi-tasking"
did NOT work out to well for you?

Like when I start to fill the sink to do dishes in the morning, leave the kitchen to let the dog in and forget the water is running and I end up "cleaning" the kitchen since there is hot and soapy water everywhere.