Today I join my fellow bloggers in "serving up a slice"
to the Tuesday Slice of Life sponsored by
I wake up, glance at the SOL (Slice of Life) entries at TWT (Two Writing Teachers) for inspiration, begin wondering about the east coast blizzard, and head downstairs to put some clothes in the dryer. I notice a newsletter that I promised myself I'd address and mail yesterday. The cat claims my attention, so I feed her and return to address the newsletters. One printed out perfectly, but the other eight had weird formatting issues. I decide to open the original email to see if I can get correct versions to print. When I open my email, I decide to follow my son's advice to read, file, or delete each of today's emails. (He helped me clean up my inbox last summer, but was appalled at Christmas that I hadn't followed his advice.) I read today's poem from Writer's Almanac, decide it's a keeper, and send it to my poems file. I read
Anna's Aim Higher post, comment, and send the link to some of my former colleagues. Then I decide to write my post for SOL. Now it's time for breakfast and some serious self-reflection about how easily I can get distracted. Oh wait, before I do that, I really need to get those newsletters printed out correctly and addressed. Maybe my OLW (One Little Word) for 2015 should have been FOCUS!
I think you're doing well, your SOL is posted early today! Can't wait to be home with you in April for a visit and wander with you in person!
ReplyDeleteYou made me laugh with your slice of distractions of life. How true to life it is when we have time to allow these moments to occur. In the end, I know you will have all tasks accomplished.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you're doing well! It's only January still - we're still learning how to live our OLWs. :)
ReplyDeleteWise advice from your son - my inbox is always immaculate. It makes me feel... more focused. :)
Isn't how easily we can get distracted from what we are planning to do? That always happens to me. Oh, and cats always do take priority at least to their way of thinking.
ReplyDeleteHA! That's just about my morning, too - except that I had to shovel out from the blizzard that wasn't such a big deal, after all. Focus is my OLW, too, but I am definitely not in the zone today. :)
ReplyDeleteI sense a poem in the midst of this slice. What about you?
ReplyDeleteRamona, I enjoyed following your distractions. I often wonder how time flies by so quickly. You explained it perfectly. For SOL today I wrote about the east coast blizzard as it affected Long Island. I am so glad that we connected and can muse together.
ReplyDeleteI think you were just stretching your focus! And sometimes, distractions can be fun too!
ReplyDeleteOh, Jaana, I love that idea - stretching my focus - keeping it in my back pocket for the next time I go a-wandering!
DeleteThis wandering perfectly captures these small moments in time. So often it seems we are not doing much of anything when in fact we are doing quite a lot! :)
ReplyDeleteI have so many days like this! So glad I'm no alone in my lack of focus!
ReplyDeleteSo funny, Ramona, & you seemed to have a head start on the day. Have all the tech possibilities distracted us, or are we even more informed? Either way, I seem busier than ever, & much of that is on the computer!
ReplyDeleteRamona- I could have written this post! Too funny!
ReplyDeleteAnd what else happened yesterday? I can just imagine :)
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