Distractions

What are distractions?

It's something that can cause amusement or some form of entertainment, but mainly diverts one's attention.. from what? The point is it diverts your attention FROM something TO something else.

Other entries or synonyms of "distractions" include "mental distress," "madness," and "lunacy."

I'm going to now consider maybe the "distractions" of our lives are bringing us back to what really matters.
I feel like many things that were distractions at one point in time have become out "it" thing.

Sometimes I want to drop everything I have to distract a friend from the worries of his or her life.

I have a test tomorrow.

My SO doesn't listen to me.

I need level up in this game!!!

I want to eat anywhere and everywhere that has a good Yelp rating!

Even thinking about the above quotes.. I chuckle a bit. I myself admit that I have thought those things -- at least something similar along those lines -- more than a few times in my life.

Sometimes it's about sharing the laughs with a friend, getting lost in the city and finding a wonderful hole-in-the-wall cafe, or praying to God.

I guess I'm having a hard time discerning what are deemed as distractions anymore.

Many things are so full of life, and yet some things cause me to grimace.

I love spending time with friends, but not so much the drinking aspect of it.

Is it stupid that I have as much fun not drinking?

I get naturally high off of life (sounds cheesy, but true <3).

Plus, drinking is expensive!~!!!

I do admit there are times when I do need that buzz to get jump started for the night whether it's a good buzz to go dancing or just any buzz to get rid of the distraught feelings from the bad things that happened that day.

A time and place for everything I suppose.

I have many distractions right now mixed with many psuedo-distractions i.e. things I think matter to me.

Distractions:

• Facebook (such a HUGE one. I need a nicotine patch for this or something >.<)
• Qatching of TV shows (Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, NCIS, etc. As you can see.. I watch TOO many shows)
• Drinking... (I've toned it down a lot this semester, but could learn to drink even less ;)
• And...?

Pseudo-distractions:

• Reading (recently purchased Life of Pi. First real book I'm reading since college. About time!)
• Sleeping (Sleep is productive, but can also be an addiction)

The real stuff:

• Reading the Bible and praying
• Skyping with family
• Laughing with friends

Okay, this post was psuedo-distraction perhaps?

*{Got so many goals. Just gotta clear my head and complete one or two tasks at a time 'cause after all, I'm a girl who can multi-task <3}