
You’ve made up your mind: Today is going to be different.
This is the day you’ll begin focusing on those important priorities — the ones you never seem to have time to take care of. You begin by organizing your schedule, planning a meal menu for the week, making a grocery list, packing your gym bag, and then …
The phone rings. It’s your second cousin on your mother’s side and she wants to talk about the annual family reunion next year. She tells you it’s really important and going over the details won’t take long — she promises.
An hour later, you end the call, exhausted and drained from the overwhelming info dump about the picnic, her family, and everything going on in her life.
You check your watch, hoping you can get back on schedule — if you start right now. But a text arrives, and instead of setting it aside in your mind, you decide to send off a quick response. After all, it will take less than a minute.