Void Thoughts

There are so many things that distract me during the day. My number one distraction is my family. With summer holidays going on, my kids are always around with their needs.

This morning, I had well-defined plans that I made last night before bed. There were only three things that I wanted to do today. But morning came and went; it is now 9 pm, and my plans are still on paper, waiting to be executed.

I had a busy day today. I cooked a lot, cleaned a lot, helped Kanna with his lessons, and did a lot of other stuff that was important at that time.

But, what happened to my stuff?

I couldn’t get to it.

I finished my current read last night, so I didn’t read a book during the day, and I didn’t even get the time to read a single post on Medium today.

However, Medium is usually the ultimate distraction for me. I open Medium with the intention of writing and end up reading post after post. I have a lot of posts on my reading list.

At this point, I should surrender and realize that I can’t read all the posts. But I really want to read them all—read as much as I can. And reading encroaches on my writing time.

Have you experienced this encroachment of reading in other areas of your life? How do you deal with it?