Having a good day…DISTRACTION!!

My days are full of distractions — most of which are self generated. I have the attention span of a four year old. Working at home doesn’t help. *Studies show that 89% of distractions happen in the home. And working online doesn’t help the situation. The energy used to run the internet is fuelled by the curious websurfer’s need for constant stimulation and #instagratification.

I spend about six hours a day on the web, managing social media pages and creating digital content. For those who actually work and/or venture outside the home, I thought I might give you a quick glance into a typical day of the WAHM.

• Wake up.
• Attempt to go back to sleep because dammit, I don’t commute so why get up at the crack of dawn?
• Attempt to get up again but decide that a shower can wait until later. It’s not like I’ll see any actual humans today anyway.
• Cuddle with the kids in bed until somebody (me) gets elbowed in the face.
• Get up and put on “uniform” — jeans, flip flops, t-shirt, ponytail, lip balm,
• Perform morning tasks and shuttle kids to school.
• Coffee.
• Log on to computer and vow to remain focused.
• Search for a link to post on a client’s social media channel.
• Find a link about Myley Cyrus instead.
• Share the Myley link on Twitter.
• Get involved in a heated convo about the dangers of sitting on a wrecking ball naked.
• Go back to find that client link but check email first.
• Open the Groupon about unlimited hair removal for $99 and forward to girlfriends.
• Check personal Facebook page and update status.
• Like 11 friends’ statuses.
• Check twitter to see if the wrecking ball conversation is still going on.
• Check to see if anyone liked my Facebook status.
• Have an idea for a blog post and jot it down.
• Check Facebook groups for any new messages.
• Tweet out something HILARIOUS. Wait for response. Crickets.
• Go back into Google to find that client link.
• See an article about the cleansing power of breathing. Take several deep breaths and sit up taller.
• More coffee.
• Finally locate the link!
• Make a phone call.
• Vine myself making lunch.
• Remember that I didn’t actually post that link yet.
• Check blog stats.
• Check Alexa rating and wonder why it’s dropped.
• Google “How to improve Alexa rating.”
• Start to read the article but get bored and read a few of my own blog posts instead.
• Fix a typo.
• Fix another typo.
• Check email and star the ones to answer…later.
• Post a photo of the dog to Instagram.
• Write the title and topic sentence of a blog post and save for…later.
• Update to do list and look for things to check off.
• Check off nothing.
• Log in to Google Plus. Log out.
• Check LinkedIn.
• Contemplate sending a story pitch to a magazine, but watch funny newscaster bloopers on You Tube instead.
• Look for a photo to include with that client link.
• Edit the photo in Picmonkey.
• Edit a photo of myself in Picmonkey and post to Facebook.
• Finally post client link and the photo!!
• Look for another client link…..  
• Repeat.

Basically, this clip from Vine sums up my average day perfectly.

*No such study but it sounds about right, don’t you think?

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