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Aveline Tue 30-Sept-25 12:01:04

I feel tired just reading all the things you've done!

PaynesGrey Tue 30-Sept-25 11:37:02

I disagree. You have:

•Hung out the washing
•Wrapped a online purchase to return
•Made sure the dog has food
•Organised the freezer
•Opened the post
•Dealt with the recycling

Aren’t they all finished tasks, things you would have had to do sooner or later and have now done?

AGAA4 Tue 30-Sept-25 11:30:21

No you are not alone. I am a flitter going from one thing to another and leaving things half done. I left the vacuum cleaner in the bedroom when I heard the phone ping with a message. It's still there after sending other messages and answering emails.

J52 Tue 30-Sept-25 11:29:35

Sounds like the days I have. If I want to do something reasonably important I have to get up and set to, straight away.
Today after coffee, I tackled the hedge on one side of the courtyard. Having moved the pots, I’m now sorting them into their winter positions, clearing and weeding.
Just popped inside for a cup of tea and a look at GN! Back off out now, bye.

RosieandherMaw Tue 30-Sept-25 11:20:39

Is anybody else prone to this?
For instance, no GN first thing so I started to read my Kindle book, that made me feel like a coffee so I went downstairs to make it, saw the washing machine had finished the overnight wash, hung it out as it looks like being a lovely day, saw the QVC parcel on the table which had arrived yesterday but I hadn’t opened, so I opened it, tried it on, decided it was too big and did it up again, to send back later, by this time the coffee was cold so I made another, as I was getting the milk out of the fridge I remembered I needed to take dog food out of the freezer, opening the drawers I decided it all needed a bit of a sort out/tidy up so I rearranged a few things, then the post arrived so I opened that and took the unwanted catalogues etc out to the recycling bin in the garage, reheated the milk for my coffee and brought it upstairs by which time GN was back, so I abandoned my book…etc etc etc and here I am a total of 1 1/2 hours later having achieved next to nothing
I can’t believe I am alone in being so easily distracted - am I?