For the past 7 days, I have been having troubles when it comes to staying focused on my daily objectives and tasks. Despite experiencing the benefits of using the Bullet Journal Method, I have I am still experiencing days, sometimes weeks where my focus would be pulled away from what I really should be focusing on. To be fair to myself, I have also been making some considerable progress when it comes to managing my ADHD symptoms, I should also acknowledge and take ownership of the fact that I still have many more bad days than good ones. The only real improvement/difference between today and before I started using BuJo is that I am having slightly more good days than before. Honestly, I think that is the only real progress that I’ve experienced so far.

Now, I want to categorize and separate my distractions into two categories.

Momentary Distractions

The first type of distractions I often experience on a daily basis is what I considered momentary distractions. Momentary distractions aren’t always that disruptive, although it could be depending on what that distraction is. Such distractions would often include scrolling on Instagram, LinkedIn or Bluesky. Other times, it could be other notifications, or stray, random thoughts. At times, I would also get interrupted thoughts that is related to my own anxiety. Short of worrying about something, I would get distracted by something that I am concerned about, and that would take anywhere between 5 minutes to 1 hour away from my day.

Overall, I feel that such distractions are still manageable. It used to be a whole lot worst before I discovered BuJo. In recent weeks, I’ve actually been doing better when it comes to managing these random, daily distractions. I would catch myself being distracted by a stray thought, or concern, and I would quickly snap my attention back to what I should be focusing on. So far, I would say that it’s working.

“Down the Rabbit Hole” Distractions

Now, onto the more serious distractions. The truly bad ones. I called them my “down the rabbit hole” distractions. These are usually much more disruptive and often make me feel very guilty afterwards. These kinds of distractions are usually triggered by some kind of temptation. Like for example, there were some days where I would feel tempted to rewatch an entire TV series (sometimes it would be for 1 season if the show only had 1, other times, the whole length of its run). Just recently, I was obsessed with watching “The Good Doctor”. I literally spent the entire week watching the whole 7 seasons from start to finish. And then on some of those days, I would end up sleeping late and wake up the next day feeling dizzy & tired.

Sometimes these distractions could be about other things too. TV shows are just one of those things that would suck me in, and I would find it very hard to pull myself away from it. Today is the first day after an entire week of being distracted that I’ve managed to pull myself out of it (well, I finished the entire series). I was actually tempted to rewatch another TV series that I love the most (“The Expanse”). But I decided that I wasn’t going to allow myself to go down another rabbit hole again.

I gotta be honest with you, it’s very difficult to manage these “Rabbit Hole” distractions. Sometimes, I would feel stronger against it, other days, I would feel really weak and give into it, just like that. My hope is that I can at least be more focused on the right things for the next week or two. But I will be realistic with you, I know it’s not that easy. This is the kind of distractions that I’m trying to manage. I like to use the word “overcome”. But I know that there’s no preventing it 100%. It is something that I’ll always struggle with for as long as I’m alive on this earth. My only hope and prayer is that I will be able to become better at managing it over time.

Closing Thoughts

How are you managing your distractions? Do you also experience some form of “Rabbit Hole” distractions? I really hope to read about your experiences, struggles and what you are doing to help manage them. What have you tried so far? Did it work?