Distraction Deterrent

The phone rings while you're cleaning the cupboard out and Sara needs you to make cupcakes for the School Bake Sale this weekend. You walk over to your calendar to write a note to yourself. Then you wonder if you have cake mix and off to the pantry you go. What a mess it is, so you start to straighten it as you are looking for the cake mixes and can't find them, but you do find the chili you were looking for last week and realize it's near it's expiration and you should add it to your menu plan and then the doorbell rings . . . remember the cupboard cleaning?!

It is so easy to be distracted by other things. One way to help yourself is to carry a small notebook with you. When the phone call comes, make a note to add the cupcakes and Bake Sale to your calendar. While you're cleaning and remember something else you need to remember, you can quickly jot that down. This distraction deterrent will allow you to stay at the task you're working on, while not forgetting all the other things you need to do.