I am easily distracted. There I've said it. My wife can attest to this, and she has told me this countless times in the past. When I am having a conversation with someone I will catch myself listening to someone else's conversation (usually it pertains to something I have expert knowledge in) which takes away from the person I am supposedly giving my attention to. The reason why I bring this up is that the bombardment of outside distractions are getting so out of hand. Take for instance the mobile phone. Why is it that if someone is calling, you feel obligated to answer. I don't know how many times I have been in the middle of a conversation with someone, and suddenly they are talking on their phone to another person as if they were alone. Did I miss something? My importance factor just went way down. I get annoyed when my phone rings during a conversation I am having with a friend. My usual response is to hit silence and let it go to voicemail, but however somethings just have to be answered. So and so only calls if there is an emergency. I am not trying to sound holier than thou, I am guilty of this I am quite sure. It is just something that I have become intensely aware of lately.

I think what I am trying to express is that I have to be conscience of what is going on around me to warrant any distractions, and that means to not be disrespectful of those that I am conversing with. My wife would call this multi-tasking. I would agree, but at the same time disagree. Multi-tasking has a place, but it definitely should not be while you are with others. This is definitely something that I hope I "try" to do. Kristen I know I said "try". That's one of her peeves. Her and Yoda would get along great. "Do, or do not. There is no try"

The target is on my back. If anyone reads this I will now be held to a standard that I hope I can measure up to successfully.