My Life in Ruins
I’ve never had a good attention span. This blog is a case in point. Spates of frequent updates, interspersed with long periods of silence. My crafting life is another example. This month I am obsessed with sewing. Next month, I could drop it entirely and pick up knitting again, Or lampwork. Or calligraphy. Or something entirely new.
My husband and I are trying to start a home business. My attention span wore off about three days before we were supposed to launch.
Accompanying this bad attention span is a poor memory. I can memorize quotes, verses, instructions, directions. But ask me to remember a person’s name or an event I am supposed to attend, a form I am supposed to fill out, or a date in the future? Good luck with that.
This is a constant struggle for me, and it’s one I haven’t yet figured out how to overcome. Buy a calendar, you say. I have one. Get a PDA, you say. I have one. Get a phone with an alarm, you say. I have one.
A friend asked me to participate in something I love, with people I love. I forgot about it entirely, and only remembered four hours after I was supposed to have been there today. It was important, and I muffed it. There are excuses I could use, but I could have overcome them all. This was my fault.
So not a good day today.
Posted: March 22nd, 2010 under Blogging.