I am not sure how you ‘work.’ 

What makes you ‘tick?’ 

How you process ‘things?’ 

But I am hoping that what follows is something you can relate to. 

I have a problem focusing. 

I am distracted by everything. 

I am distracted by anything. 

I start with good intentions. 

Get myself set up at my desk. 

A cup of coffee filled to the top. 

Pen, paper, music, laptop, comfortable. 

Five minutes later, I am creating a new playlist. 

Then I am sweeping the floor. 

Straightening a painting. 

Opening the fridge. 

I am not procrastinating. 

In fact, I am looking forward to doing what I should be doing. 

All I have to do is look up from my laptop, and I am ‘gone.’ 

It is not always ‘work.’ 

It can also be something that I have to ‘think through.’ 

Something on my mind. 

‘Okay TJ, let’s think this through.’ 

‘Okay TJ, let’s get this work done.’ 

Start to finish. 

Get it done. 

But I figured out something. 

How to get the work done. 

How to think things through. 

How to sign off on something. 

How to get to a conclusion. 

I shut my laptop, and I go for a ride. 

Weird. 

There are thousands of distractions and hundreds of decisions. 

Yet, I can stay focused on thinking something through. 

I arrive home and get the work done. 

I get home with my conclusion. 

I have a friend who loves to garden. 

I am sure she thinks things through. 

I have a friend who loves to swim. 

I am sure he thinks things through. 

I have a friend who loves to skate. 

I am sure she thinks things through. 

I am sure you have your ‘thing’ too. 

‘Thinking Things Through’ 

Insert thinking emoji here. 

‘There is another way to ride.’