Dealing with distraction – Meerkat moments

You’ve misplaced your equipment, lost your keys and are unaware of your schedule. You’re losing a sense of where you are in space and time and it feels like appointments and tasks are slipping through your fingers. Your dealing with distraction?

This stuff impacts all of us sometimes, but for some individuals, especially those who have ADHD traits, this can be part of everyday life.

One way to start managing this is to have, “meerkat moments.”

Dealing with Distraction

This is where you simply stop, look up and look around, working out where you are and in relation to what you think you might have decided to do that day. These moments can happen at any time, but they are often helpful when you’ve just finished an activity or maybe are getting to a point where you’re noticing you’re a bit stuck. They’re also beneficial if you see your emotions are running high or your energy is significantly altered, either high or low energy.

If you’re struggling to focus and finding that you’re losing your way, I want to offer a meerkat moment and ask you to think about what this might look like.

You might find it helpful to signpost yourself by putting a picture of a meerkat on your desktop (or maybe not), or you might discover something beneficial that prompts you to pause, take stock of where you are and what needs to happen next.

This is all about looking up, looking out and deciding what to do next.

We can’t decide what happens to us and we certainly can’t decide what other people do to us, but we can always choose what we do next.

If it would be helpful and you’d like to discuss this, I encourage you to reach out to someone you trust. If you’d like to have a conversation with us, please get in contact.