I’ve been putting time aside for some writing recently and was writing last week when I realised I hadn’t written anything but had, in fact:

• Searched my notes for the chapter I was writing
• Opened a half dozen tabs with content and context
• Opened a couple of PowerPoint decks with the content on
• Looked for a Post-It note
• Realised my desk was a bit messy so tidied it and put the bits in the bin and recycling box
• Realised I had to put the bin out
• Put the bin out
• Went back in and realised the recycling box needed emptying
• Put the recycling out
• Found an empty jar in the recycling so checked I had more in a kitchen cupboard
• Tidied a kitchen cupboard
• Added the item to the shopping list
• Realised I hadn’t checked for something on the shopping list in the bathroom cabinet
• Searched and then tidied a bathroom cabinet
• Found a set of nail clippers I’d been looking for
• Trimmed a toenail
• Was reminded I had been asked to send something to a hospital
• Went out and posted a letter
• Listened to a track from a new album on the way to the post box
• Came back and read four reviews about the album
• Went back to my open tabs wondering why I’d opened some of them

Is it just me, or does this happen to other people?