Tackle It.

Football players tackle with such focused, spot on force. 'I see you, you have the ball, I am going to grab you and take you down-end of story.'
Sometimes, when I am presented with a task, it can feel really daunting. For example, for 2 months I have been putting all of our socks in a plastic bin instead of folding them and putting them away. It felt "too big" to try and start. For one, there were a lot of socks and for two I knew not all of them would match up, which is both overwhelming and annoying. So I avoided it. Until today, when I asked my husband if it bothered him and his very kind response was "sometimes." So, then all of a sudden I realized I needed to do the task. I needed to tackle it with that spot on, focused force. Alls I needed was for someone to gently push me and then the light switch went on. The socks are folded and almost all put away. No they didn't all match up but at least I can cross it off my list. I should probably remove the plastic bin too to avoid this from happening again.
I think when people who are highly distracted are handed tasks they do sometimes feel overwhelmed, sometimes it just takes a friend or a family member saying either, "you can do it" or "ok, hurry up and get it done already!" My husbands was for sure the second response but in a much nicer way.
Today's suggestion: Make a list of 3 things you need to get done. Don't move onto the next thing until you get the first one done.