It’s easy to be distracted. But there are levels.

Distraction can take place minute to minute. You could be in the middle of writing an email and decide to check Twitter (or Facebook, or Reddit, or whatever website you’re having yourself).

Your day could suffer from distraction. There’s work to be done but you end up spending too much time on things that matter less.

Worst of all distraction can be long term. We have a plan but never work towards it. Work has distracted us from life and we have isolated ourselves. Or we have become distracted and followed a course that does not lead to the destination we sought and find ourselves years down the wrong path.

No matter the period of time the solution is always the same. Notice, refocus.