Since I’ve become a temporary “Stay-At-Home-Novelist/Blogger/Pinterester/Reader/Lesson Planner,” I’ve spent a lot of time on my computer. You may have noticed. I’m a little embarrassed about it, but I am being more productive than you’d think.

I’m a good multi-tasker, but when I say that I mean that I’m good at watching TV and playing Bejeweled at the same time. I’m good at listening while also doing something brainless. But having multiple tabs open is a different story. Actually, it’s not just tabs. I’ve got my novel open in a word doc, and often photoshop because I’m learning to use it. And the way I have my mac set up, when I’m switching between programs, it does this weird, time-taking transition.

And sometimes amidst it all, I need to take a break.

“Stop.” I say to myself. “Everything that you are doing is fun. Why are you stressed out?”

And then I realize that I am on infinite scroll mode on Pinterest, in the middle of composing a comment on Facebook, reading three different blog posts, attempting to focus sentences into a novel and blog, frustrated by my lack of photoshop ability, trying to g-chat three different friends while ALSO having Jeremy solve my photoshop problems, AND a whiney song just came onto Pandora.

And then I realize while I am stressed, and immediately seek a time-out, lights off, power nap so I can forget the over-stimulus ever happened.

I’m going to give myself a seizure.

No wonder kids these days have ADD.