Disciplined & distractions

So obviously distractions are a major something that keep us from being closer to Jesus, at least I think. It's the little things that don't seem that important. I'll just go ahead and check my email again for the 43rd time today. Any new news going on in the world? Probably not, just checked 5 minutes ago. For me, one of my distractions is the computer, spending way too much time not really doing anything purposeful on a small electronic machine. I also get distracted by things that are new...I want to spend a lot of time figuring out whatever that new things is and how it works. Rather, I could be sitting down and getting into the Word. I could be praying. I could be serving someone.

One thing that I think really makes a difference is realizing that humans are creatures of habit. If that's so, ok, then it's time to implement discipline so that my habits and time spent is doing more fruitful things. Maybe I need to make a new rule, I can only check my email twice per day, at a certain time of the day, and if I go over that quota, I lose my bowl of cereal for the following morning. What's hard about that is enforcement, I'm not likely to enforce that on to myself. So ya, I feel somewhat distracted these days and am wishing for more discipline.