Sentences with phrase «get distracted trying»

Just don't get distracted trying to translate the soccer matches from Spanish into English while you are mixing ingredients.

Not exact matches

(Later, I tried out an online practice tool that Camp is making available to clients: I took the role of a computer programmer strategizing to get a raise, picking from multiple choices the best way to phrase, frame, and time my interactions with a distracted boss.

Don't get distracted and try to widen your net until you have dominated your niche target market.

«I have no doubt that next week in Prince George and in the upcoming throne speech Premier Clark will try to distract attention from her failure on LNG and show she «gets it», by making more and new promises about jobs and the economy.

and actually strike up a conversation with someone, try not to get distracted by looking at the monitor embedded in the corner of the lenses.

The program director for World Vision's work in South Sudan, Perry Mansfield, said: «When we get distracted by language and trying to define a problem in abstract percentages we can forget that every night more people than the population of the city of Los Angeles go to sleep hungry.»

I love trying out new healthy recipes and am a real sucker for getting distracted in health food shops!!

I'm trying not to get too distracted from work right now (still going on the dissertation but I'm definitely on the home stretch!)

With my list in hand, I tried to stay focused, but I got distracted when I spotted cauliflower in every color.

And I just love this story — food transforms people and it's often the first thing I bond with people over as well I'm really excited to try this recipe, I've never made a real risotto, my ability to get distracted in the kitchen makes dishes like risotto almost impossible to pull off.

(Once, I accidentally got distracted and tried to make whipped cream from half - and - half.

May have to try it again when I'm less distracted, as I assume it gets better.

She ended up failing when she didn't stick to just trying to one - up Flair, however: when her stablemates Liv Morgan and Sarah Logan were sent to the back by the ref, Riott got distracted arguing with him about it, giving Flair time to recover.

Ive learned to after a shocking result take myself away for a swear and sulk, get it done then try to avoid motd and distract myself anyway I can.

Walcott tried to get a touch but failed to do so, instead distracting goalkeeper Ross Worner as the ball found the far corner.

For me, I always tell my sons that if they focus on the summit they are trying to reach, and not get too distracted from that goal, their path will be clear.

He's got a great horizontal attack method if I'm trying to distract him into eating, oh, say, FOOD.

I think it's worth trying, even if all it does is distract you long enough to get farther along in labor.

Have squirted her a couple of times when she has got distracted and let go, its the only time I get a little frantic with her trying to get her to relatch so as not to waste too much precious milk and so as to not show off any more of me than is absolutely necessary.

If you get tired of this dropping game, take away the object for a few minutes and try to distract your baby with something just as enticing, such as a fun game of peek - a-boo.

Every time I try to change Jacob's diaper it's a battle and I've got the process worked out that if I distract him with food — he's indifferent to whatever you do to him.

You can try to prevent these spells by distracting your child when she seems to be getting upset, frustrated, or afraid.

Sometimes it's easy to get distracted by your stats, getting more followers, or trying to do things to make money.

I explained that if our child has a meltdown at bedtime, it's always good to listen rather than try to distract and get on with the routine.

If you wait to try to pump and bottle - feed until you get to Boston you're going to be really worried about it (including being distracted during your interview, which won't be good), and it's going to be more stressful for all of you, including your son.

For the next weeks, I got used to the blisters and the cracking and just bit my tongue and tried anything to distract me from the pain.

You may get distracted for a moment, which happens really easily when we are trying to do a million things at once!

Distracted Parents «Parents who are chronically hooked on electronics have poorly behaved kids who keep trying to get their parent's attention,» says Dr. Newman.

Often it seems that they'll try a couple of things almost at random, and if those experiments don't «work» immediately, they'll move on to tinkering with something else... or get distracted and drop the online outreach entirely.

«We're trying not to get too distracted and we're taking our instructions (from the police),» the source said.

«Unless we clear the decks of clutter, stop trying to implement scores of initiatives that are distracting us from these hugely important goals, even if we don't fail we will not get anywhere near; not in this parliamentary lifetime anyway,» Mr Brookes said.

Governor Cuomo, speaking for the first time about speculation that he might want to seek the presidency in 2016, says he finds the talk «flattering», but he says overtly political talk can be «distracting» when he's trying to govern and get along with both parties in the legislature.

«When we get distracted by language and trying to define a problem in abstract percentages we can forget that every night more people than the population of the city of Los Angeles go to sleep hungry,» WorldVision's South Sudan Program Director Perry Mansfield said in a statement.

If he gets nervous about loud noises but isn't destructive, then you can try behavioral modifications first, like having him wear a Thundershirt, playing calming music, or distracting him from the fact that fireworks are going off, says Vogelsang.

If you have trouble concentrating for long periods of time, or if you get distracted by thoughts and stories that run through your mind, try listening to a guided meditation to help relax you.

I try avoid walking home from work because I get distracted by all the stores on 42nd street.

I try to be careful about my things too, but yeah, I, for one, get distracted easily So that happens.

2:45 p.m. — Trying to finish up a press release but keep getting distracted by incoming emails from doctors wanting me to look at their research papers and promote their community events.

Usually when I have a wood working project I want done, I patiently (impatiently) for my husband to get home, then I try to find an opening when I can distract him enough to want to help me.

Many try and distract themselves but I've witnessed time and time again that if we really want to get over heartache (or indeed any other grief) we must firstly allow ourselves to feel it.

An account can become inactive because the user has found that special someone and gotten distracted by coupled bliss — or they could've grown so cynical and frustrated that they've given up trying to date.

Chat with a few different people casually first and try and get a sense of what they're into and if they're ready to go or distracted with other conversations.

Try not to get distracted by the giant bandwidth of sexual opportunities technology has provided.

I think often times there is someone else in the background, someone they are trying to get over... or they are in a temporary breakup and he goes online to distract himself.

Three years down the line I'm trying to make useful items that have some benefit to the environment... but sometimes I get distracted and what I make is simply quirky!

The fact that it also wants to go in - depth with any character and their little side story ends up hurting it as distracts from the overall arc that the film is trying to tell, which is Matthew's and Tina's search to get their daughter back.

«Killers» has some good moments, and Kazuki Kitamura is unnervingly creepy as the Patrick Bateman - like sociopath, but it feels incomplete — like the Mo Brothers were trying to say something important and got distracted by their own bloodlust.

This time, they've got something called Snowpiercer, and are trying to distract us with simmering... read more →

The rest of Dimitri's story follows him trying to get to a job interview for a Hollywood tour of celebrity homes (There's a lengthy, distracting sequence involving his Hollywood adventure).

Well, here are a few simple ideas to try: 1) Tell your friends and family what you're up to and make them promise to keep the distractions to a minimum; 2) treat yourself with something exciting when you achieve your milestones on time; 3) when you get distracted, write the random ideas down to follow up afterwards - it will help you stay in the moment; 4) visualize a steady decline in future incomes every time you waste time on unplanned tasks.