Being distracted doesn’t exist.
It just means I’m thinking about something other than what you want me to think about.

I’m not distracted because I have ADHD.
I’m distracted because you are slow.

I’m always thinking about something else.
Even when I work.

That’s how I make new connections.

What it is, what it might become, what it once was

Your brain has to do multiple things at the same time.
Imagine you’re driving in traffic. That is how things are now: cars to the left and right.
But at the same time, you also have to prepare for how things might become. So you always spend a bit of energy on possible scenarios. For example: a car suddenly swerves into your lane. If you didn’t anticipate that—unconsciously—your reaction would be too slow.

At the same time, energy also goes to what you’ve experienced in the past. That helps you make a smarter estimate of what might happen.
All of these things happen simultaneously. So it’s not that the past, present, and future all happen at the same time, but that engaging with them happens at the same time. These processes exist alongside each other.

Does the past exist?
As a different form of information (memories in our heads). The past no longer exists, because it has already happened—but in a way, it also does still exist.
The future doesn’t exist either, because it hasn’t happened yet. Saying that there is only a here and now is too simplistic.

*Inspired by If Anyone Builds It, Everybody Dies

You have a you and a body. Between them sits a brain. Your brain teaches you, through mirroring, that you sometimes have to think about yourself. That you must first take care of yourself—only then can you help others.