The thing that is distracting you right now feels so captivating, so important, and so comfortable. When you step away from it, you clearly see how much of a waste of time it was and you’re annoyed that you wasted 5 hours doing something that was utterly useless.
Therein we see the highlights and shadows of distraction. The highlights are like flashes of light, but the shadows are like caves that can swallow you up and never let go.