No one has really mentioned mindfulness (the "muscle" or "skill" grown by the exercise of meditation)
It seems like the real question in this thread is "How do I avoid being distracted" more than anything else.
The best analogy I can give you is a good state of mindfulness is like a really strong windows task manager. You can actually see the processes of your mind, like thoughts popping up and begin to take up system resources. If you are mindful you can see this with much more clarity than if you don't have a meditation practice. With the clarity gives the side-effect of "control"
It seems like the real question in this thread is "How do I avoid being distracted" more than anything else.
The best analogy I can give you is a good state of mindfulness is like a really strong windows task manager. You can actually see the processes of your mind, like thoughts popping up and begin to take up system resources. If you are mindful you can see this with much more clarity than if you don't have a meditation practice. With the clarity gives the side-effect of "control"