Discipline

I meant to do work, she told me, I meant to sit down and get things done. But those things lead to other things and one thing leads to another and after a while you lose your way, you know?

I had two choices: tell her the truth or tell her some lie.

I know, I said. It can be hard to concentrate, get things done, discipline yourself. She nodded, she was glad I understood. Discipline yourself, I repeated. She nodded. Again I said, discipline yourself. Discipline, discipline, I said it over and over, to her and at and myself included. And after a while, one thing led to another, and it lost its meaning like all words do.