You decide to clean the living room. Thirty minutes later, the living room is untouched and the bathroom is spotless.

What happened: You went to the living room. Picked up a cup. Walked to the kitchen to put it in the sink. Noticed the kitchen counter was dirty. Wiped it down. Saw the sponge was gross. Went to get a new one from under the bathroom sink. Noticed the bathroom mirror had spots. Cleaned the mirror. Cleaned the toilet while you were at it. Did the whole bathroom.

Living room never happened.

Each physical movement triggered a context reload based on environmental cues. The kitchen cued "kitchen cleaning context." The bathroom cued "bathroom cleaning context." Each new environment overwrote the previous intention.

You didn't lose focus. Your focus followed the environment instead of the plan. Your consciousness rebuilt around whatever room you were standing in.

This is why (linear) cleaning works better with a written checklist visible from every room. The checklist is an intention anchor that survives environmental context switches.

You're not scattered. You're environmentally responsive. Overly.