> (You might wonder why I didn't just … I needed to run on … with … in the first place. The answer is that I was distracted by the flow of circumstances. First

> (You might wonder why I didn't just … I needed to run on … with … in the first place. The answer is that I was distracted by the flow of circumstances. First I tried … so I tried to …, then I had … same problem, and by that point my mental focus was on 'make the compiler toolchain work'.) While intimately aware of the phenomenon in a technical context and something I constantly check myself on, I’ve never heard it described quite like that. ‘distracted by the flow of circumstances.’ So relevant to many parts of one’s life, it’s a nice turn of phrase, yet also complete BS. I learned a lot from this article and discussion here!