A good one. I call them outside influences, or a loss of focus. Yes they can be distracting. Most I encounter, not with myself but with others, are the illnesses, or infirmities. I look at these as just being there, but I don't claim them as my own. Meaning, that with an ailment, it is just here, but not part of me, and it will pass. I can't let that ailment, illness or infirmity change my thinking or focus on my recovery.