I see it as, I have a single topic on the left, then I get distracted by another, so my attention splits.Those rabbit hole introduce more distractions, and so on...

You set out to do something for an hour. You're distracted by something else, taking away a portion of that hour. More distractions, more time taken away.

Replace time there with attention, resources, focus, effort, etc.

That's the thing with these abstract images, possibilities are endless.

On the same note, please buy my abstract white painting. It's only a million. ;)

I'm guessing because you start one with one big thing on the left and end up with 16 small things on the right. So now it's harder to figure out which ones are important or valuable, etc. so you're more likely to spend time distracted by things which are not as important or valuable. But, who knows?

You set out to change a light bulb and end up working in the garden. Leaving so many tasks unfinished on the journey.