going off track
- derailedThrown off course
- sidetrackedDiverted from main task
- astrayOff the right path
- wanderingTraveling with no fixed course
- detourAlternate path around obstruction
tangent · digression · veering · drifting · lost · straying · distracted · diversion · meandering · deviation · wayward · errant · rambling · unhinged · spoiled · curdled · rancid · expired
goal-oriented progress
going off trackmaking progress
moving forward · following through · zeroing in · honing in · buckling down