Where does all the time go?

I've found myself in a predicament of never having enough time to do everything I want to or need to do.
Example, I wake up, eat breakfast, then remember that I have errands to run. Get in the car, run errands, come home. Sound simple so far, right? Well, then I look and see the dishwasher needs to be unloaded. I start unloading and then see there are dishes that need to be reloaded. I rinse the dishes, but as I'm doing that, I think, "Oh, there are some tupperware in the fridge that need to be emptied and put in the dishwasher." I go to the fridge open it up and realize that the milk needs to be dumped out because it expired a week ago. I dump the milk out and go to put it in the recycle bin, but the recycle bin is too full, so now I need to bag it up. I get a garbage bag and put the recyclables in it and take it outside. When I get outside I see that there is something that needs to be put back in the shed, I come back inside to get the key to the shed, but there is some papers on the counter below where we hang the keys. I need to put them in the office. I go into the office and file the papers, but see that there is some stuff that needs to be shredded too, so I shred the papers, and now the bin is full and needs to be emptied. I come back into the kitchen to get a garbage back to empty the shredder into, and see that the dishwasher is sitting open and the dishes are still in the sink. Crap! I should mention that this an hour, sometimes more, has elapsed since I decided that I needed to unload the dishwasher. Now, I have gotten nothing done, I'm exhausted and it's time to go to bed. And that is pretty much how a normal day for me goes.
I've tried making lists. Doesn't work out so well for me. I've tried ignoring the chores that need to be done. I can't do that either. So aside from moving away from the mess and starting over, which I know won't work either, because I will just find some other tasks that need to be completed there and end up in the same predicament, I have no clue what to do.
OK, thanks, just wanted to vent that there. Oh wait, the cushions on the couch need to be straightened.