Yak Shaving TV

Yak shaving

noun.

A seemingly pointless activity that is necessary to solve a problem which solves another problem which solves yet another problem which... several levels deep, solves the original problem.

Story

I really wanted to start a YouTube channel but before I could do that I needed to organize my office and that required fixing the closet shelving, which required...

Then next thing I knew, I was at the zoo, shaving a Yak.