No, I don't mean weight problem. I mean a wait (ing) problem.
I don't procrastinate (like I used to anyway) but I've been known to put things off until later for what seem like perfectly logical and rational reasons. As an example, let's take a look at the new year.
I've outlined several things that I would like to accomplish in January and I'm really going to have to work to make them happen. However, there are still bowl games from LAST college football season that I am NOT going to miss. Just like that, I fall behind four days. I'm now looking at an entire month worth of objcetives but only twenty-seven days left to get them done. (Sporting events can do this to me ... I'm still very much the college kid that skipped every class that would have prevented me from watching my team in the MLB playoffs. I feel so disloyal when I don't watch my teams, especially in the playoffs ... but I digress.)
Another example? Sure. How about my next IT-related certification? I was going to get started on that process the week between Christmas and New Year's Eve because it's typically a slow week. My plan was to take the exam by the end of January. WELL, because another tech. was on vacation that week, I was busier than anticipated and now it becomes much less likely that I'll take the exam in January. In addition, I've really got to get a website done for my one friend and I really don't have the time to work on both studying and designing / coding a website this month. I've also received several things to read for Christmas that I should really get to before I bury myself in other projects. I take the certifications pretty seriously and I've never failed an exam. I'm afraid that if I don't give it my undivided attention that won't continue to be the case.
For some reason, my mind prefers asynchrony as an effective way to make sure that I'm maximizing my focus on the task at hand. In its simplest form, I never want to start anything that I can't finish and maybe that's the crux of the issue. I always want to make sure I have a large enough block of time to do the task properly and my life just hasn't worked out in those nice, neat chunks of time as I had hoped it would. Maybe it never will. I'm thinking this might be the case.
I'm hoping that I can adjust this mentality to allow me to work on things in smaller time allotments while still maintaining a modicum of integrity and quality in the work. We'll see how it goes.
Posted by languorous at January 3, 2006 11:46 AMYeah, its tough. Work just does not allow you much time to do other things. If time spent at work was not specified, and you just had to put your 40hrs in sometime during the week, you probably could become more efficient. However, with that big block of time gone, it makes is difficult to get anything else done. Worse yet, it makes it harder to WANT to do anything else.
I miss working part time, and not dealing with all this crap. Also, College football is CLEARLY where its at. GO PENN STATE!
Posted by: Jon at January 4, 2006 02:52 PMOh please save time to play with Sully and hang out with me. I will help you study while you play:-)
Posted by: Karen at January 4, 2006 07:04 PM