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Still slippin'
Jan. 10th, 2020 01:18 pmMissed another day there. In fact, lemme back up all the way to Wednesday to get a little context. At the time I posted on Wednesday, I had the whole day to myself and was about to break for dinner and was pondering the likelihood of an evening shift. Boy howdy, did I pull an evening shift. I actually sat down and did a whole BXP while waiting for the kids to get back. So this coin has two sides. First, it was great to sit down and edit and to get a whole damn project done. On the flipside, though, it meant I went hard for many hours and stayed up late finishing, which is a work pattern that I'm trying not to engage in so much anymore. So Wednesday was quite a productive day, yes, but it left me totally burnt on Thursday.
So Thursday was yesterday. I spent most of the time with office stuff and didn't get a lick of pod editing done, which is what happens when I burn like that! It was also a little off because I had to run an errand in the afternoon before picking T up from work, and that kinda threw things off. Also I think much of the day I kept getting distracted by social media or something. Honestly I don't even remember now, but I know I did not have good focus yesterday.
Today, Friday, is also a poor focus day. My brain feels disorganized; I'm have a tough time, like...getting ducks in rows, I guess? I'm getting back to fundamentals today -- taking things one step at a time, working on a thing, checking it off the list, moving on to the next thing. I find when I get like this that it's the "move on to the next thing" that poses the most difficulty. I am posting, though, which means I'm doing pretty well on the dailies. I've switched the order on my list to blog before getting into some of the more nebulous stuff, like inboxing, so from now on, blog posts aren't going to signal "done with dailies," but they'll still be in that kind of "close enough" space, and whatever's left is likely going to be evening shift type of stuff anyway.
So. It's the afternoon now. Really I had wanted to work on IGS today, but I have to be honest with myself, and I just don't think I have the brain for it today, so I'm officially putting that off 'til tomorrow (which, incidentally, should actually be a good work day, since T and Gb are heading out for the day again). By all rights I should hit the pod mines and try to at least button up that UtT I've been sitting on, but also I just kinda...don't want to? I've gotten a fair amount done today without really feeling like it, so I am kinda feeling low on fuel at the moment. (Speaking of which, I also fucked up my eating schedule today, so there's that.) So I dunno. I may have to just...take a break. Or even call it for the day. I'm gonna try and not feel guilty about it, but...well, I am who I am. :) Onward!
So Thursday was yesterday. I spent most of the time with office stuff and didn't get a lick of pod editing done, which is what happens when I burn like that! It was also a little off because I had to run an errand in the afternoon before picking T up from work, and that kinda threw things off. Also I think much of the day I kept getting distracted by social media or something. Honestly I don't even remember now, but I know I did not have good focus yesterday.
Today, Friday, is also a poor focus day. My brain feels disorganized; I'm have a tough time, like...getting ducks in rows, I guess? I'm getting back to fundamentals today -- taking things one step at a time, working on a thing, checking it off the list, moving on to the next thing. I find when I get like this that it's the "move on to the next thing" that poses the most difficulty. I am posting, though, which means I'm doing pretty well on the dailies. I've switched the order on my list to blog before getting into some of the more nebulous stuff, like inboxing, so from now on, blog posts aren't going to signal "done with dailies," but they'll still be in that kind of "close enough" space, and whatever's left is likely going to be evening shift type of stuff anyway.
So. It's the afternoon now. Really I had wanted to work on IGS today, but I have to be honest with myself, and I just don't think I have the brain for it today, so I'm officially putting that off 'til tomorrow (which, incidentally, should actually be a good work day, since T and Gb are heading out for the day again). By all rights I should hit the pod mines and try to at least button up that UtT I've been sitting on, but also I just kinda...don't want to? I've gotten a fair amount done today without really feeling like it, so I am kinda feeling low on fuel at the moment. (Speaking of which, I also fucked up my eating schedule today, so there's that.) So I dunno. I may have to just...take a break. Or even call it for the day. I'm gonna try and not feel guilty about it, but...well, I am who I am. :) Onward!