The past couple of weeks have provided me with a seemingly endless stream of work. The kind of heavy flow that leave you searching for the cut off valve. While nothing that needs to be done is of any significant size, the volume of the work is what keeps growing.
The
greatest hindrance to the whole thing really isn’t the things that I know that
need to be done it is the collection of all the things that I keep forgetting
about. The tasks and projects that have been put aside temporarily in order to
take care of the faux urgent. Today was a perfect example of this as I was
knocking things out at a pretty steady pace with what looked like an end point
in site. Then my mind began churning and bringing to the forefront items that
had been blocked out for days.
This
really isn’t anything new. Sometimes it is what needs to be done in order to
focus on more pressing matters. Sometimes it is because my mind is wandering
about while I am typing. On the rare occasion, it is because I just zone out
and things evaporate. Of course, there are the occasion where all of these fun
things come into play as they play tetherball with my gray matter allowing me
to catch a quick glimpse of a thought before sending it back to the forgotten
files in the corner.
Is
this a problem? No, not really. It doesn’t get in the way of getting things
done on time. Maybe the occasional lapse of time between communications but
nothing that would entail missing a deadline. In fact, it is my minds way of
making sure that things get done. Even the best juggler has limits as to how
many things they can keep afloat. Yes, it’s a cliché and I used it. If I tried
to keep everything going on within easy mental reach it would be impossible to
get things done. Even simple things would be a chore and choked with the
thoughts of other unrelated projects. It would be like Bill Clinton at a sorority
house slumber party… at some point you just freeze up and not be able to
function even though you know what to do.
Basically,
in order for some people to remain productive, you have to become stupid. I am
talking about a liberal dose of stupidity that ensures you mind has a singular,
however ridiculous, purpose. You have to do this while maintaining a damn good
mental hard drive to pull things back up when needed. One project at a time
because even the best computer can crash if you let it overheat (usually if you
open up too many programs at the same time).
If
needed, don’t be afraid to shut it down and smack the crap out of it… old
school IT support is sometimes the best solution. With that said, time to
revisit the land of the simple minded where liberal doses of stupidity are the
norm and everything has a blue tint to it. Without all that pesky thinking I should
be able to catch up sooner than I thought possible.
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