When I start to feel a little overwhelmed at work, I often start a to-do list - scrap paper, a pen, my scribbly handwriting, and a quick 30 seconds makes the day suddenly seem much more orderly (take that, technology!). Today, I did so around 10 a.m., and this represents the internal dialogue I had at 11 a.m. - a dialogue that I often have with myself throughout my working days as I turn back, periodically, to that to-do list:
Yes! Finished something else. Can scratch it off my list. Where is my list? Ah yes, here we go -- e-mail to Christine, done! Hmmm, where is...? Oh. I didn't add that e-mail to my to-do list. Wow. That's too bad, it would be really nice to see something scratched off my list for the effort I went to. I mean, it did take me a good 15 minutes, and it was productive. Hmm. Maybe I'll just add it to the list. E-m-a-i-l C-h-r-i-s-t-i-n-e...That really deserves an exclamation point, too - it was pretty important. And -- drum roll, please! Line through it! Mission accomplished! That's THREE things on my list with lines through them!
I really wonder if this is normal.
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Definitely normal, 'cause I mean, I do it too. Especially the part where I add things to the list that I've already done just so I can mark them out. So it must be normal.
ReplyDeleteStephanie, you seem particularly organized and together, and if you do it, maybe there's hope for me yet!
ReplyDeleteDid you draw a line through 'write something witty'?
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