Like a laser beam
Yeah. As if.
I have so much work to do, so much on my plate that requires focus. I want to do these things, I enjoy doing these things. I'm not trying to convince myself, here, I really do enjoy the benchwork. What I hate like nothing else is working through a set-up on paper, setting it up on the bench, getting to the end and then realizing - when it's almost too late - that I've forgotten something obvious.
Or, like I've done recently, I work on a problem for a while and think I have it solved. So I move ahead triumphantly only to realize that no - I missed something obvious. I adjust and move ahead, a little ashamed at missing the obvious but glad I caught it. . . . only to realize that it's still not working. Why? Because I missed something even more obvious that I should have caught the first time. This isn't ruining or hurting anything because I'm just trying to solve a puzzle that just may not be, well, solvable this way. (This is molecular cloning, for those of you in the know.)
All this has been happening whenever I really try to work on a new problem. I dunno, guys, if I'm getting stupid or if I'm just tired. I know I didn't start out stupid :-D
I have my current set of goals, so I know what I need to work on for now. Maybe the first thing I need to do is straighten things up and organize again. It's sounds like procrastination, but my desk is a mess right now, and I can't look at one task without seeing another one peeking out at me.
I really feel frizzled.
Mamma left Houston this morning. She's on her way up here to spend some time with me. We'll garden (Dave too!), take some walks, eat good food - I think Dave and I will take her to Spring Mill to see the caves - and of course I'll keep working and have a stay-at-home mom for a little while. I'm really looking forward to it.
Well, here's hoping for a successful day. I could use one.
I have so much work to do, so much on my plate that requires focus. I want to do these things, I enjoy doing these things. I'm not trying to convince myself, here, I really do enjoy the benchwork. What I hate like nothing else is working through a set-up on paper, setting it up on the bench, getting to the end and then realizing - when it's almost too late - that I've forgotten something obvious.
Or, like I've done recently, I work on a problem for a while and think I have it solved. So I move ahead triumphantly only to realize that no - I missed something obvious. I adjust and move ahead, a little ashamed at missing the obvious but glad I caught it. . . . only to realize that it's still not working. Why? Because I missed something even more obvious that I should have caught the first time. This isn't ruining or hurting anything because I'm just trying to solve a puzzle that just may not be, well, solvable this way. (This is molecular cloning, for those of you in the know.)
All this has been happening whenever I really try to work on a new problem. I dunno, guys, if I'm getting stupid or if I'm just tired. I know I didn't start out stupid :-D
I have my current set of goals, so I know what I need to work on for now. Maybe the first thing I need to do is straighten things up and organize again. It's sounds like procrastination, but my desk is a mess right now, and I can't look at one task without seeing another one peeking out at me.
I really feel frizzled.
Mamma left Houston this morning. She's on her way up here to spend some time with me. We'll garden (Dave too!), take some walks, eat good food - I think Dave and I will take her to Spring Mill to see the caves - and of course I'll keep working and have a stay-at-home mom for a little while. I'm really looking forward to it.
Well, here's hoping for a successful day. I could use one.