Multitasking
I tried to get more sleep in today and nearly missed the earlier train as I arrived at the platform seconds before the train did. No free soda today, but the morning still went fairly well. I tried to wrap up something from last night and it just kept leading to 'one more thing'. Finally I finished as we started doing a lunch and learn regarding MVC. I'm very glad that it got brought up right before a larger refactoring session as the codebase at work needs some better MVC adherence. We enjoyed gluten free pizza and I must say that it's my first gluten free pizza and it was delicious. It definitely wasn't as filling as normal pizza but I often wonder if this is merely psychological (that is, I wonder if seeing less food and eating it yields less of a full feeling then seeing more food and eating that). I finished a few other tasks and had a few more 'one more thing' moments where finally I needed a mental break to get some clarity. I had a 6:00PM phone call that I wanted to make and I had missed the train I needed by just a few minutes. I fell asleep on the train and woke up from a call that probably made me get off at the right stop. I had my call and then headed home. I had a great conversation with my Mom about things that are going on while I was driving home and eventually I had stopped in the KFC parking lot to finish our phone call. As fate would have it, a family friend had pulled in just next to me and we briefly exchanged greetings and my mom and him exchanged greetings relayed through me. After talking to my mom, I headed home with dinner and Josh & I had some time to talk about our day and weekend plans. I had another phone call with friends at night after which I wrapped all these loose ends up in something I've been working on and called it a day.
Today was filled with a lot of moments that just blurred together. I often wear many hats at a time and today after leaving work the hats just kept swapping and even wore multiple hats at times. It just reminds me how ineffective multitasking is for things that use the same resources. I often think that I can multitask, but sometimes it can be so overwhelming that you effectively accomplish nothing or feel dissatisfied at the end of the day. My day is usually fine because I can focus and then after I leave the office, all bets are off and it's a madhouse trying to prioritize tasks and move at the pace I want to be moving at. I'm working on better time management, but it takes time to learn and practice better habits.
Also, Happy π (pi/π) day!
"Better now that I'm home with a bottle of Shiraz." ~ Blake K.
Although hard to read, it says 'Real Eyes Realize Real Lies', try saying that ten times fast with proper pronunciation.
Today was filled with a lot of moments that just blurred together. I often wear many hats at a time and today after leaving work the hats just kept swapping and even wore multiple hats at times. It just reminds me how ineffective multitasking is for things that use the same resources. I often think that I can multitask, but sometimes it can be so overwhelming that you effectively accomplish nothing or feel dissatisfied at the end of the day. My day is usually fine because I can focus and then after I leave the office, all bets are off and it's a madhouse trying to prioritize tasks and move at the pace I want to be moving at. I'm working on better time management, but it takes time to learn and practice better habits.
Also, Happy π (pi/π) day!
"Better now that I'm home with a bottle of Shiraz." ~ Blake K.
Although hard to read, it says 'Real Eyes Realize Real Lies', try saying that ten times fast with proper pronunciation.