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Feb. 11th, 2006 03:29 amToday wasn't much good for nuthin. I had a good day at video games ( neep neep ), and pushed the food around on my work plate a little, but that's it. However, I think I have finished the construction of a long epiphany, of sorts.
Here's the thing: It appears to be generally true that, in most every sense of the statement, I can't work alone. Among other things, this literally means that I work most diligently and happily when I'm sharing a physical space with other people. I have more or less known this for a while, but only since we set up office in December has the corollary slowly been dawning on me: that, when nobody's around, it's damn hard for me to get anything done.
I think that's the reason that going to the Diesel often works, when I want to get the motivational fires stoked. I don't even have to interact with anyone there (and I usually don't, unless I run into someone I know), but I like the chatty environment, full of people doing whatever it is they're doing, all sorts of things. Working in a cozy office with a handful of familiar cohorts can be even better. But the same office, cohortless? Not so much. I goof off, surf the web, play games, and generally look at the clock far too often. Eventually it's bedtime. Meh!
What can I do about this?
a) If the Andys are taking the day off, and I feel like I could take a day off, I should take a day off.
b) If the Andys are taking the day off but I want to work, I should make plans for a lengthy work-date with someone, at VHQ or elsewhere.
Very good.
Here's the thing: It appears to be generally true that, in most every sense of the statement, I can't work alone. Among other things, this literally means that I work most diligently and happily when I'm sharing a physical space with other people. I have more or less known this for a while, but only since we set up office in December has the corollary slowly been dawning on me: that, when nobody's around, it's damn hard for me to get anything done.
I think that's the reason that going to the Diesel often works, when I want to get the motivational fires stoked. I don't even have to interact with anyone there (and I usually don't, unless I run into someone I know), but I like the chatty environment, full of people doing whatever it is they're doing, all sorts of things. Working in a cozy office with a handful of familiar cohorts can be even better. But the same office, cohortless? Not so much. I goof off, surf the web, play games, and generally look at the clock far too often. Eventually it's bedtime. Meh!
What can I do about this?
a) If the Andys are taking the day off, and I feel like I could take a day off, I should take a day off.
b) If the Andys are taking the day off but I want to work, I should make plans for a lengthy work-date with someone, at VHQ or elsewhere.
Very good.