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Feb. 11th, 2006 03:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
progToday wasn't much good for nuthin. I had a good day at video games (paid off the second house in Animal Crossing, and then got gold in the 150cc Leaf and Lightning cups in Mario Kart DS, woo woo), 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.
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Date: 2006-02-12 06:11 pm (UTC)(I can work late on a regular basis -- that doesn't seem to be hurting me. But I have to take days off. Weekends: they're not just a good idea.)
That said, here I am snowed into NYC and I'm about to start upgrading the Aquarius UI. Not working will also drive me nuts.
This is probably a good place to mention that I'm going to be out of town for the *last* weekend in February *also*...