Psychotomy

So, I have a slightly overactive mind. In that I can’t focus on a single thing at a time, I almost HAVE to do multiple things at once. (For instance, right now I’m writing up this post, thinking about what we need to pack, bring back, etc, and at underlaying levels I’m still thinking about stuff for work and video games)

In fact, if I try to “eliminate all distractions,” like all the college into study stuff tells you to do so you can learn how to do things right in uni? Yeah, I get distracted within minutes and end up off on some complete tangent.

If what I’m working on is interesting enough to engross me reasonably, I can get by with some kind of music. But a lot of times I was doing my homework while watching Highlander and Zorro at 1am because I needed that level of background where I could flick my eyes and have them catch something easily to go back.

And I’ve continued doing this for years at my jobs. Until a few weeks ago I got caught by one of the older generation who is still freaked out by us not wearing suits to the office :o He got all red in the face when I tried to tell him the video was background noise, but apparently he walked up while I had stopped typing to think about something. So he saw me sitting there watching a vid.

Which is going to be a nuisance for everyone, because I’m certainly not the only person to do it :o But he sure does seem to be the only one that cares so far. Unfortunately, he’s up the chain a few levels, so I have to lay low for a while. Which means my productivity is going through the cellar since I’m going to get distracted and tangentified a LOT.

But, hey, at least the company can know that I’m sucking by following the rules rather than excelling by ignoring the ones that no one cares about :o

Posted in: work by attriel /