For the second consecutive night, I had some insomnia, although this time, it was shorter lived and without any accompanying anxiety. Being obsessed with productivity, I jumped out of bed and did a whirlwind of clean up and preparations for today.
I returned to work to face multiple projects, one of which had the kind of spaghetti-like minutiae that could suck you into an administrative hell for days on end. After catching myself sulking in victimhood for a few minutes, I ordered myself to stop it. Stupid behaviour like that is what steals my potential, minute by minute. So instead, I looked for leverage, and long story short, called for a Skype meeting with all clients and collaborators to muscle my way out of the situation in what should take an hour or two.
I handled a few other projects in similar fashion: In the past, I've always been the nice guy who took up everyone else's slack for acceptance, at the expense of my personal life. Today I instead threw some responsibilities back in the clients' courts, and had them like it in the process!
On the flip side, there are certainly things yet to fix. My productivity habits at work always seem to take a nosedive after lunch, and to my great annoyance, I went on "autobeta" in the face of a cute girl half my size who passed by the office, lowering my head and chuckling submissively.
But hey, this particular journey has just begun.
George
I returned to work to face multiple projects, one of which had the kind of spaghetti-like minutiae that could suck you into an administrative hell for days on end. After catching myself sulking in victimhood for a few minutes, I ordered myself to stop it. Stupid behaviour like that is what steals my potential, minute by minute. So instead, I looked for leverage, and long story short, called for a Skype meeting with all clients and collaborators to muscle my way out of the situation in what should take an hour or two.
I handled a few other projects in similar fashion: In the past, I've always been the nice guy who took up everyone else's slack for acceptance, at the expense of my personal life. Today I instead threw some responsibilities back in the clients' courts, and had them like it in the process!
On the flip side, there are certainly things yet to fix. My productivity habits at work always seem to take a nosedive after lunch, and to my great annoyance, I went on "autobeta" in the face of a cute girl half my size who passed by the office, lowering my head and chuckling submissively.
But hey, this particular journey has just begun.George
