Pace yourself...

[susandennis]

This current project I'm working on is about to nail me. We marching to an end of September date and I can't keep up the pace. It'a pace I chose and I can pull back on the throttle and I need to. I slept like a log last night and feel like I could do it again right now.

Part of the problem is me - well, actually, all of the problem is me... but part of it is that I suck at taking breaks. I can get distracted by emails and Twitter and Buzz and I do. But, what I don't do is actually get up and move and do something else entirely for 10 or 15 minutes. I usually realize that I should and then go into 'one more minute, one more time, just let me do this one more thing...' mode and I end up never getting up. If I didn't have to pee now and again, my ass would never leave the chair.

I think I need to take 15 minute breaks where my ass literally leaves the chair and I think I need to quit earlier in the day. I can quit without really quitting and I should. I can stop coding (the stuff that really works my brain) earlier and leave the last couple of hours for answering questions and organizing and cleanup. Also, I do not need to work the 10 or 11 hours a day I've been working.

I think I'm going to start this today.

At least I do break for lunch most days and today was one. It was a goood lunch, thank you.

Comments

[johncomic.livejournal.com]

This sounds like a cunning plan! Good luck with it!

[letmesaythis.livejournal.com]

You're one tough boss...of you.

[silverthief2.livejournal.com]

I always used to save copying and writing rote emails and basic website moderation for the last hour of my workday and it worked pretty well. Mindless stuff has to be done sometime, so you may as well save it for when you're zonked!

Not one to talk!

[(Anonymous)]

Set a timer or alarm clock to go off every three or four hours, put it across the room from you. You will have to get up and turn it off and maybe since you are already up you can convince yourself to take a little break. Might work??? I work in an office, but never end up leaving my desk unless it is to go to the bathroom. I eat lunch at my desk, and continue to answer phones and answer questions, my body would love it if I too would get up and walk a little bit.. Do as I say not as I do!! haha
Janine

web cam!

[(Anonymous)]

Hey good morning! has your web cam moved, nice ceiling but I can only see the top half of your head!
Janine

Re: web cam!

[susandennis]

Travis loves to move that sucker around... all fixed now! Thanks for letting me know.