Room for Improvement

[jon_chaisson]

So how has Busy October been so far? Well, I'm a little frustrated with myself right now because Procrastination is once again biting me in the ass, but other than that, not so bad. I've been making nearly all the deadlines I've given myself, even if I'm doing them at the last possible moment in the day. And that's never a good thing for me, because that's my high school-era bad habit that ends up with rushed and half-assed work.

The response to that is to not see it as failure, but Room for Improvement. I have to push the work back to earlier in the day (if it's possible -- Day Job tomfoolery comes first, obviously). Close those social media tabs and open the blogs that need updating.

Am I giving myself too much to do? I don't think so. I have a lot on my plate, yes, but I like having a lot on my plate...if I'm able to successfully juggle it all. This is why I'm okay with busy days at work, if I'm not interrupted by someone asking me to suddenly drop everything and work on something else instead. [That only serves to piss me off, because it completely messes with my internal planning of things. And really, is finding a check for you that much a matter of life or death?] So if everything is running smoothly, I can jump from one to the other relatively easily. I'm writing this while I'm waiting for my work PC to finish running a job. I took care of household chores on the weekend so I won't be interrupted by laundry runs or anything. The Big Project Work is saved for evenings: the Final Line Edit of The Persistence of Memories on the PC, and the galley edit of A Division of Souls for my night reading in bed.

I've also been writing up my daily progress in my desk calendar notebook as well. I'm hitting at least four or five things a day: the daily 750, the Inktober meme, the editing, the personal journal, and occasionally the blog post. I'm happy with that. So the improvement needed is not in the quality or quantity of the words...it's in the time management, as always.

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[chaoticmoth.livejournal.com]

It is that time of year to feel that way, isn't it. I think there is something genetically programmed in people for this time of year to get everything done because the days are getting shorter and (no GOT reference intended) winter is coming. :)