Huh. I used to be somewhat like that, but at some point in the last... hmm, possibly 2.4 years... I've become the opposite. I remember I used to (when working at home) think, "I'm hungry, it must be lunchtime" and then a couple hours later I would think, "I have a headache, I guess I forgot to eat lunch." That never happens anymore. Now even when I know I have a couple uninterrupted hours to work (nap time, or babysitter time), I don't seem to be able to concentrate on my work without jumping up every few minutes to get a snack, water the plants, flip the laundry, etc. Sigh. Maybe my inertia will return when kindergarten starts.
I think slow task switching is unrelated to punctuality. I suck at task switching. It's hard to get into flow, it's horrible (will kill my mood for the whole day) to be forced out of it. This has the effect of me not being able to do any real work that requires concentration if I have a meeting coming up.
But I'm very much not an optimist. I can probably count on one hand the times I've been late for anything in my life on one hand. Showing up late is rude, the world is unpredictable, so you aim to show up 5-10 minutes early, or you're an asshole.
I have struggled with this behavior more often than I'd like to admit. At some point in the last handful of years, I seem to have drifted away from it, but every now and then I surprise myself with falling into exactly this pattern.
I wonder if being able to recognize and frame it will help on those rare occasions I begin to lapse.
This is me too - having flexible work hours sometimes comes with a downside for me! Now that I know it's not just a fluke, perhaps I'll approach it more productively... here in Switzerland being on time is a big important thing, which makes this behavior even worse.
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I suck at task switching. It's hard to get into flow, it's horrible (will kill my mood for the whole day) to be forced out of it. This has the effect of me not being able to do any real work that requires concentration if I have a meeting coming up.
But I'm very much not an optimist. I can probably count on one hand the times I've been late for anything in my life on one hand. Showing up late is rude, the world is unpredictable, so you aim to show up 5-10 minutes early, or you're an asshole.
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I wonder if being able to recognize and frame it will help on those rare occasions I begin to lapse.
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I've read elsewhere that depressed people tend to have a much more accurate picture of reality than those who aren't depressive.
Apparently the world is rigged so you can be happy, or you can have a reasonably accurate picture of what's going on around you.
So that sucks.
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Whatever I've just been doing, that's the only thing I want to do.
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