Today there is improvement. I start to do things one by one. It was slow but small things get done. Which is good because recently even I cannot complete small tasks like yesterday where a simple survey became very long. I also learn to seek help from my colleagues. And the result was surprising. It did not get done immediately. But somehow my colleague reminded me of the resources I already have but forget. Also, I learnt to explore myself and found something new. It is not complete but at least it is a progress.
After the main task was completed, the struggle began, I wanted to do things that were not required. It is difficult for me to focus on the basic task first. I made mistake by offering to make something that is not required. But the good thing was that I contacted the person to update the status instead of keep waiting. I also managed to check one little thing before going back.
I almost brought my laptop back home although I know that at most I can do is 30 mins at home with that laptop if I am to sleep on time. So I decided to just leave in the office knowing that there are actually many things that I can do at home. For example, my evernote is still in mess. By right, it should be helpful by organizing things. But now, what I do is that I just keep adding the task without deleting the completed task. Also, I don’t immediately tag the task which means that all tasks are inside a huge box and it is harder to search.
One possible explanation that it is hard for me to organize is because I seldom write or do self-talk. When I think, the thoughts can be so many and sometimes it is either parallel or keep switching at a very fast rate. End up, it becomes messy thoughts which are not processed and just scattered everywhere. In contrast, when we write or do talk aloud, we can’t come up with all thoughts at the same time. It is not just possible as we need to write one by one or speak word by word. Indirectly, it is a process of making decision on which words to write or talk, and which one to let go and remain just as a thought. In other word, the thoughts that come through writing or speaking is in bite-size. So it is easier to organize. This also makes us more conscious on what we feel or why we do things.
No wonder sometimes I also have difficulties in writing. Because in writing, my thoughts need to slow down and I need to decide what to write. Thanks to my wife for encouraging me to write that through this I practice to organize my thoughts.
Also, it is interesting that because writing and speaking require more focused thinking, I get tired easily and therefore not too many thoughts on the subject.
So, we can use the time to think something more important. Let’s start. I need to organize my evernote. How can I organize? One thing that I often confuse is to use inbox. Now I am also treating my action as inbox as I keep throwing things inside that. So perhaps the one that is lacking is in reviewing those inbox. I need to take the courage to provide some time to review the inbox whether it is the actual inbox or my list of actions. Then I need to give the priority whether want to do immediately or when is the scheduled time to do it. Also giving the tags or keywords are also useful. I think for this, we can do it immediately when we create the task.
Another challenge that I have is that I keep switching on the tool to organize. I still have the google docs or sheets running. Also, sometimes I write in one note, and other time I wrote at the word itself using the heading section. Sometimes I also write my to do list on paper or in S Note.
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