Obsession

Today I don’t experience stress like yesterday. But I feel again on the challenge of overcoming obsession. There are several areas where I was obsessed today. First was in checking out the e-mails. I exceeded the time limit that I gave to myself. Secondly, I only remembered the idea to contact friends who have been to Greece at around 5.30 pm. Then I became obsessed of finding all possible information and various possible routes even past dinner time. Third, once I know I couldn’t make decision on next year’s trip, then I become obsessed on the upcoming trip in December where I haven’t bought the ticket. I immediately contacted our friend in New York and then get the station name and finally made the booking.

There goes the plan to edit the conference paper and to learn a bit of the documentation for my new role in office. But at the same time, it is also good that I finally start to allocate block of time again on the schedule. It was suggested before during the counseling but I have forgotten about it. I don’t like that system because it can show how badly I fail. But at the same time, it is useful in two ways, at least. One is to remind me that time is limited. Second, it provides a platform to have a good habit of blocking the time, regardless or not whether it is followed. So, keep it up, you have made the first step to schedule, keep doing it while improving the efforts for following around half of them.