Unscheduled escapism
Usually, I'd be at the gym right about now. However, judging from the way I feel it's pretty apparent that I'm under attack from that darn virus responsible for the illness of my colleagues, so I decided to give myself a break and stay home. This of course is great for you, dear reader, since there will be more of my mediocre writing to consume. On the downside it seems I've gone into introspective mode... prepare yourself.
On my way back from work I realized something I hadn't (surprisingly) realized before. I've always been something of an escapist, very much enjoying taking my mind for a little ride to forget about all the stuff I should really be doing. What I had'd realized was that my lack of focus and my horrible track record of starting but never finishing projects is a very act of escapism in itself.
The pattern is simple. I have to do A, B and C. Instead I figure out D would be cool to do, and start on that. For a while it's fun and I can keep myself busy, not having to remeber I should really be doing A, B and C. After a while I get bored, and leave D lying around for a while while proceeding to do E. Later I realize I should really be doing A, B, C and D. Ad infinitum, ad nauseum.
Fortunately, I'm not completely hopeless in this respect (as this blog goes to show.) I do get important stuff done pretty well, so far I haven't recieved any major complaints about my working methology, in any job I've had. I guess my main problem is that I worry so much about stuff I should be doing, so I keep myself from actually getting them done.
Then again, don't we all?
Post scriptum
Need inspiration to get things done? Bruce Almighty was surprisingly inspiring in this respect, despite being a Hollywood flick.