sonofableep

i’ve started another diary.  not more self-indulgent tripe like this, but something along the lines of a time-management exercise.  too many days draw to a close with me unable to recount exactly what it was i worked on that day.  sure, some days i work on something big and tangible all day, and by day’s end can pound on my chest and say, “THIS, i have done!”  but other days are stolen away from me by a myriad of fire drills, teeny tiny fixes, meetings, document edits, etc.  those are the days when i hear “huh-CHUNK…ssssss” – the sound of the building HVAC shutting down at 6pm – and i look up and realize, “lordy, it’s 6pm!  where has my day gone!  i haven’t even gotten to the big thing i was going to work on today!”

so i’ve been jotting down bullet points of what i do all day long, as i go.  now at day’s end, or especially at week’s end (when i write up status reports), i know exactly what i’ve done to inch our game along its journey towards completion.  it also helps me to pick up trends like, “really?  i spent *that* long formatting the project layout, and consequently only got to spend *this* long doing something more important, like creating the sounds that will ultimately go into that project layout?”  talk about yer micromanagement.  but at least it’s self-inflicted.

oh, and the last bullet point on today’s list of accomplishments: belated birthday beers with co-workers.  just in time to be mildly hungover for Career Day tomorrow.  :)