just might be an ADDiction
Monday, August 17, 2009 at 8:01PM I need another project. Got anything for me? Just a little to get me through. Not much; just enough to get from now to tomorrow.
I gotta stay one jump ahead of the breadline; one swing ahead of the sword.
I am so the guy who wants to be keyed in most of the time. Probably would make a pretty good project manager, as long as juggling is part of the duties.
Got a task? I've got a hankering for completing it.
Too busy? I will make time. Don't worry. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When the day gives you 24 hours, make 36.
There's the job, and the blog, and the soon-to-be-new, additional blog, and running new media for an up and coming organization...
The weird thing? I kinda like it. And I trust myself enough to know that I'll take a step back before I make the mistake Jesse Spano did. I always have.¹
But there must be something wrong in my brain. Being pushed to the limit is just a chance to find a new gadget or app to manage it all. (Can't wait for Google Wave's launch later this year.)
Don't get me wrong: it has definitely been a challenge, and one that I'm still working at getting right; step by step, inch by inch.²
But I'll tell you a secret. *leans in and whispers* I get... bored.
Pretty quickly, actually. I need stimulation. I need new. If today is exactly like yesterday, something has gone dreadfully wrong.
So if I notice things have gotten stale, I add something different; something that pushes me; something that forces me to get off my ass and be something better than I was the day before.
And I don't always get it right. I don't. But I just don't want to face what not trying to get it right would feel like.
It's not that I'm afraid of what has already happened or been. It's just that I know "yesterday" and "today" are different words for a reason. So I'm trying my hardest to make sure I treat them that way.
¹Example: I've read a few less blogs the last couple of weeks than I've wanted to.
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Now I have a mix of 2 songs in my head.
Aladdin and the Full House theme. I am not going to delete this because I just double checked my answer and realized Jesse Spano was SBtB not Full House. Which means a mix-tape in my head that goes a lil somethin like this:
"Itsssss allright cause I'm saved by the breadline.... everywhere you look!"
Or something.
Also, I get bored easily. The job I have now, I am so bored that I cannot for the life of me stay focused on doing it. There are way more interesting things. Like blogging. Or Tweeting (fuckIcantbelieveIsaiditoutloud)
My tweeting has so fallen off. I'm trying to pick it back up. No: I will be better.
And here I JUST got that Aladdin song out of my head from when the movie was on Saturday night (because yes, I totally watched it). Gee, thanks.
Haha. I had no idea. I didn't watch any TV Saturday night. But of all the songs, from all the movies, it's a great one.
I am notorious for stuffing 10 lbs of shit in a 5 lb bag. Keeps it interesting...
Much more interesting. Crisis is not that fun, but challenge is great.
This is EXACTLY why I find unemployment so frustrating. One can only knit so many dishcloths.
The fact that I'm knitting at all is pretty humiliating.
It's okay. This is a safe place; even for knitting admissions.
I've got lots of tasks to share. I'm great at coming up with the ideas but get bored on the implementation. So, feel free to pick up any or all of them and I'll happily give you the credit.
Thanks for the Lucy clip. Classic!
So welcome. I couldn't decide between Lucy and Abbot and Costello... or even the Stooges.
I definitely watched Aladdin this past weekend, too. Sadly, I turned it on *just* after "One Jump Ahead."
Oh, and that ADD stuff? It's not just that I *can* multi-task, it's that I *have* to.
Right? It has to be done.
Simulation for me often time means an adventure. Europe, DC, NYC...where do you want to go?
Hawai'i.
I admire you. Now give me some of that energy of yours.
It's so weird. I'm not even a coffee drinker.
ha! I knew I adored you for a reason.
I am the same way- some call it anal retentive perfectionist freak, but I prefer "driven"
;)
Haha. "Driven." We have found our label.
i steal only what i can't affoooorrrrd...
ooh, phampants has a good idea. i'm planning a trip to eastern europe at the moment and the sheer volume of stuff to do / research / plan / decide is enough to keep anyone busy for weeks.
I need that flying carpet. Need. (Though I know the carpet he jumps out of the window with at that point doesn't fly.)
I feel you pain. I'm currently reading 2 books at the same time and watching seasons 1 of Mad Men AND Battlestar Galactica. Oddly, I don't get confused.
Wow. I need to learn your secret. There is so much I want to do and so much of it requires a complete rehaul of my Netflix queue.
ok this has nothing to do with this blog post but Raquel Valencia just mentioned unemployment and it just HIT me that I haven't been unemployed ONE DAY in my life. Wow. How lucky (or unlucky?) am I?
As for your post.. you sound a LOT like my best friend Dee. That girl volunteers for anything and everything and has has TEN job hats she wears. she can't ever stay still but the minute she does? She calls and says how depressed she is.
I can't ever figure out if it sheer exhaustion or if it's the fact that she's not busy that gets her depressed. (not to say that YOU are depressed.. just touching on that whole "driven" thing)
As for me? give me absolutely NOTHING to do and I will add a 12 pack of beer and that will keep me occupied. and happy.
A 12 pack of beer soothes a lot. But I'm so guilty of being on a break or on a trip and worrying about stuff waiting for me when it's all over.
I've been taking on new shows like it's homework. I will be so proud of myself when I make it all the way through The West Wing. I'm very prone to obsession, but as my real responsibilities have piled up, I find myself less willing to commit to things. Makes me feel too tied down.
I'd love to make it through The West Wing. I just.. couldn't manage to do it when it was on the air, and then I realized I was the only person I knew who had seen less than 3 full episodes.
I have a project for you on Saturday...
Oh look! Shiny!
Shiny? Where shiny? Give me shiny!
my favorite part about this post is that you wrote it all in short sentences/paragraphs causing me to read it very fast just like you were trying to come across.
well done darling.
That means so much, because that is exactly what I was hoping.
Somehow, listening to "It's Raining Men" successfully blocked that Aladdin song from getting stuck in my head (I heart Aladdin, though...weird, this is the second Aladdin comment I've made on a blog today)
I'm so looking forward to Google Wave, too!
Google Wave is going to be unbelievable.
I have faith in you.
Thanks.
You need stimulation? Maybe you need to go the Jesse Spano route... btw caffeine pills? That's suppose to be scandalous?
I think it's the overuse of caffeine pills that is scandalous.
thanks a lot dear, im very interesting for your article. im very impresing for this :)
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