Right now I have slightly too much to do, and I'm dealing with this by not doing any of it. Future Me is not going to be happy, but Current Me doesn't care.
Current Me also has chocolate. 🍫😁
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Shouting at the computer when one of those annoying little windows telling you to use AI pops up will totally stop them from popping up, won't it?
Asking for a friend.
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The problem with sending emails is that people reply to them, so you have more emails to send.
The problem with not sending emails is that people then send more emails to check if you got their last email/if you're still there/still working/OK. 🤦♀️
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Of the sending of many emails there is no end.
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Work has this terrible habit of reducing my reading time.
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I've had a horrendous cough for nearly a week now. It's improving, but I'd like to know when my brain function will come back. It'd be nice to be able to think again, and not need to look up every second word as I work...
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Today I am going to get some work done.
Today I am going to get some work done.
Today I am going to get some work done.
Today I am going to get some work done...
(...and not waste time on social media...!)
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I wrote a to-do list about a week ago.
I tidy up my desk every few days.
Can I find my to-do list? I cannot.
Fortunately I can translate regardless. I just might end up translating some things earlier or later than I was intending!
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Do I:
Procrastinate work by writing emails?
Procrastinate writing emails by working?
Procrastinate both by messing around on social media?
Procrastinate messing around on social media by doing something else?
Choices, choices.
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Me: Concentrate? Of course I can concentrate!
Also Me: Ooooh look, a thing!
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2 Windows updates already, and the day has barely started (by which I mean I haven't started work yet 😜)
I thought the days when I called my computer "Godot" were long gone, but it seems not!
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I think I might need to acknowledge that translation is actually not going to happen today. Fortunately reading a book can also count as work, if I need to translate or produce a summary of said book!
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Menopause brain plus executive dysfunction is such a delightful combination.
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Concentrate? Of course I can concentrate.
Oooh look, a thing!
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Dealing with having slightly too much to do by not actually doing any of it...
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Me: concentrate? Of course I can concentrate!
Also me: oooh look, a thing!
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Meme: Twitter user Emma Willmann at-IamEmmaWillmann I'm really into writing short fiction, mainly to-do lists.
I feel seen.
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Currently passing through Lakeland and the scenery is not helping my concentration!
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Yes, I believe in the work-email balance. It lives on the top of a hill in the north of Scotland and sometimes it rides its unicorn to Loch Ness to visit the monster...
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Damn the internet. Makes it way too easy to waste time and spend money...
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I love my job. But sometimes I wish I could spend more time doing it and less time writing emails about doing it!
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Concentrate? Of course I can concentrate!
Ooh look, a thing!
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Concentrate? Of course I can concentrate!
Ooh look, a thing!
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Brain still in holiday mode
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Send chocolate!
