Two things on my mind today. The first one is the bad one. Unpaid bills in January is apparently something I am still dealing with as a 40 year old. I told myself last year, that when I turned the corner to the next decade, then that would be it. I do very much intend on redeeming myself this year. Christina is also on board with this.
Right. Now that the bad one is out of the way, let's get to the more exciting subject. Or interesting, I can't figure out which. The second thing on my mind today is how good I was at excecuting the last couple of days at work. Simon and I were working towards a demo of one of our projects, and I felt like I was driving faster than I had in a long time.
The combination of an immediate deadline, techno and trance in my ears, and pride in my work, might have been the powerful cocktail. I don't think it would be healthy to use that 6th gear every day though. I felt like I was neglecting otherwise good habits and people while in this 'zone'.
I wanted to write about this today because I want to be able to control this part of myself to a better extent. If I could find a way to reach the 5th gear manually, and at will, I could become extremely efficient with my work.
The problem with the 6th gear is that it is sort of uncontrollable. Also, I need to put myself in a position where I can invoke damage on a number of different fronts in my life.
I will try to experiment pushing towards a controlled 5th gear. The first thing that comes to mind is music. Music seems to always catapult me into the air, along with my emotions. The genre sets the general direction, and then I seem to be able to bash my arms to get a little extra updrift. This gives me some control.
Music is not enough to get me where I want to go. When I am programming, friction can really take the wind out of my sails. I need to work out how to set myself up better. Maybe I should try to go back to the strategy of leaving an open loop at the end of each day. One which is easy to start with the day after. One that kickstarts everything. Maybe that, plus a dash of music, could be the way..
- Trolz
Right. Now that the bad one is out of the way, let's get to the more exciting subject. Or interesting, I can't figure out which. The second thing on my mind today is how good I was at excecuting the last couple of days at work. Simon and I were working towards a demo of one of our projects, and I felt like I was driving faster than I had in a long time.
The combination of an immediate deadline, techno and trance in my ears, and pride in my work, might have been the powerful cocktail. I don't think it would be healthy to use that 6th gear every day though. I felt like I was neglecting otherwise good habits and people while in this 'zone'.
I wanted to write about this today because I want to be able to control this part of myself to a better extent. If I could find a way to reach the 5th gear manually, and at will, I could become extremely efficient with my work.
The problem with the 6th gear is that it is sort of uncontrollable. Also, I need to put myself in a position where I can invoke damage on a number of different fronts in my life.
I will try to experiment pushing towards a controlled 5th gear. The first thing that comes to mind is music. Music seems to always catapult me into the air, along with my emotions. The genre sets the general direction, and then I seem to be able to bash my arms to get a little extra updrift. This gives me some control.
Music is not enough to get me where I want to go. When I am programming, friction can really take the wind out of my sails. I need to work out how to set myself up better. Maybe I should try to go back to the strategy of leaving an open loop at the end of each day. One which is easy to start with the day after. One that kickstarts everything. Maybe that, plus a dash of music, could be the way..
- Trolz