I don’t know why it is, but i always seem to get more done when i’m under pressure. Right now i have some college work to do and print off, this blog post, another blog post on theleavingcert.com, small jobs on 2 different client sites and then i have to catch up on some emails.
I have less than an hour to do it all, but i’m not sweating… i know i’ll get it all done because i’m under pressure to get it all done. If i don’t get my college work done and printed, i’ll take it to bed with me and do a bit on my netbook, or i’ll spend a bit of time in the morning working on it…
When i enter that class tomorrow though it’ll be done to a reasonable standard and i can trust myself like that. I think one of the reasons why i work best when i’m busy is because i have so much to do my mind wanders, but it wanders back and forth between other work – i don’t get distracted easily.
So it’s pretty rare i’ll complete one job in one go if i have many on. I’ll do bits and pieces on all of them until eventually i’m left with nothing. If i just have one project to focus on, theoretically it sounds good, but i find in reality i get much less done as instead of my mind wandering to other work, it wanders to non-work stuff like getting sucked in to twitter of facebook etc…
One of the reasons why i blog so late at night is because it means i’m thinking about what i’ll blog about all day. So if i get bored working on something during the day, i’ll start thinking about what i want to blog about. So rather than waste that ‘bored’ time, i’m actually using it productively.
The main problem with that however is that i constantly need work and different projects to feed my mind. It’s a constant battle to try and balance work and play and to know when i’m doing too much of either. But it’s a battle i enjoy and i’m happy so long as i’m productive.
