In honour of those around me

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Having succesfully failed over the weekend to catch up with admin, I am now faced with the options of actually getting something done this afternoon, or spending time on admin. I guess that is more a reflection on my mindset than how I could look at my choices.

As someone who struggles to deal with almost anything repetitious, this dilemma is a daily part of my life and I am sure I don't live in this quandary alone.

Housework, washing-up, shopping, administration, re-reading articles, planning a holiday, thinking before acting, are but a small example set of the activities I classify as time-wasting.

Reading, writing, exploring, getting it wrong, acting on a whim are all time effective activities, to my mind.

I can see the argument that if I planned more before I acted, then perhaps there would be a better outcome, but would I be happier? Those wasted hours on forethought send me into a cold sweat.

Does the trail of chaos in my wake cause me sleepless nights? No, but the idea that I may have a waste of time activity to pursue the following day does.

This goldfish like focus has left me with a wake of half finished projects, picked up and developed by others.

Living and working with this mindset is I am sure a nightmare. But I have been fortunate in that my colleagues and partners have accepted this as part of my make-up and to my colleagues over the years I extend my thanks.