Grounding
Hi, I made starbux pumpkin spice keurig and used hazelnut creamer or something and it's so gross that I'm feeling calmer and grounded. I don't know why it's so bad, but it's bad.
Grounding is a good thing and I'm glad there's a word for it. And I was trying to avoid too much coffee but me hands is cold and frankly I'm tired of tea.
I've gotten as far, this morning, as writing up all the things I have to do and put a big chunk of them into one rectangle, but haven't really prioritized the list or checked things off as I go.
(This is selling myself short because I am Doing Things, but there were so many things on the list - unclassified and confusing - and so many little things in my head that I needed to remember and feel like I will forget- that the LIST is becoming kinda vital. As I build the job, I hope to build some systems to help with it all, but some of those steps are on the list.)
I have some paperwork that's half-done, so I put some post-it-s on it to remind me what else these documents need to be complete. And most of those are 'things i need from other people that i have asked for at least once.'
I got back to someone who asked for one of those documents with 'i'm working on that but there are things i don't know that i need to research.'
I sent some other documents with 'let me know what other documentation or information you need. Sorry I didn't get this to you before. I have been in touch with you verbally but neglected to send this.' And i feel a little like, 'well, yeah, it would have been nice for somebody/anybody to coach me on processes, but that didn't happen, so you get it late - when we realized you needed to have it.'
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yesterday I felt pretty emotionally fried, so one thing I like to do when that happens is to learn something, so I resumed 'gantt charts' from Linked In and the instructor is so damn cute and smiley ( an old british man). I keep thinking that with whatever ADHD I have going on, there should be some project managementy tools that will solve all my problems especially when I have multiple categories of projects going.
So the upside is, I learned more about Gantt and realized 'wow, engineers really put a lot of being human into this stuff like how much time it's going to take to do things so they don't get overwhelmed' and 'huh, This is not rocket science at all even though it's kind of confusing and it doesn't work as well for me.'
Anyway. I liked the part where he talked about his buddy who, when asked how a project is coming, just makes up a date it'll be done by, and lets his team know the new focus, and by the time his bosses ask him about that again it's either done or he baffles them with technical reasons why it's not or they don't ask again because they're onto the next thing.
That sounds VERY tech industry to me and I though you guys might love/hate that astute observation.
(His point was that if you make a plan with multiple projects you're not just making things up.)
Also while watching this I thought "Huh, I don't do THESE steps when I plan projects, but I do THESE ones mentally" which made me silently pat myself on the head.
Anyway. Would love to just do some planning today but it's not really in the cards. Or maybe I'll make it be in the cards.
Grounding is a good thing and I'm glad there's a word for it. And I was trying to avoid too much coffee but me hands is cold and frankly I'm tired of tea.
I've gotten as far, this morning, as writing up all the things I have to do and put a big chunk of them into one rectangle, but haven't really prioritized the list or checked things off as I go.
(This is selling myself short because I am Doing Things, but there were so many things on the list - unclassified and confusing - and so many little things in my head that I needed to remember and feel like I will forget- that the LIST is becoming kinda vital. As I build the job, I hope to build some systems to help with it all, but some of those steps are on the list.)
I have some paperwork that's half-done, so I put some post-it-s on it to remind me what else these documents need to be complete. And most of those are 'things i need from other people that i have asked for at least once.'
I got back to someone who asked for one of those documents with 'i'm working on that but there are things i don't know that i need to research.'
I sent some other documents with 'let me know what other documentation or information you need. Sorry I didn't get this to you before. I have been in touch with you verbally but neglected to send this.' And i feel a little like, 'well, yeah, it would have been nice for somebody/anybody to coach me on processes, but that didn't happen, so you get it late - when we realized you needed to have it.'
--
yesterday I felt pretty emotionally fried, so one thing I like to do when that happens is to learn something, so I resumed 'gantt charts' from Linked In and the instructor is so damn cute and smiley ( an old british man). I keep thinking that with whatever ADHD I have going on, there should be some project managementy tools that will solve all my problems especially when I have multiple categories of projects going.
So the upside is, I learned more about Gantt and realized 'wow, engineers really put a lot of being human into this stuff like how much time it's going to take to do things so they don't get overwhelmed' and 'huh, This is not rocket science at all even though it's kind of confusing and it doesn't work as well for me.'
Anyway. I liked the part where he talked about his buddy who, when asked how a project is coming, just makes up a date it'll be done by, and lets his team know the new focus, and by the time his bosses ask him about that again it's either done or he baffles them with technical reasons why it's not or they don't ask again because they're onto the next thing.
That sounds VERY tech industry to me and I though you guys might love/hate that astute observation.
(His point was that if you make a plan with multiple projects you're not just making things up.)
Also while watching this I thought "Huh, I don't do THESE steps when I plan projects, but I do THESE ones mentally" which made me silently pat myself on the head.
Anyway. Would love to just do some planning today but it's not really in the cards. Or maybe I'll make it be in the cards.