I haven’t read any blogs for 2 days. Not even my top 10. Not even the ones that only post once a day and have really short posts. Not even the one by my own freakin’ roommate (we know you’ll kick that pooping-in-your-sleep habit soon Buddy!).
So what’s my excuse? I’ve been working. But not like the normal work where I only do what’s assigned to me, and then read blogs in between, but actually creating work for myself.
I’m not sure what happened, but of late I’ve been motivated to get lots of work done. Normally, I’ll be struck by something blogworthy (i.e., whatever passing whim pops through my skull) on my way to work, I’ll post that when I get in, and then I’ll dig into work. About an hour later I’ll be done with all my work for the day, and I just read and write blogs until a meeting, an appointment, or more work pops up. I finish that off quickly, and then I go back to reading.
The past few days have been different though. I’ve been making huge lists of items to complete, some of them with 2 or 3 sub items, that when completed will make my job easier. It’s been such a rewarding experience to complete these items that blogging fell almost completely off the radar.
Luckily, I have a few unstructured hours remaining in the day, and my lists have been reduced to tasks that are pending responses from coworkers, so I’ve got a few hours to catch up. It’s a good thing too, because I try to cut the internet out as much as I can over the weekend (the exception being that I nerd it up for about 30 minutes on Saturday and Sunday), and I rarely go back to read old posts that I may have missed.
I’m sorry if this seems self-centered, but I used to follow all my blogs with zeal, and I would read every word that was written. I had an inhuman compulsion to spend my time in front of a computer when I should have been lounging on a beach last summer. Bad news.
So, I’ll try to catch up on what I can today, and on Monday I’ll start anew.
