I think I must have been in an Office Space kind of mind for a few weeks because reading this article felt like the summary my life. Work can be really intense. I have to remember not to let my environment control me and be responsible for the things I can control. Below are excerpts from the article.
"I don't blame people for not wanting to be at the office. I blame the office. The modern office has become an interruption factory. You can't get work done at work anymore...When people walk into the office, they trade their work day in for a series of work moments...
When you're in the office you're lucky to have 30 minutes to yourself. Usually you get in, there's a meeting, then there's a call, then someone calls you over to their desk, or your manager comes over to see what you're doing. These interruptions chunk your day into smaller and smaller bits. Fifteen minutes here, 30 minutes there, another 15 minutes before lunch, then an afternoon meeting, etc. When are you supposed to get work done if you don't have any time to work?...
People -- especially creative people -- need long stretches of uninterrupted time to get things done. Fifteen minutes isn't enough. Thirty minutes isn't enough. Even an hour isn't enough...When's the last time you had three or four hours to yourself to get work done? It probably wasn't at the office. A phone call, a co-worker tapping on your shoulder or knocking on your door, a required meeting -- all the things prevent you from having long uninterrupted stretches of time to get things done. Good work requires thinking, and thinking requires time."
When you're in the office you're lucky to have 30 minutes to yourself. Usually you get in, there's a meeting, then there's a call, then someone calls you over to their desk, or your manager comes over to see what you're doing. These interruptions chunk your day into smaller and smaller bits. Fifteen minutes here, 30 minutes there, another 15 minutes before lunch, then an afternoon meeting, etc. When are you supposed to get work done if you don't have any time to work?...
People -- especially creative people -- need long stretches of uninterrupted time to get things done. Fifteen minutes isn't enough. Thirty minutes isn't enough. Even an hour isn't enough...When's the last time you had three or four hours to yourself to get work done? It probably wasn't at the office. A phone call, a co-worker tapping on your shoulder or knocking on your door, a required meeting -- all the things prevent you from having long uninterrupted stretches of time to get things done. Good work requires thinking, and thinking requires time."
The best is yet to come,
~Adwoa
Interesting. I actually went to a professional development workshop entitled, "I Don't Have Time To Attend This Workshop" and we talked alot about how to manage the interruptions that arise in your day and intentionally schedule your work day in a way the best uses your time and help you balance the many projects and tasks you are assigned to do, because we are all very busy people. I think the video link included some points worth considering but the nature and culture of your office and more largely your organization shapes the pace and demands of your job.
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