I'm a good worker--I set my own pace, set up my own rotation for working on projects, and it all gets done. Unless people interrupt me.
Yesterday, I kept getting what I call "project whiplash." The tone of what I write is very important, and so switching between projects can take me a few minutes, because I have to sit and get back into the tone of that particular piece. I understand that sometimes something urgent comes up and I need to work on that--no problem, I do that all the time. But when my boss gives me 5 different things to do in the course of an hour, I get project whiplash. I work on one thing for 5 minutes, just beginning to get into the tone of it when-- "Hey, JtA, I need you to work on this right now, it's blah blah blah." POOF! My grasp on the tone of the original one is gone, and now I have to get used to the new one.
ARRRRGH!
Hopefully today will be better. But CEO is in the office early and that never bodes well.
Yesterday, I kept getting what I call "project whiplash." The tone of what I write is very important, and so switching between projects can take me a few minutes, because I have to sit and get back into the tone of that particular piece. I understand that sometimes something urgent comes up and I need to work on that--no problem, I do that all the time. But when my boss gives me 5 different things to do in the course of an hour, I get project whiplash. I work on one thing for 5 minutes, just beginning to get into the tone of it when-- "Hey, JtA, I need you to work on this right now, it's blah blah blah." POOF! My grasp on the tone of the original one is gone, and now I have to get used to the new one.
ARRRRGH!
Hopefully today will be better. But CEO is in the office early and that never bodes well.
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