Am I the only one who usually spends the first half hour of the work day doing absolutely no work at all? I seem to always come into the lab, and check my email, the news, etc. It doesn't seem to matter how busy I am either.
It's probably a bad habit carried over from my Coop work terms where I would spend half the DAY not doing work. Ahhh, those were the days. I remember during my first work term, we had 3pm breaks (after our one hour lunch) to play frisbee outside. We were freely engaging in a hippie sport during work hours. Even my boss knew where to find me at that time. Amazing.
Think about all the precious minutes people waste browsing or chatting about some silly nonsense. Looking at my gmail now (which is full screened open on my second monitor.. haha) I have emails about the Toronto football club, Habs, Wii, dragon boating, kamping (with a k!), and an "India party". Just for starters. Now think about adding up those minutes spent toiling away, and subtracting the amount from the end of the work day. I would have left the lab by now, guaranteed.
Oh well, I guess people are naturally fidgety, and need a constant stream of tasks to keep the mind fresh and sharp. Or maybe I'm just a lazy lazy individual. Either way, I'm writing this post when I should be working. And YOU're probably reading it when you should be working. Ha!
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Half hour? Try 2 hours.
I kid, I kid... (in case my employers are reading) :P
I even have an important pilot experiment to run today, and look at me. LOOK AT ME!
You're not alone. That's how I prefer to start work.
HOw does facebook not get mentionned in this post? That is quickly becoming the #1 time guzzlez for me, in and out of the lab. I check about 10 times a day. I have a serious problem.
Good point... I'm already weening myself off Facebook. The thing that turned me off was finding myself looking for people who I don't want to be reacquainted with. Shudder.
haha
Haha...this is totally comparable to ladies primping up for hours before starting the day!!
This is NOTHING like that. Noooooooooooooo
Yah, at least women primping themselves is useful, for.... uhmm, mating purposes?
Only ugly girls put on makeup.
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