On Getting Things Done
Sep. 15th, 2011 02:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
multipurposegoddessI mostly feel like I am NOT GTD, but the trend is upwards, so, focus on the positive, right? My window of concentration is up to 13 minutes every two hours, which doesn't sound like much, but it's better than nothing and pretty consistent, to a point. I can keep that up for about a day and a half before I need to blow off being productive entirely for a while (sometimes the rest of the day, sometimes the next day as well). This keeps me at a more or less adequate level of civilized life, I think, and that will only improve as the time gradually increases. So that's good.
I was hoping that I would be able to study in between cleaning and whatnot, but that isn't working out. The level of concentration required is too high - I can spend that semi-downtime reading a novel or doing cross-stitch or puttering about in a variety of ways, but retaining information is too much. I am not on top of my household chores enough to be able to allocate a steady portion of those 13-minute chunks to studying, either. So that's going very slowly. Which is only a problem in that if I miss the exams offered in November, I think I have to wait until March to take them. Which is a long time if that means 4+ more months of unemployment down the line.
However, it occurred to me today that I could take two exams in March and be on the same track as if I took one in November. I think that's doable, as at this stage it is all a matter of review. To take the November exams, I am already behind the suggested timetable of study, but if I aim for Spring I still have time for two fairly leisurely cycles of studying. And possibly I don't need to take the first exam again, I did pass with a good score the first time, it's just that that was in 2004. I know I need the review, but I may not need the actual test score. Plenty of time to find that out for sure.
I'm thinking about using a 14-day free pass to the new gym, as they have a pool and steam room. I do love a good steam. And while I do like my current gym (not least because it's women only, which the new place is not) going to one where no one knows me might be a little easier to do, sometimes. So I might want memberships in both, if the price at the new place is not too high. OTOH, the Salvation Army Kroc Center thingy will eventually have a pool and suchlike as well, but I don't know when that will open and I have a lingering feeling that the Salvation Army is kind of evil, though I don't know if it's so evil that I shouldn't take advantage of its offerred services. But that point is moot if the services aren't available yet, which they aren't.
I suspect exercise will be something else I can do in between being productive if I can just start doing something. You would think I could go for a walk, but many days even that passing nod to other pedestrians is more social interaction that I am up for, so, we'll see. And it may well turn out to be another thing that I need to rest up from, that would not be entirely surprising. But even if that is the case, I should be able to dedicate an occasional window of concentration to exercise pretty soon, now.
I was hoping that I would be able to study in between cleaning and whatnot, but that isn't working out. The level of concentration required is too high - I can spend that semi-downtime reading a novel or doing cross-stitch or puttering about in a variety of ways, but retaining information is too much. I am not on top of my household chores enough to be able to allocate a steady portion of those 13-minute chunks to studying, either. So that's going very slowly. Which is only a problem in that if I miss the exams offered in November, I think I have to wait until March to take them. Which is a long time if that means 4+ more months of unemployment down the line.
However, it occurred to me today that I could take two exams in March and be on the same track as if I took one in November. I think that's doable, as at this stage it is all a matter of review. To take the November exams, I am already behind the suggested timetable of study, but if I aim for Spring I still have time for two fairly leisurely cycles of studying. And possibly I don't need to take the first exam again, I did pass with a good score the first time, it's just that that was in 2004. I know I need the review, but I may not need the actual test score. Plenty of time to find that out for sure.
I'm thinking about using a 14-day free pass to the new gym, as they have a pool and steam room. I do love a good steam. And while I do like my current gym (not least because it's women only, which the new place is not) going to one where no one knows me might be a little easier to do, sometimes. So I might want memberships in both, if the price at the new place is not too high. OTOH, the Salvation Army Kroc Center thingy will eventually have a pool and suchlike as well, but I don't know when that will open and I have a lingering feeling that the Salvation Army is kind of evil, though I don't know if it's so evil that I shouldn't take advantage of its offerred services. But that point is moot if the services aren't available yet, which they aren't.
I suspect exercise will be something else I can do in between being productive if I can just start doing something. You would think I could go for a walk, but many days even that passing nod to other pedestrians is more social interaction that I am up for, so, we'll see. And it may well turn out to be another thing that I need to rest up from, that would not be entirely surprising. But even if that is the case, I should be able to dedicate an occasional window of concentration to exercise pretty soon, now.