Progress report: My workation, hour 1
This week I’m using vacation time from my day job to work on a couple of personal projects. I’m doing this because I want to see if I actually have the focus required to work on my own stuff full time (in the future, I’m not quitting my job tomorrow or anything) without managers and other people depending on me getting things done. So far, disaster.
9:00 Sit down at my desk, thinking I’m off to a good start. I’ve showered, had breakfast, I’m ready to go.
9:01 Notice that my chair’s recline setting is still broken. It’s been broken for about 6 months, but Herman Miller wanted $150 to replace the special (and plastic!) bolt that snapped. The chair is constantly in full-recline mode, and if I’m going to be sitting here 8+ hours a day all week, I should maybe try and fix this.
9:02 Google “How to fix an Aeron”
9:30 My chair is now completely disassembled. I use twine to block the tilting mechanism from engaging. It’s the kludgiest kludge hack ever, but once the cover is back on you won’t even see it. I gloat in outsmarting those capitalist pigs who wanted $150.
9:35 Look for a missing screw. It’s in my pocket.
9:40 Chair is back together, I’m ready to get started.
9:41 Oh shoot, I forgot that my Farmville crops need to be harvested. I should get to work, but this will only take a second.
9:42 Notice a bird outside my window I’ve never seen before, try and identify it online. Disappointed to learn that it’s only a Western Scrub Jay, which does not sound very impressive.
9:45 Ok, I really need to get busy here. But first, we’ve got to put some tunes on. Can’t work without music, right? Spend 15 minutes trying to decide what the most “productive” music would be.
Luckily, hour two went much better. But maybe just to be safe I should start googling for SF doctors who are loose with the Adderall prescriptions.
