inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity
I joke just about everyday that I have ADD. Really I just drink too much coffee, used tabbed browsing, IM, Thunderbird, RSS aggregators, and think–too much. So why can’t I sleep at night?
at work I have the added pressure of the phone and stoppers by not to mention all the liquid I drink making me have to pee. In one of our meetings someone (i think it was the president of the company) mentioned that you shouldn’t get up from your desk until you’ve done/completed at least three tasks. It seems simple doesn’t it? It makes me wonder if getting up to go ask questions or work with someone else in the agency counts toward the 3 task rule.
Inattention:
With IM and email constantly pop-pop-popping up no matter what I’m trying to focus on, it’s amazing I ever
hang on a sec
where was I? Search bars in browsers don’t help either. Even in the course of making this post I switched tabs and read some forum posts and looked up the definition for hyperactivity in Google. The tv is on and there seems to be a club that has opened on the street behind my house so every night I hear crazy live music with BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASS. Multi-tasking is bad.
Impulsivity
Online shopping anyone? blogging? IM? yeah. Folks they all bring out the impulsive best and worst in all of us. Have you ever posted or IMed something you wouldn’t normal speak aloud in conversation? I will totally raise my hand to that. I’m the queen of open source innermost secret sharing.
Hyperactivity
Coffee. Candy. Big Birthday Sheet Cakes. All Page Buttons on Phones. Slushy runs.
This girl has office induced “shit that’s handy but what was I doing before I love coffee mmm cake and *pop up* slow down Katie” disorder.
