Silence is golden
Jul 21st, 2005 by Accidental Thinker
Today is one of those rare “I’m so busy at the office that I can’t get any REAL work done, so I’m working from home” days. It’s total, absolute, glorious silence. No meetings, no interruptions, no TV, no radio, no talking/yelling/crying, no background noise of any kind. Imagine that—a bit of silence, and I can actually concentrate! In two hours this morning I’ve already accomplished more than I can get done in an entire day in the office lately. So I feel a little justified in taking a quick break to blog about it. I’ve been swamped with one meeting after another, which prevents me from getting much done on the ever-lengthening to-do list. Productivity has been elusive during the past couple of weeks. And of course the meetings generate more work, which I can’t get to because of still more meetings, and well, you probably get the picture. It’s nice to be in demand, but enough already! I’m giving a 90-minute presentation next week, twice, and it is so not ready. I’ve blocked out the entire day to prepare. It’s going well, but now I must get back to it.
