Effectively procrastinating…
Some of my clients actually read this blog. Let’s hope they just skip over this little entry on a Saturday afternoon!
Crap — Today is not a terribly focussed day for me. I have LOADS of projects for my ‘outside’ clients which I’ve been able to stave off for a week while my health comes back to normalcy. It’s now D-Day. I deliberately didn’t schedule anything for the entire day today so that I could get caught up on my work (even though I was invited to several really fun activities today, darnit!) but it’s already 2:25 pm and I haven’t even opened Dreamweaver or Flash to get started.
I don’t know what’s wrong with me today. I normally crave this part of my job — The creative, cool, ‘I’m a Flash Goddess’ part of my second career. But, alas, it’s the last thing I feel like doing.
I even laid in bed this morning, trying to figure out how I could squeeze in an afternoon of clothes shopping, (I desperately need clothes. I’m a girl. I always need clothes!) but, there’s no way. If I don’t get at least the one major project off my list today, I’m really screwed on Monday. Tomorrow morning, I’m rowing at 9am, and immediately off to Pemberton on my bike, and then meeting up with L at 6:30 at one of my favourite restaurants. Tomorrow’s cooked.
So. This is me opening up Flash now. Um. Ya. Okay. I’m going…
*argh*
UPDATE (3:15pm): I just went to open my FLA file to start editing my project, and the damn thing is corrupted! I feel sick. God I hope I have a back-up that works in my archives at the office, or I’m really screwed… Off I go to the office now. I’ve suddenly become a panick-stricken Tanya. This is not good.
UPDATE (6:40pm): Did I do something horrible in a previous life, I wonder? Jeez. Well, after much searching, I found an old FLA file… One that had been updated for several hours since that archived version. So, for the past 3.5 hours, I’ve been fixing the FLA back to where it should have been today when I opened it. I still have about half an hour left before I can even embark upon the work that I was supposed to have started this morning. It’s been one of those days. All I can say is… THANK GOD I MADE SOME BACK-UPS, or I’d be completely and utterly screwed. I guess it could be worse.
UPDATE (1:10am): Okay, I’m exhausted and off to bed. I managed to get the file back to the way it was, and about 1/3 of my work was done tonight. Tomorrow is going to be a long day, especially since I promised to go rowing at 9am!
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procrastination is sometimes a good thing…helps you get rested – lol.
I have days like that. It is tough.
Michele sent me
On my desktop, I have a panic button. I haven’t figured out what it realy does yet, but I think you might need one? Just knowing its there makes life go by better.
Have fun on the water!
Enjoy fall, and the extra hour you’ll get this October!
Good luck! Try not to panic, okay. Hope everything goes well!
Here from michele’s and it sounds like you are having a beast of a day. Hang in there and order some Chinese. I find that always helps me.
Hi. Back again for the 3rd time today. I know you had a lot you wanted to get done, but you do need to have a kick-back-and-do-nada-day every now and again, right? At least I hope that’s valid, because NADA is all I’ve gotten done today (well, Nada and a short trip to Walmart….)
Michele sent me again!
You know my take on procrastination… there’s nothing in the world like that “i’m gonna panic and throw up” feeling.
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Hope you get everything done in time!
Sounds absolutely dreadful, I have plans to go to the film festival here in town all week.
I’m almost here from Michele’s, Netchick. I just missed you.
I feel your pain. The programming thing can suck at times. Even when you love what you do there are times when it just gets to you. I’ve not programmed for a living for the past 4 years but I still remember the anguish of files that died and having to go back and get things working again.