I used to think I was very organized until I started having a lot of things to do at the same time. I must admit, it ain’t easy to multitask and still be very organized. It takes a whole lot of effort and if you are not careful, you will miss important details. This is one of the reasons I try as much as possible to work with people. On my own there are a lot of things I would ignore not because they are not important, but because I often find myself busy with a lot of things. When I begin to work at what I call express mood, I tend to only focus on what is right in front of me, every other thing becomes noise I need to pay deaf ears to. I think it is because one of my weaknesses is the fact that I easily get distracted and it is very easy for my attention to shift. This in mind I try as much as possible to finish whatever it is I start as not finishing it would bug me way more than I can often imagine. I like to be organized, don't get me wrong, but when I feel overworked (which I often do) it becomes hard to stay organized.
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Planning for me isn’t an issue, I could set a plan rolling at the snap of my fingers, but when it comes to executing what I have planned, I usually need extra supervision, or an assistant of some sort to help me out because if I am left alone, things will go slowly and even though I try to remember everything I need to do, there will always be things coming up for me to attend to and when these things come up, it is easier for me to get distracted leaving whatever it is I started doing. Even today at work it wasn’t what I planned on doing that I have actually done at the office. In fact, I am yet to start what I planned on doing today and that is because immediately I started, what greeted me was a sight I wasn’t ready for. I have been working on things I never planned on doing while the things I really planned on doing are still left undone.
This is why I do not believe planning is the ultimate, but rather I believe a good plan is as good as useless if it can’t be executed properly. Although I am very calculated, I have also accepted the fact that whenever I see something that picks my interest, I become distracted and might even act on impulse because at that moment, I am not even sure I am thinking right. I hate that impulsive and distracted side of me, and I try as much as possible to ensure that no matter what happens, I am focused on the plan I made. Sometimes the things that come up in between take time, and that is where I tend to become distracted especially after putting in a lot of energy into something that wasn’t planned for, at the end of the day, I am looking to rest and recuperate and not to just jump into another heavy task. I guess I need to start planning for my rest afterall.
THIS IS MY RESPONSE TO HIVE LEARNER'S
PROMPT FOR WEEK 213 EPISODE 2
