I sometimes think my most developed skill is procrastination, often I’ll just put stuff off for no good reason even though I know I’m just screwing myself over (more work tomorrow/next week/next month depending on how much I procrastinate…). I’m currently 3 weeks behind in producing a design for a project that’s already being deployed (it’s all in my head/made up on the fly…).
STW doesn’t help either, I often read threads that I know won’t affect me in anyway (e.g. I don’t own, and likely never will, a wood burning stove but I know about the pros and cons of different flues and have admired various images of stacks of logs).
I think fundamentally it’s because I’m not motivated by my job and very little of it is interesting to me anymore, that coupled with a lack of self-discipline means I’m probably not as productive as I should be…
My job has also changed to where as before I could focus on one or more projects (and be hands-on) I’m now just supposed to know about every project and be able to answer questions from PMs and assist with issues at the drop of a hat. Some days my head’s spinning by the time I go home yet I don’t really think I’ve achieved anything, just been an information middleman mostly.
Still, it could be worse, although I work on secure projects I have a separate air-gapped PC with Internet access. Some people on even-more-secure projects aren’t even allowed a mobile phone in the office let alone Internet access, I do wonder sometimes how they fill their time :p
