Destiny (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} doubletake) wrote,@ 2008-04-04 08:16:00 |
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Bad/Good
Yesterday at work, I had what I would euphemistically term "a bad day." Nothing horrible happened, but nothing good happened and it just dragged on and on and on. It was overly warm in the building, which doubled my annoyance with everything and gave me a migraine toward the end of the day.
Then I had a good evening. Adam came over with the last disc of Stargate:Atlantis...we're now officially out until June. Now what'll we do? Petra and Curt dropped by to give us soveneirs from their trip to Arizona and show off Petra's amazing Technicolor skin. They brought strawberry shortcake (DELICIOUS!) and David gave them some salsa--he's really into this make-your-own thing at the moment. After Petra and Curt took off, we had burgers (so rebellious, dessert before dinner!)...David and Adam tried mozzerella and pepperoni on theirs, which was apparently quite good. David had red onion and Adam had red peppers, and David wants to try again but drizzle the whole thing in vinagrette. My veggie patty was good too, but I didn't do anything weird.
The Critical Stage Analysis has exposed a brutal flaw: my short term memory sucks and even after just a week I have a hard time remembering what's happened. So...found a problem, decide on a course of action...I guess I'll do them daily for a while until I'm good at paying attention to these things, and THEN I'll go to weeks. More lists? I think I can handle it. :) I'll hold it to three things instead of five though.
Yesterday at work, I had what I would euphemistically term "a bad day." Nothing horrible happened, but nothing good happened and it just dragged on and on and on. It was overly warm in the building, which doubled my annoyance with everything and gave me a migraine toward the end of the day.
Then I had a good evening. Adam came over with the last disc of Stargate:Atlantis...we're now officially out until June. Now what'll we do? Petra and Curt dropped by to give us soveneirs from their trip to Arizona and show off Petra's amazing Technicolor skin. They brought strawberry shortcake (DELICIOUS!) and David gave them some salsa--he's really into this make-your-own thing at the moment. After Petra and Curt took off, we had burgers (so rebellious, dessert before dinner!)...David and Adam tried mozzerella and pepperoni on theirs, which was apparently quite good. David had red onion and Adam had red peppers, and David wants to try again but drizzle the whole thing in vinagrette. My veggie patty was good too, but I didn't do anything weird.
The Critical Stage Analysis has exposed a brutal flaw: my short term memory sucks and even after just a week I have a hard time remembering what's happened. So...found a problem, decide on a course of action...I guess I'll do them daily for a while until I'm good at paying attention to these things, and THEN I'll go to weeks. More lists? I think I can handle it. :) I'll hold it to three things instead of five though.
YAY:
1. Not wasting all of the in-between projects time paid off when I had a quick and easy solution all ready.
2. Practicing game-flow charts and reading game design theory books is also having noticable effect, quickly and easily sketched a flow and found holes in it during meeting.
3. Walk with purpose during lunch made me feel good and made David happy when I came home with salsa ingredients.
BOO:
1. Shut down during meeting when I felt I wasn't being listened to.
2. Got up too late to do anything around the house. AGAIN. Deadlines are looming.
3. Both desk at work and at home are too cluttered for me to feel comfortable working at them.
TRY:
1. Prepare better for meetings, phone calls and conversations, by reviewing the topic.
2. TRULY LISTEN to people even if they're parroting the same thing that was said five minutes ago. Maybe they have a new spin on it.
3. Clean desks and the area around them.
1. Not wasting all of the in-between projects time paid off when I had a quick and easy solution all ready.
2. Practicing game-flow charts and reading game design theory books is also having noticable effect, quickly and easily sketched a flow and found holes in it during meeting.
3. Walk with purpose during lunch made me feel good and made David happy when I came home with salsa ingredients.
BOO:
1. Shut down during meeting when I felt I wasn't being listened to.
2. Got up too late to do anything around the house. AGAIN. Deadlines are looming.
3. Both desk at work and at home are too cluttered for me to feel comfortable working at them.
TRY:
1. Prepare better for meetings, phone calls and conversations, by reviewing the topic.
2. TRULY LISTEN to people even if they're parroting the same thing that was said five minutes ago. Maybe they have a new spin on it.
3. Clean desks and the area around them.
