Comments on: Overwhelmed http://alexpeters.net/2010/01/overwhelmed/ Another faceless entity, another collection of musings Sun, 15 Aug 2010 05:34:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Alex http://alexpeters.net/2010/01/overwhelmed/comment-page-1/#comment-1602 Alex Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:51:33 +0000 http://alexpeters.net/?p=642#comment-1602 D'oh! Thanks. I've made a note to correct this. D’oh! Thanks. I’ve made a note to correct this.

]]> By: Alex http://alexpeters.net/2010/01/overwhelmed/comment-page-1/#comment-1601 Alex Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:51:14 +0000 http://alexpeters.net/?p=642#comment-1601 Back when I wrote this post my typical day involved getting up, driving straight to work, applying myself completely at work, driving straight home, eating, doing some house chores and going to bed. Obviously I could have secured those five minutes if I tried but there were certainly never periods of time where I felt I had nothing to do. I guess I also just don't value phone communication highly enough that I think to check for messages without prompting, etc. As for getting somewhere, I think that's inevitable and I just need to remember it. This year is going to be taxing (cf. <a href="http://alexpeters.net/2010/04/the-154-hour-per-week-schedule/" title="Alex Peters: The 154-hour-per-week schedule" rel="nofollow">my latest post</a>) but at least I'll have a roof over my head and a degree in my hand at the end of it. I'll see to that much. And hi! It's been ages. :P Back when I wrote this post my typical day involved getting up, driving straight to work, applying myself completely at work, driving straight home, eating, doing some house chores and going to bed. Obviously I could have secured those five minutes if I tried but there were certainly never periods of time where I felt I had nothing to do. I guess I also just don’t value phone communication highly enough that I think to check for messages without prompting, etc.

As for getting somewhere, I think that’s inevitable and I just need to remember it. This year is going to be taxing (cf. my latest post) but at least I’ll have a roof over my head and a degree in my hand at the end of it. I’ll see to that much.

And hi! It’s been ages. :P

]]> By: magee http://alexpeters.net/2010/01/overwhelmed/comment-page-1/#comment-1597 magee Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:09:56 +0000 http://alexpeters.net/?p=642#comment-1597 Btw, in google chrome, the textbox on your captcha thingy is black text on a black background :P Btw, in google chrome, the textbox on your captcha thingy is black text on a black background :P

]]> By: magee http://alexpeters.net/2010/01/overwhelmed/comment-page-1/#comment-1596 magee Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:09:02 +0000 http://alexpeters.net/?p=642#comment-1596 Question: (I'm not being judgmental or sarcastic or whiny in any way, I'm genuinely interested) - how do you quite literally not get five minutes in the day to even respond to text messages? What do you actually do? I don't know what's going on atm or if you're still in this state but I'm guessing you are. I wish there were something I could do to help. From my limited knowledge of the situation it seems you're paralysing yourself by trying to focus on too many problems at the same time. You don't need to solve everything in one go; if at the end of the day there is less problem then there was at the start, you're moving in the right direction. Just my thoughts. Btw, hi :P Question: (I’m not being judgmental or sarcastic or whiny in any way, I’m genuinely interested) – how do you quite literally not get five minutes in the day to even respond to text messages? What do you actually do?

I don’t know what’s going on atm or if you’re still in this state but I’m guessing you are. I wish there were something I could do to help. From my limited knowledge of the situation it seems you’re paralysing yourself by trying to focus on too many problems at the same time. You don’t need to solve everything in one go; if at the end of the day there is less problem then there was at the start, you’re moving in the right direction.

Just my thoughts. Btw, hi :P

]]> By: Alex http://alexpeters.net/2010/01/overwhelmed/comment-page-1/#comment-1375 Alex Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:55:39 +0000 http://alexpeters.net/?p=642#comment-1375 There really is no intentional expectation on my part that people contact me; it just seems to be what's happening lately. I realised last night that I quite literally do not get five minutes in the day to even respond to text messages unless I actively push for those minutes. I work straight through my designated lunch breaks, and because I don't rely on public transport any more (my only real downtime in the past) I can't look at my phone while I'm in transit. Basically I'm spreading myself too thinly, it seems. And there seems to be no reprieve in sight. I guess I just need to accept it. There really is no intentional expectation on my part that people contact me; it just seems to be what’s happening lately.

I realised last night that I quite literally do not get five minutes in the day to even respond to text messages unless I actively push for those minutes. I work straight through my designated lunch breaks, and because I don’t rely on public transport any more (my only real downtime in the past) I can’t look at my phone while I’m in transit.

Basically I’m spreading myself too thinly, it seems. And there seems to be no reprieve in sight. I guess I just need to accept it.

]]> By: Emil http://alexpeters.net/2010/01/overwhelmed/comment-page-1/#comment-1183 Emil Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:29:33 +0000 http://alexpeters.net/?p=642#comment-1183 Thinking about committing Zuckercide, huh? Sorry to hear about your current situation. Unfortunately, I can totally sympathize. Thinking about committing Zuckercide, huh?

Sorry to hear about your current situation. Unfortunately, I can totally sympathize.

]]> By: Mujtaba Hussain http://alexpeters.net/2010/01/overwhelmed/comment-page-1/#comment-1157 Mujtaba Hussain Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:21:07 +0000 http://alexpeters.net/?p=642#comment-1157 If you only spoke to friends lad, without waiting for them all the time to contact you, maybe things would have been slightly better. If you only spoke to friends lad, without waiting for them all the time to contact you, maybe things would have been slightly better.

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