What would you do to get back to work and act normal when you feel miserable?

I got up early today because I heard my brother knocking the door to get the office keys and so after that I felt already alive. It is unusual for me because I always get up late in the morning. Maybe because it is the BONUS day! So I got up, made my choco milk and drunk. Then an idea pop up to me to get my notes and write how I will spend my money wisely so I won’t become poor on New Year’s eve and so I did and check for my mom to get some suggestions. After that, the news arrive and suddenly the world changed… my eyes get teary even though my mind says it’s not a big deal. Maybe that is what you call feelings..

Until now, its almost dinner and I can’t get my mind straight to work and be more productive. Yesterday was such a great day, I am even anticipating for this day and now it’s all a mess! I do not know how to even ignore this event and move on. I wish I could, it will be better for everyone. I wish I could just forget and pretend….

This one is something to think about why you would want to use twitter. Much more convincing than what Shiflett has discussed.

Today is an amazing and very productive day. I was able to resolve 8 tickets, continue on other 3 tickets, read about Google Gadgets and read about Getting Real Book! The last 2 activity was just driven because I have to write my goals for the next year (thanks to Promet btw for giving me reason to do that). I think what made the difference today is related to this section of the Getting Real book

Smaller tasks and smaller timelines are more manageable, hide fewer possible requirement misunderstandings, and cost less to change your mind about or redo. Smaller timelines keep developers engaged and give them more opportunities to enjoy a sense of accomplishment.

For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been managing a project and I have been doing a lot of thinking and coding and rethinking and I feel every night I am totally exhausted and all my spirits are gone when I finally go to bed. I felt my time was very limited and I have no other time to do things like walking for fresh air late afternoon. I just realize now that I do not manage the project and my time effectively. After a few weeks I have started dividing tasks to smaller ones but was not really into it since I have to think a lot of things and haven’t realized the benefit of it. Last night, thankfully the application was reviewed and I got a lot of feedbacks in smaller chunks which was great because it gave me more idea on what and where to focus next. The greatest of all with this event today is that I was able to appreciate my day! And ofcourse learned a lesson. It felt I had accomplished a lot of things and probably that made the difference why I was able to do other stuff. I will certainly keep this in mind for the remaining timespan of my current project. For the meantime, I will have to go to bed now and ready myself for another productive day tomorrow!

Checkout the travel category on the coming days, I finally visited the beautiful Boracay! and this weekend I will be going to Bagiuo with my family. It’s an awesome week!