Mon, Feb 25, 2008
No Multitasking
Posted to Miscellaneous category
I got through a full workday, but I had to turn on the instrumental-only no-DJs light classical station (Dish-network has some good music channels in the mix you get with their packages) instead of the alternative rock station I usually listen to during my workday. I didn't have quite enough energy to keep my focus with voices happening in the room.
When I'm healthy I work with rock and roll, news, traffic and weather reports going on without a problem. I got into that habit in high-school: letting the radio make a wall of sound between me and the rest of the house, which had no soundproofing by any stretch of the imagination. Now I have my own house a couple of hundred feet from the nearest neighbor, but the habit of working with a radio on remains.
This evening I actually left the house. For about 10 minutes. I haven't picked up my mail in at least a week, and didn't want to let it go any longer: the iGoogle weather report keeps saying it's supposed to snow tonight and tomorrow morning.
I'm glad I got the mail -- there were an Amazon order and a new box of checks waiting -- but just driving the half mile in down to the main road and back wiped me out. I feel weak and shaky It's and early bedtime for me I think.