May 2nd, 2009 | 
Author: Missing picture, I’ll dig it up from somewhere on the HD someday (soon?)
On the eve of the eve, talking about vappu, the board of my housing company, 33 shares and apartments big, was suppose to meet at six. One of the issues on the agenda was deciding when to dig a ditch for the TV cable. Having some spare time before the meeting I grabbed a shovel at 5 o’clock and started digging. By the time of the meeting I had about 1/4th done.
As a small housing company with a great sense of “yard community” we do as much of the facility services as is comfortable ourselves, this helps build strong social connections as well as keep costs down.
On the meeting I mentioned that we’d have the ditch dug within an hour if 2-3 more people would join in. At 9pm we had dug the ditch, dis- and reconnected the cable, after treading it into protective piping filled the ditch. Yet another very successful piece of cooperation which wasted no resourses saved us all money and made five of us a fraction fitter.
Triumph!
Example:
When trying to focus on writing a paper and your mind starts to wander, focus on doing something else supportive of the writing process (which isn’t writing) read a related blog post, clean up the table (only for a little while though) then get back to writing…getting over the impulse to clean the house go for a walk etc.
By not forcing yourself or letting go completely you create a more positive atmosphere around the task at hand.
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The beginning of 2009
