Emails, projects, animals, post-it notes, miracles - what do they have to do with excitement? (Very little)
Today I well and truly realised something. I can’t really concentrate on one thing only. This is now staring at me in the eye both at home and at work. Gosh. How is it possible that it’s taken me this long to really realise this? This is what happens: at work I start writing an email. Half way through a small window appears on my computer screen, telling me I’ve received an email. I quickly check what it says, decide to reply immediately, start doing so and again half way through something else happens, another email maybe, or the phone rings, someone asks something, my boss appears and asks me to do something else. The end result is that soon I have 5-6 unfinished emails waiting for completion and as many other tasks that I’ve started but haven’t finished. Then I start getting overwhelmed because I feel there’s too much going on and how on earth am I going to get everything done without forgetting some little piece of information. And the same continues at home in the evening, I s...