A monkey and his key-bored: A quickie...

Monday, November 29, 2010

A quickie...

I have decided that some of my traffic ends up on this blog because of the titles of my posts. As a result, I am excited to see what turns up after this one ;-) Also, this should be a quick post.

ON to other news. I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. Elaine and I met up in Albuquerque for Thanksgiving with her mom and step-dad. Most importantly we got to see the Bodies Exhibition while we were there. Anyone who knows my wife can only imagine how excited she was to go there.

Elaine at exhibit

I think this photo adequately demonstrates her exuberance. I must say, it was pretty cool. If you ever get a chance to go there, it is not something to be missed. Below is a picture of us in post Bodies marital bliss.

Shortly after we returned from the "Pickled Bodies" (this is what Elaine's step-dad referred to them as), I got a cold and felt pretty horrible the rest of the vacation. However, I still had a great time and was glad we got to see Elaine's family.

Now I am back at work and have decided I need to adjust my work habits to be more productive. My first order of business has been to write a list of "to-do" items every night before I go to bed. This way when I am at a loss for what to do, I just consult the list. In addition, I feel like it will be easier to stay on task with the list. I have been neglecting to keep good track of what I need to get done (mostly relying on memory) since I defended my dissertation. I surmise this is because I was officially a doctor (not the kind that helps people mind you) and felt I could and should work however I wanted. Kind of like the first two weeks you moved out of your parents house and didn't clean or shower just to prove your point. I was being fairly productive, but I really need that organization. If nothing else for my sanity. However, I undershot on my list today and am done with all my tasks. The list will obviously need some calibrating. So, I decided in the name of productivity to blog about it to the 4 Americans, 1 Thai, and 3 Spaniards who read this blog.

How do you all stay on track at work? If you have any tips please let me know.

Have a good Monday.

2 comments:

AnonymousDecember 4, 2010 at 5:33 AM
You definitly need a list.... I suggest you start with what is the most importatnant task as one and then so on and so on. don't get discourage if you don't don't get your list done for the day.. when you write your list for the next day put the thigs you didn't get done the day before ast the top of the list. I find it very satisfing to see my list with things crossed off. now I am off to go write my list. mom
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AnonymousDecember 4, 2010 at 5:37 AM
P.S. I haven't been up long and don't have my glasses on... and I see I have hacked-up my message... Top of my list PUT You Glasses On!!! Mom
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Where am I? This isn't my beautiful life (Heads, T. 1980)!

Why the name???
One of my favorite sayings in the world is, "If you give a monkey a typewriter and infinity, he will write the Bible (you can insert any great book here as to not offend a religion)." I love this quote because it really makes several interesting statements. At it's heart it is a comment on probability. Basically saying that if you try at something long enough you are bound to succeed...no matter how deficient you are. It is the basis of science, failure begets failure, until we learn enough from failures that we are able to succeed, and I love science.

I also feel like this statement reminds us all that we shouldn't get too impressed with our abilities as a human race. We are not so far away from that monkey clunking away on the typewriter. Yes, we have invented many wonderful things. But, we have also participated in some horrible wars over odd things, excluded and hurt people simply because they are different, and created general mayhem on the environment. Despite the Parthenon, Shakespeare's sonnets, and our religious tomes we are just one small incident away from becoming monkey's chucking spears (or poop). The image should keep us all humble.

I often feel when I am authoring a blog that I am trying to create something meaningful that will, at the least, entertain people. Associated with that feeling, I often feel like I am flailing miserably. However, I shall keep hacking away, hoping some day probability prevails and I write something meaningful. In the event I do write something worthwhile, I hope I am level headed enough to remember my second point. If not, the five of you who read this blog can feel free to remind me.

And what about keyboard being spelled key-bored? Aside from the fact I utilize the English language like a dog would handle a paintbrush, bored refers to the emotion that usually precedes my writing, boredom. Get it? It is my attempt at being clever and deep.