Productivity Illusion

[cjsmith]

While I may FEEL more productive if I can't access LJ at work, at the end of the day I'm not sure I'd gotten any more done than on any other day.

Darn. I'd been so hoping I would magically turn into a whirlwind of Super-Coder efficiency. (There's something about working at a startup that makes me desperately want to be superhuman.)

Maybe I have been guilting myself over something that didn't actually make much difference. When I'm working a hard problem, I take breaks. I have to. I rapidly become useless if I don't let my brain shake itself out every so often. Maybe whether those breaks are LJ or not doesn't matter.

Hard to say, this early. I'll give it more time. Maybe this change is merely a small positive thing.

Comments

[just-cyd.livejournal.com]

i agree that you need breaks throughout the day. i'm "just a secretary" but i find if i don't get up and move around, give my eyes a brake from the computer, or my brain a break from mind-numbing reports, i'm more likely to get *nothing* done.

i don't let myself LJ from work 'cause i know it'll suck too much time. that, and i just don't wanna go there -- i worry about what the Powers That Be can see.

i admire your discipline for voluntarily blocking yourself from LJ and other fun stuff during work hours. i'm not sure i could be quite so strong.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Maybe I can make my breaks more useful, too. If I go to the kitchen for tea, I'm more likely to run into a coworker. Maybe one of us needs to ask the other something. Plus I get tea, which is good! Fluids! :-)

I'm sure the Powers That Be can see where I'm surfing. I finally stopped reading breastreduction for that reason -- not only will I not click on images at work, but some people have even started using them for USERICONS fergoshsakes. Enough of that! No nekkidity at work -- there are really strict laws about that sort of thing.