Getting in the Zone

Ever have one of those days where you just can't get in The Zone? (BTW....it blows me away what you can find in wikipedia these days)

I'm having one of those days...hell, I'm having one of those weeks. I've tried stepping away and doing something completely un-related. I've tried forcing myself to work on fun stuff, boring stuff and everything in between....but it's just not happening.

I'm at the end of my rope and have resorted to a method that's been known to work, although not 100%....headphones on, Metallica in the playlist, volume cranked way the fuck up....

If this doesn't work....maybe I'll get off my ass and hit the treadmill for a bit. A friend and I have a bet to see who can lose the most weight by Oct 31. So far...in our weekly weigh-ins, neither of us have made any ground...I'm still hanging around 207 and he's coming in at a tubby (yes....tubby) 234. :-D

BTW...if anyone has any suggestions for getting in the zone / groove / flow / whatever-the-hell-you-wanna-call-it, let me know.

Update: 9/10/2006 @ 3:45p - yep...the Metallica worked.

Thursday, August 10, 2006 10:51 AM

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# re: Getting in the Zone

Gahhh.. yeah, yeah. but at least I went riding for an hour - on your dime. :D jk mutha.

Smell ya l8r mango,
Red

Left by Tubby at 8/10/2006 11:40 AM

# re: Getting in the Zone

Bah...doesn't matter...you're still a tubby mother...

for your enjoyment: "I feel like I'm Han Solo, and you're Chewie, and she's Ben Kenobi, and we're in that fucked-up bar." :-)

Left by Mike at 8/10/2006 11:53 AM

# re: Getting in the Zone

Sometimes you have to just say "to hell with it" and just screw off for the rest of the day. After that you should feel bad enough about it that you'll keep your nose to the grindstone tomorrow. Either that or you'll figure "what the hell, it's Friday" and screw off all day tomorrow, too. Either way, you win!!

Left by Dan Hounshell at 8/10/2006 1:06 PM

# re: Getting in the Zone

Dan...glad to see yer still reading my blog. :-)

I normally work til I start to lose focus, so my average working day is about 6 hours, but with a looming deadline, my client wouldn't really appreciate only 6 billable hours per day. :-)

I just wanna get this project wrapped up so I can play some some World of Warcraft!!

Left by Mike at 8/10/2006 1:17 PM

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# re: Getting in the Zone
Gahhh.. yeah, yeah. but at least I went riding for an hour - on your dime. :D jk mutha.

Smell ya l8r mango,
Red

Left by Tubby at 8/10/2006 11:40 AM
# re: Getting in the Zone
Bah...doesn't matter...you're still a tubby mother...

for your enjoyment: "I feel like I'm Han Solo, and you're Chewie, and she's Ben Kenobi, and we're in that fucked-up bar." :-)

Left by Mike at 8/10/2006 11:53 AM
# re: Getting in the Zone
Sometimes you have to just say "to hell with it" and just screw off for the rest of the day. After that you should feel bad enough about it that you'll keep your nose to the grindstone tomorrow. Either that or you'll figure "what the hell, it's Friday" and screw off all day tomorrow, too. Either way, you win!!

Left by Dan Hounshell at 8/10/2006 1:06 PM
# re: Getting in the Zone
Dan...glad to see yer still reading my blog. :-)

I normally work til I start to lose focus, so my average working day is about 6 hours, but with a looming deadline, my client wouldn't really appreciate only 6 billable hours per day. :-)

I just wanna get this project wrapped up so I can play some some World of Warcraft!!

Left by Mike at 8/10/2006 1:17 PM

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