What do you do
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I go to the Pub...life is short.
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Its way, way, waaaay too early for that here in Amman. Not a pub open at this time of day. Besides, currently I'm on medication and I can't imbibe for some time and as is, I've cut down so much I might as well be considered a teetotaler.
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Not an FPS type of guy. And if I fire up Civ IV, I won't stop till after the deadline...
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I go outside and get some exercise... seriously
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Done that. Still nothing.
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Watch Jonathan Creek in two minutes.
Nah.
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Nah.
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Ever seen that show before? You could play DS - Phoenix Wright games are pretty awesome.
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Nah.
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I see Fabio got it right - spend the next 2 hour in the Lounge.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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when you are so not in the mood to work? Honestly, I can't be bothered to do anything today. I've been staring at my project in Visual Studio for about 2 hours now.
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Do almost anything else that you enjoy. Either some inspiration will spring, fully formed, into your consciousness, or it won't. Win-win situation, for you if not for the project. :)
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I can't get myself to do that either. I think I'll cook, and collect my thoughts while cooking.
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First, cook. Second, eat. Finally, nap. Sounds like a good weekend to me.
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First, cook. Second, eat. Finally, nap. Sounds like a good weekend to me.
Software Zen:
delete this;
Fold With Us![^]For you maybe. Sunday is the start of the week here. Then again, I work from home.
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when you are so not in the mood to work? Honestly, I can't be bothered to do anything today. I've been staring at my project in Visual Studio for about 2 hours now.
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when you are so not in the mood to work? Honestly, I can't be bothered to do anything today. I've been staring at my project in Visual Studio for about 2 hours now.
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I usually walk away for a while and do something else. That break gives me time to think it through and helps to clear my head. Course at my age there not cobwebs they're brain cells that I've killed over the years with an unhealthy life style...if you catch my drift...:) Mike
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when you are so not in the mood to work? Honestly, I can't be bothered to do anything today. I've been staring at my project in Visual Studio for about 2 hours now.
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That's two hours you'll never get back. Experienced developers know that just sitting at a computer doesn't get any work done. If you're using the computer, fine; but if not, then get away from the computer. Do something you enjoy, take a walk, or just relax and let the ideas bubble on the back burner until you have something to write. Many times I'll even print out code so I can make notes on the paper but not actually touch the computer until I'm sure I have the right solution to a problem. This is the sort of thing that managers don't understand and why a cube farm in Elbonia can't produce quality products.
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Its way, way, waaaay too early for that here in Amman. Not a pub open at this time of day. Besides, currently I'm on medication and I can't imbibe for some time and as is, I've cut down so much I might as well be considered a teetotaler.
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Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
here in Amman
What a wretched city. Looks like a rat maze.
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when you are so not in the mood to work? Honestly, I can't be bothered to do anything today. I've been staring at my project in Visual Studio for about 2 hours now.
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I start doing a "ADHD/ multi tasking" system. Program, surf, chat on Second Life, program program program, check lolcat, program, chat on second life. program program..get coffee, program program. It's like channel surfing complined with work. If I totaly can't concentrate on work, I go for a walk, or lay down.
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when you are so not in the mood to work? Honestly, I can't be bothered to do anything today. I've been staring at my project in Visual Studio for about 2 hours now.
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I just don't work. I just have to get my 40 hours work done in the week, so I can take breaks. In fact, I have about 4 hours to finish today for this week. Otherwise, if I'm home, I like to take showers. That's where I get lots of thinking done, and they're very relaxing. I also feel refreshed and ready to tackle problems. If, however, I don't want to work because I'm working on something particularly boring, I like to surf the lounge and CodeProject articles while I work (back and forth between CodeProject and work). That way, I feel like my brain isn't being completely wasted on something monotonous. I become less productive than my best productivity, but more productive than not working at all.
Visual Studio is an excellent GUIIDE.
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when you are so not in the mood to work? Honestly, I can't be bothered to do anything today. I've been staring at my project in Visual Studio for about 2 hours now.
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Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
when you are so not in the mood to work?
I take the motivation test. I look all the things I have to do and ask myself how motivated I am to do that task, then pick the task that I'm motivated to do. Failing any motivating task (happens often enough) I ask myself, why am I not motivated to do that task. After answering that for the various tasks, I ask myself, what would be required for the task to be motivating? Usually there's a pretty good answer to that, ranging from "well, it's a no-brainer and the customer will be impressed" to "it'll get me one step closer to billing the client" to "if I did it using this approach, it might actually be fun", and so forth. So then I repeat the first question given my better understanding of where the real motivations lie, and then usually something pops out as "yeah, I'm motivated to do that." However, failing all the above head-games, I just go play some online poker or work on an article or eat some chocolate. Marc
I'm not overthinking the problem, I just felt like I needed a small, unimportant, uninteresting rant! - Martin Hart Turner
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when you are so not in the mood to work? Honestly, I can't be bothered to do anything today. I've been staring at my project in Visual Studio for about 2 hours now.
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when you are so not in the mood to work? Honestly, I can't be bothered to do anything today. I've been staring at my project in Visual Studio for about 2 hours now.
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I open something that draws diagrams, and make pretty pictures of what has to be done, in the hope of finding inspiration.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
when you are so not in the mood to work?
I take the motivation test. I look all the things I have to do and ask myself how motivated I am to do that task, then pick the task that I'm motivated to do. Failing any motivating task (happens often enough) I ask myself, why am I not motivated to do that task. After answering that for the various tasks, I ask myself, what would be required for the task to be motivating? Usually there's a pretty good answer to that, ranging from "well, it's a no-brainer and the customer will be impressed" to "it'll get me one step closer to billing the client" to "if I did it using this approach, it might actually be fun", and so forth. So then I repeat the first question given my better understanding of where the real motivations lie, and then usually something pops out as "yeah, I'm motivated to do that." However, failing all the above head-games, I just go play some online poker or work on an article or eat some chocolate. Marc
I'm not overthinking the problem, I just felt like I needed a small, unimportant, uninteresting rant! - Martin Hart Turner
Well flippin said! I handle the situation identically. ;P
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when you are so not in the mood to work? Honestly, I can't be bothered to do anything today. I've been staring at my project in Visual Studio for about 2 hours now.
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Those are the times I spend doing busy work. I might apply Windows updates, update other software, tweak my backup settings, cleanup old files, organize files, et al. Basically, all work tasks that you don't normally have time to do and that don't require you to be fully engaged.
