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detachment (witnessing) in work
Sep. 17th, 2002 05:22 pmThe more I detach myself emotionally from my work, the faster and more cleanly I've found it gets done. With a moderate amount of advance planning and forethought, I've found that I can sit down and complete various tasks in 1- to 2-hour chunks, or at least make specific objective progress on a project within that time frame.
Reducing daily work-related activities to these little information cells has been tremendously useful to me. Instead of worrying about any ramifications to this, that or the other thing, I can just focus on the task at hand (providing that I've defined it well enough) and get it done without a lot of extra thought.
'Cuz it's the constant thoughts and emotions about my work that always seem to get in the way of my being productive. If I'm worried about whether or not the intended recipients will like what I've done; if I'm worried that they might not understand what I'm trying to say; if I'm worried that I might not finish on time... Well, all these worries just seem to float away with this detached witnessing, and the work gets done with ease.
Reducing daily work-related activities to these little information cells has been tremendously useful to me. Instead of worrying about any ramifications to this, that or the other thing, I can just focus on the task at hand (providing that I've defined it well enough) and get it done without a lot of extra thought.
'Cuz it's the constant thoughts and emotions about my work that always seem to get in the way of my being productive. If I'm worried about whether or not the intended recipients will like what I've done; if I'm worried that they might not understand what I'm trying to say; if I'm worried that I might not finish on time... Well, all these worries just seem to float away with this detached witnessing, and the work gets done with ease.
