Everybody’s Doing It, Why Can’t I?
I feel like I’m being sucked into some weird entrepreneurial vortex in which I get lost for hours looking at blogs and websites and products from small businesses. When I was a cubicle resident, I hardly met anyone that worked on their own, and when I did it was like my bikini waxer or masseuse or someone who provided a tangible service, and seemed to be struggling a bit doing so. Now that we’re venturing out on our own, I feel like everybody – the peeps at the coffee shop, the peeps who write blogs, etc – works for themselves. I enjoy being a newcomer to this world, but I have to watch myself because I find that I’m so engrossed in observing that I forget to participate. What are my deliverables for this week? What tangible thing am I working on?
I haven’t been this inspired and excited about work in . . .well, ever. The problem is that it’s not translating neatly into production. I’m trapped in happy look-at-all-the-entrepreneurs land, and not getting my own work done.
Tags: deliverables, Productivity