Motivation And Lack Of The Same
Feb. 26th, 2007 02:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
deird_ljI've just realised why this stupid spreadsheet takes me so long.
Background for the non-omniscient: the spreadsheet to which I am referring is a HUGE table in Excel. Every month, Connex sends us reports on over 60 projects, and I read through the reports, figure out the significant bits, and update the table accordingly.
It's a lengthy process, but not THAT lengthy. And the reason why I always took so long to finish has been eluding me. (This month, for example, I finished typing in the December reports a whole TWO DAYS before the January reports arrived.)
Anyway, I've just figured it out.
You see, the reports arrive on a cd, and I have to look at them on my computer using Acrobat. And because Acrobat is so complex, it makes all the other operations on my computer slow down to compensate.
No, this does not mean that typing things into Excel takes longer.
What it DOES mean is that the music I'm listening to slows down. And suddenly my Grey's Anatomy soundtrack sounds like a funeral dirge.
Realistically, if I'm going to read the reports, I have to turn off my music. And that just makes the work so boring...
No wonder I never get around to it.
Background for the non-omniscient: the spreadsheet to which I am referring is a HUGE table in Excel. Every month, Connex sends us reports on over 60 projects, and I read through the reports, figure out the significant bits, and update the table accordingly.
It's a lengthy process, but not THAT lengthy. And the reason why I always took so long to finish has been eluding me. (This month, for example, I finished typing in the December reports a whole TWO DAYS before the January reports arrived.)
Anyway, I've just figured it out.
You see, the reports arrive on a cd, and I have to look at them on my computer using Acrobat. And because Acrobat is so complex, it makes all the other operations on my computer slow down to compensate.
No, this does not mean that typing things into Excel takes longer.
What it DOES mean is that the music I'm listening to slows down. And suddenly my Grey's Anatomy soundtrack sounds like a funeral dirge.
Realistically, if I'm going to read the reports, I have to turn off my music. And that just makes the work so boring...
No wonder I never get around to it.
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Date: 2007-02-26 11:08 am (UTC)Meanwhile, I won't have time to sing with you. I plan to grade before Easter, which means working my cute little arse off.
Love you!
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Date: 2008-09-08 07:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-09-08 07:49 am (UTC)i was reading the "computers hate me" posts
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Date: 2008-09-08 08:32 am (UTC)