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I've discussed distractions before, but recently there has been a different type of distraction cropping up. Perhaps the most distracting thing of all. A distraction that eats at you, that you can't keep out of your mind, that you actually embrace, despite its devastating effect on everything else going on in your life. A distraction that blinds you to your goals, that dulls your ambitions, that keeps you from being achieving that productivity you've come to be known for.
A girl.
It's like quicksand, pulling you in, and there's nothing you can do to resist. Sure, you can force yourself to work on your SC2 Project, you can redouble your efforts to keep in touch with your contacts, you can theory craft ideas for the future while sipping tea with like minded individuals, but always at the back of your mind is this nagging pull, and you start to slip. At first, you're just missing bits of news, but it's not a big deal. Then you start to notice you're contributions to discussions have been sub par. One day you realize you forgot to push out an update, or missed some other minor deadline. Before you know it, you're behind 10 or 20 percent across the board, and falling even further behind.
So, what's the best way to deal with a distraction of this magnitude?
If you resist, the pull will be all the stronger. You'll only be prolonging the inevitable confrontation, and your work will suffer. The only thing you can really do, is attack. Chase down that distraction and deal with it directly. In the end, there are two possible outcomes, and both of them will restore your productivity.
1) Things don't work out, in which case you're back on track, and probably more motivated than before.
2) Things do work out, and after a few months of lost productivity, you acclimate, and can compartmentalize the distraction enough to get back to work, although maybe now slightly less productive as before.
To those of you plagued by this problem, good luck. You'll need it.
- Koibu
p.s. If my particular distraction is reading this, you're causing all sorts of problems in my Starcraft life. Stop it. -_-
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moktira
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On February 08 2012 08:20 moktira wrote:Love can be such a scourge man + Show Spoiler +
You win twelve internets.
On topic, I know what you mean. Love sucks, it's pleasant while you have it but it sucks away your very soul when you don't. Hopefully you'll find a balance and still get to enjoy what you love OUTSIDE of romance.
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Still in chasing mode. Have yet to lock down the expansion.
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On February 08 2012 08:20 moktira wrote:Love can be such a scourge man + Show Spoiler +
Indeed, it can get to the point where you just know you're getting 1 pixel closer every 12 frames to that corsair, but it's just so hard to see it.
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Word of advice, make it a Planetary when you do lock it down. Best to keep it safely than to be too greedy!
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^ Epic scourge
Just remember, if you have a girl, you've been playing sc2 for longer than you've been dating her, so sc2 is more important! It'll always be there for you, through cheese and rage and bittersweet victory. A girl will leave at the cheese.
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On February 08 2012 13:14 Ixtlilton wrote:
Indeed, it can get to the point where you just know you're getting 1 pixel closer every 12 frames to that corsair, but it's just so hard to see it.
Seriously. 1px at a time. -_-
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Finally, FINALLY a girl blog today. Been waiting forever.
I don't know how your past experiences with relationships were, but for me, I always got 2-3% better on everything when I was dating someone. I didn't leech homework or copy stuff from my ex-girlfriends or anything - I think I just felt better about myself, wasted less time agonizing about the what-if's, and enjoyed life. So, you may want to consider option 2b.
2b) Things do work out, and you reverse-channel your distraction into a perpetual force of concentration and motivation.
Look to the bright side of things =)
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