THE COSTLY SHORTCUTS
AND THE DISCONNECT WITH REALITY
Rough draft notes, but sufficient to get the idea...
TOO BUSY TO GET UNBUSY
The classic of personal time mismanagement is the person who is so busy that he does not have the time to get organized, so he spends so much time finding what he misplaces that he is even busier and further behind and more stressed and he also fails to tie things up to the point of completion so that he ends up with re-do work or having to re-discover how or what to do. In short, he has created chaos and problems for himself. And chaos is the opposite of HighSanity.
He is not in touch with reality.
THE REQUIREMENTS OF "REALITY"
Reality has physical requirements and sequences.
1,2,3,4 → result (did task and finished organizing and put away)
1,2,-,4 → got overall task done, but didn't organize, so incurred cost later.
Not allowing enough time to do everything calmly and in order. I must simply follow the steps, rushing them does not work, as they take x amount of time. Hoping that I can do them faster (theoretically) generally doesn't work and amounts to the equivalent of wishful thinking - and/or some vague fantasy that the little gremlin will somehow clear it up for you.
The wise, calm, systematic person does everything in orde and realizes each step takes time and no miracles will happen. Yes, it does often take more time to do something right the first time, but if we do something wrong in less time by taking a shortcut generally the cleanup takes more time and there are fires created. (You can spot a person who is disorganized and out of touch with reality by the number of fires, emergencies, urgencies, one has.)
Get in touch with reality.
A task to be completed must have all pieces finished, including putting away the materials in an organized fashion so they are usable next time and making whatever notes are needed so that one does not have to wonder what to do next time and doing the tickle of clear instructions as to what is to be done.
(The person who takes shortcuts and is still overly busy is not only underestimating how long things take but he is also not accounting for the time that should have been spent in not taking the shortcut. Cross-referencing
Misestimated time for No estimate of
Doing tasks in shortcut manner + time required if do what is necessary to not do shortcut
Plus forgetting that the shortcuts, in total, will also take extra time later (extra time in total, for time saved by shortcut…)compared over
Procedure
Do task
Clean up paperwork
Do necessary cross referencing and/or filing
Write down what needs to be done and do a clear tickle as to when.
Write down any procedural steps that were discovered which would not automatically be known, so you know how to do it next time without having to rediscover it.
Not thinking is a shortcut…shortcutting your life away.
Failing to think things out is a huge source of problems in life.
Sit down and do each and every step.
