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Oct. 25th, 2006 04:27 pmIt's really fascinating to watch how much better I am at coping with my various broken brain-ness when I actually get enough sleep.
Normally, I have _serious_ trouble with getting stuck in details and have major trouble seeing the larger picture. When I get enough sleep, however, my ability to stop drowning in details and see what higher level improvements would help things improves significantly. This is a rather good thing, since otherwise details will eventually overwhelm me badly (this is the most common reason for me to get burnt out, actually).
Yay for many bits of brain working better today, and making all sorts of 'these things really should happen, you know, and my time would be much more useful _here_ than doing those related but less useful things which would get fixed by fixing things _here_' suggestions.
I do love documenting the processes that I know well enough to explain them. 'Really, it works better this way, but no one has written it _down_ yet!' Of course, I _don't_ like trying to explain to people _why_ my way is good, so if people are actively against the idea, I tend to get annoyed and just not worry about it. On the plus side, though, where my skills are strong, this tends to not be an issue. Hell, I just had a random co-worker wander over while I was explaining what I thought needed to happen and throw more useful stuff into the conversation.
Y'know, I'm beginning to wonder if I _care_ if the sleep med is likely to cause dependance. It's not as if I sleep well or easily without it, anyway. (tolerance would be bad, though...) I want the doctor to call me back and tell me, already!
Normally, I have _serious_ trouble with getting stuck in details and have major trouble seeing the larger picture. When I get enough sleep, however, my ability to stop drowning in details and see what higher level improvements would help things improves significantly. This is a rather good thing, since otherwise details will eventually overwhelm me badly (this is the most common reason for me to get burnt out, actually).
Yay for many bits of brain working better today, and making all sorts of 'these things really should happen, you know, and my time would be much more useful _here_ than doing those related but less useful things which would get fixed by fixing things _here_' suggestions.
I do love documenting the processes that I know well enough to explain them. 'Really, it works better this way, but no one has written it _down_ yet!' Of course, I _don't_ like trying to explain to people _why_ my way is good, so if people are actively against the idea, I tend to get annoyed and just not worry about it. On the plus side, though, where my skills are strong, this tends to not be an issue. Hell, I just had a random co-worker wander over while I was explaining what I thought needed to happen and throw more useful stuff into the conversation.
Y'know, I'm beginning to wonder if I _care_ if the sleep med is likely to cause dependance. It's not as if I sleep well or easily without it, anyway. (tolerance would be bad, though...) I want the doctor to call me back and tell me, already!
