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Originally Posted by ScottJMurray  Edit: My obsession with time also had a lot to do with a deeply-rooted psychological imperative to prove myself to those around me that I wasn't inadequate. Maybe that isn't you, but it certainly was me. It drove most of what I used to do, and I'm glad I finally figured out why I used to push myself so hard. Like I said, now I can breathe. |
Thanks for the response. I have been thinking about this, and I think that the reason I always check the time might have to do with my years in school. I always left everything until the last minute. If I had a paper that would take 3 days I would ussualy wait until the last 3 days to do it even if I had 2 months to do it. This always seemed to work for me, though it did cause a lot of unecessary stress.
Basicly, I always finished assignments, but I finished them at the last second. In between I would fill my days with non productive pleasure seeking activities. Now it seems with my daily PD and career goals I have been finishing them (which I am quite proud of myself for) but I always finish the last task extremely late in the day. In between tasks and throughout the day I rest quite a bit ...... I think hiding all my clocks could be a very useful expirement. I will feel compelled to do my work because I feel a strong need to finish the tasks and at the same time I will not know how much time I have left to do them all. Hopefully I will find myself finishing early and having the rest of the day to feel good and do whatever I want to.