Today is Thursday. I think. Or is it Wednesday?
Working across two zones skews your internal clock. At 5pm my time, Ireland is just coming on. Fredericton starts around 10pm.
And not only that, things aren't straight forward in Australia, either. Due Daylight Savings Time, Melbourne is one hour ahead of Brisbane. My time zone dislexia is having a field day.
The only constant is sleeping time. Every waking minute is up for grabs. As I like to say, it's a 'role' not a 'job.'
The key to keeping sane is to always have a destination and a list. If I have the information in my metaphorical knapsack, I'm fine. But in some cases, I have so many topics, tasks and roles on my plate, I end up asking someone who calls me, "Can you remind me what this is about?"
I'm beginning to understand why executives find assistants so useful. As long as you have someone to push you to the next meeting with the right piece of paper in your hand, you're okay.
I think it's 1:18pm my time. Back to work. And just a sec, here.... what am I doing now?
Working across two zones skews your internal clock. At 5pm my time, Ireland is just coming on. Fredericton starts around 10pm.
And not only that, things aren't straight forward in Australia, either. Due Daylight Savings Time, Melbourne is one hour ahead of Brisbane. My time zone dislexia is having a field day.
The only constant is sleeping time. Every waking minute is up for grabs. As I like to say, it's a 'role' not a 'job.'
The key to keeping sane is to always have a destination and a list. If I have the information in my metaphorical knapsack, I'm fine. But in some cases, I have so many topics, tasks and roles on my plate, I end up asking someone who calls me, "Can you remind me what this is about?"
I'm beginning to understand why executives find assistants so useful. As long as you have someone to push you to the next meeting with the right piece of paper in your hand, you're okay.
I think it's 1:18pm my time. Back to work. And just a sec, here.... what am I doing now?
Right now you are reading a smart ass comment from your little brother. :)
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