Comments on: Mental modes http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/archives/2008/02/25/mental-modes/ Sarah and Alaric Snell-Pym living in interesting times Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:58:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Lionel http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/archives/2008/02/25/mental-modes/#comment-70211 Lionel Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:07:14 +0000 http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/archives/2008/02/25/mental-modes/#comment-70211 <p>The event driven bit has been the plague of my life in recent years. It holds one in a passive state like a leaf blown in the wind - I want to do something solid but the phone rings, someone needs to borrow something, the software needs updating then the internet is slow, now it's time for lunch and i have not yet bought butter...</p> <p>Suddenly there is peace and I should be immediately focussing on my original intended work. But, like you say, it takes time to revert to deep thought and I remain fluttering in the wind and agitated until the next rush of events drive me on again.</p> The event driven bit has been the plague of my life in recent years. It holds one in a passive state like a leaf blown in the wind - I want to do something solid but the phone rings, someone needs to borrow something, the software needs updating then the internet is slow, now it's time for lunch and i have not yet bought butter...

Suddenly there is peace and I should be immediately focussing on my original intended work. But, like you say, it takes time to revert to deep thought and I remain fluttering in the wind and agitated until the next rush of events drive me on again.

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