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Am I working too much?

By Steve Jones in SQL Musings | 02-03-2010 8:10 PM | Categories:

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The other night I was tired, a few long days, early mornings with the kids, and slightly wired, but needing to rest. My wife was alseep, so I blogged a bit, watched a little TV, and then turned out the light about 10:30.

I lay there, and for some reason, about 10:50 or so, I woke up. I was pretty sure I hadn’t scheduled a newsletter. It just occurred to me, so I grabbed the laptop next to the bed, fired it up in the dark, my eyes 2” from the keyboard trying to type my crazy 10+ letter password.

I checked, and sure enough it wasn’t scheduled. I did a quick schedule and test, and then went to bed. Strange that I’d catch it that late at night, but glad I did.

Some days it pays to have the laptop next to the bed. I might not have gotten up if I’d have to go downstairs to check that computer.

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Jason Brimhall said:

Nope. Sounds like common practice in the field.

February 4, 2010 11:26 AM

jcrawf02 said:

Disagree with Jason, answer is "Yes, but sounds like common practice in the field" ;)

A lot of my mental 'work' gets done between laying down to bed and actually falling asleep, or occurs to me at 3:30am when the dog wakes me up. Aggravating, and not restful. What I've decided is that if it removes something that's bugging me from my mind, it's ok because it leads to the ability to relax, otherwise I just worry about everything PLUS whatever I just remembered/figured out.

My latest trick is to try and end the day with actually completing a task, which tends to close my mind off from thinking about all the things that are not done, until the next day.

February 4, 2010 1:46 PM

Jason Brimhall said:

K. I rescind that and agree. The worst is the dreams through the night about work.

February 4, 2010 7:54 PM

Steve Jones said:

I usually work at night a bit, so I tend to check on things one last time. This time I didn't, but for some reason something was bugging me.

Surprised me since normally I can let work go most nights.

February 4, 2010 9:01 PM

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