So here I sit at the Business Incubator, watching the clock. Fifteen minutes until Spring Break (wow). That seems a little crazy to me. I thought I should write in my blog now because I would probably forget to later on and wanted to make sure I could document this week freshly from my memory. I've just sent out a reminder email regarding that annual assessment Dusty had requested that I work out - I never got one email back from anyone about it, although Jo did say she had it typed out and just kept forgetting to send it to me. I think maybe that's why it seems like there's not much to do here...I'm going down a rabbit hole (?) but anyway...it seems as though in life people aren't willing to do things until it absolutely HAS to be done RIGHT THIS VERY SECOND..it's strange. I don't understand procrastination when you look at it rationally. I've been in college four years now and have spent countless hours on Facebook (of which I am not proud) but I have learned something, and seen it as well - procrastination is pointless. It is better to just do something and get it over with than to sit around and wait until it's almost too late to get it done. The same principle applies to other things in general, things that are not necessarily necessary - like this report. I mean, yeah I could be working on something else that NEEDED to be done, but since I've not been given an assignment like that recently, I started working on this idea Dusty had - I brainstormed out a rough outline of what I thought he was talking about and and sent that out to the people he wanted to be included - questions they could answer survey-style about their job for the past year. I realize this is not a pressing issue, especially since it's not something that's ever been done before, so they were not prepared to document what they've been doing and will therefore have to just rely on memory for the most part - but still. I realize they are busy and they have their own jobs to attend to and that my little survey is not the most pressing thing they are doing. But I am not given much to do. What I am given, I want to do quickly and precisely to make a good impression. I try to do assignments that way so it seems like I am capable and eager for work, but it seems like it just ends up being me not having anything to do. Sorry about this rant. It was a little pointless.
Everything is fine, I'm not aggitated that I haven't had any response yet - I wasn't really expecting any.
Have a nice break and see you on the other side.
Ciao.
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I agree, procrastination is pointless. However, I have to say that I am definitely a procrastinator. I have found, however, that it is impossible to procrastinate in the workplace. Well, I suppose it is possible, but it will definitely make your life a lot more difficult. Good post!
ReplyDeleteIt might be useful for you to spend time researching annual reports that other business incubators produce, if those reports are available to the public. This research could help you to brainstorm topics that you might want to cover in this report and stylistic/design decisions you might want to incorporate. I don't know for sure what you would find on these different sites, but a Google search for "Business Incubator" would certainly turn up websites for various BIs; you could search these sites for annual reports or similar documents.
ReplyDeleteAlso, since you're not getting responses from your email attempts to ask questions for the annual report, considering arranging times to interview the people directly -- you'd be drawing on your ethnographic research skills you developed in English 301!