ever since i found the website of peter chen and his blogging tips and tricks (see links), i have found myself endlessly tinkering with my site – adding and removing various images, centering and labeling photos, reformatting my sidebar, checking for symmetry in the layout, widgets, etc. couldn’t stop at first but, upon realizing my behavior, i summoned my mind-over-matter routine to snap out of it. it must the ocd (obsessive compulsive disorder) in me! ha ha ha!
well it’s true. i admit i manifest the said behavior from time to time, and i think all of us do, in varying degrees of compulsion. but i think mine is above the “normal” average.
i have this habit of taking down notes, organizing my schedule and to-do list, listing everything down, whether i’m on the phone, with a client, or talking to my boss, or even when i'm alone with my thoughts. write, write, write. scribble, scribble, scribble! i just feel the need to put everything in writing so that i can check and re-check and re-check it from time to time. am i sick or what? during meetings at work i try to write down everything that transpires and all topics discussed, sometimes just doodling key words on a piece of paper so that i’ll recall the important points of discussion, then compose the minutes after the meeting. what’s wrong with that? well, for one thing, i am the manager and i preside over such meetings, and secondly, i have an assistant whose job is to do what i just did! it doesn’t stop there. i then compare my assistant’s notes to mine to check if she got everything accurately. poor girl, the biggest threat to her job is her own boss!
my daily planner is well known among peers and subordinates. i list down all appointments (another duplication of my sec’s job) plus all other things to do. check what had been done and accomplished with red ink, and highlight the cancelled and postponed ones with a yellow or green marker, list them again for the next day and repeat the cycle. so if you check my planner, everything is either checked or highlighted. that’s why i always had red and blue pens in my pocket, plus the colored highlighter of the week. oh, and don't forget the small ruler. this is to make sure that wheni highlight something, it's straight and neat! it's the same thing with notebooks when i was in school. and when i make a mistake, i tear up the whole page, and re-write everything.
co-workers say i am very organized but i know in their heads i am the writing freak at the office! definitely OCD. i have other compulsive behaviors but will reserve the right to keep them secret for the meantime lest i be considered a full-blown looney!
don't worry, i may have the courage to divulge it in future posts.
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