I have realized sometimes I do better working under a crazy schedule. It gives me less time to overthink things and forces me to be present.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Often, I work out of my work. One work takes me to the next thing.
When I'm working, I always make time to get exercise into my schedule.
I'm a bit of a workaholic. When I feel like I'm not doing something, it drives me insane.
My work schedule has changed over the years. The one constant is, when at work on a novel, I try to work seven days a week, so as not to lose touch with that world. Within that, I'm flexible on hours and output.
I feel really productive. I'm very competitive with myself. I'm a scheduler. I'm always trying to keep everything together - I'm very OCD and very organized.
It's all discipline and schedule for me. I mean, it's very easy to get distracted by the real world and things that intrude constantly, and it takes dedication to live totally in your head and be tuned out.
Without deadlines and restrictions I just tend to become preoccupied with other things.
I do better with routines and predictability. I don't react well when there's a sudden change in the schedule.
I really love working. It makes me feel like an even better person when I work. I function much better if I have a really rigid schedule. When I'm left to my own devices, I can just be all over the place.
I generally work right up to when I have to do something - I'm always doing a lot.