There are so many things that I was supposed to have done, like blog here daily, or to rearrange my room, or do up my YouTube channels properly, or write my attempt at the NaNoWriMo. But everything seems to be “ok, I can do this later” and its all being done in one way or another in my head.
But in actuality, it’s really not done.
I thought I’d write today about how I finally finished shifting the things in my room around, and it’s in a position that I’m quite happy with. But it’s not near as neat as what I want it to, and it’s probably gonna take another day or arranging to get everything neat and orderly. But at least it’s in the right place, and I can watch or listen to something as I clean the room up.
The room has gone through so many reiterations, and I cannot state how much I value function over form. There is no point having a room that is neat but the function of the room is unusable. Why would anyone do that to themselves. I’d rather a huge mess that is understood, than a room that has everything hidden away, and takes forever for the person to use it.
The same thing works for working groups. There’s no point having a team that looks good, or seems to have everything covered on the outside, but functionally does not know what to do. I’d find myself just as frustrated, or it would take just as long to get things going, and that in itself is not a very fruitful way for teams to work, or for people to move forward.
Perhaps the idea is about saving face, and the appearances to people on the outside. If the room looks clean, then it must be well maintained right? But what’s the point of a well maintained room if the people are not home all the time? There’s little benefit to a nice looking thing without the purpose well built into it.
So maybe instead of making things work out well in our heads, the key part is to really do something and make sure the work is done. I don’t think much needs to be said other than to actually do the work. And I just need to do the work right now.
I’m not even in a working team at the moment, but I think I’m still in the midst of processing and figuring out the working strategies that I enjoy working with.