Hey all.
I need some advice on how to deal with the adhoc vs planned work. There are emails, tickets and verbal interruptions that need my attention. Additionally there is an incrr sing amount of meetings I need to attend. At the same time I want to focus on the development of the infrastructure for the planned work. I notice that all the interruptions are detrimental to both the planned and the adhoc work.
The fact that I have to switch my attention all the time and can’t just focus starts to frustrate me. It also has to do with my adhd. I cant utilize my hyperfocus to finish the planned work, instead it stimulates the attention switching side of my adhd and cant get into the problem. I just notice I am not as effective as I was before I got this workload.
Do you people recognize this struggle? How do you deal with this?
Make a list of your priorities, do them in order, what doesn’t get done doesn’t get done don’t worry about it. That’s why you have a priority list. As long as you communicate to stakeholders and get agreement on the priority order, then nobody has room to argue.
Schedule a block of time per day where you can’t be interrupted so you can get your hyperfocus in. Don’t eat into your personal time for this focus time.
What’s important is not always urgent, and what’s urgent is not always important.
Answering the phone is urgent, it’s ringing right now, but when you answer it it’s a telemarketer - it’s not important. A lot of life is like this.
Without context, to me it seems like you need a new colleague hired who can take some of the random work off your shoulders. This way you can be present in the oh so important meetings and focus on developing the infra.