On the difficulty of doing nothing

March 17th, 2008 by elise Leave a reply »

Dilbert doing nothingI’ve handed in my notice for the 31th of march – which means that i’m in my last days here.

I’ve asked my boss for two weeks of holiday at the end – he flat out refused. I asked for one week – and the jury’s still out on that: no confirmation whatsoever that i’m going to get them.

Now i’ve finished up all the knowledge transfer and documentation chores last thursday. Which means it’s my second day here doing absolutely nothing.

Which is stressful, strangely. I’m at my best when i’m running at full capacity, developing, solving issues, organizing, feeling efficient and useful.

Now i feel guilty, for sitting there surfing on the customer’s time – while it is hardly my fault because my boss knows i’m totally idle.

Time stands still. I check out twitter, my feed reader, different planets every few minutes. I read up on misc subjects. I consider starting to work on personal projects on the workplace (and why is ruby installed on your machine ?).

Boy, is it boring. I’m going to start pestering my boss again, i think. Not like i’ve got anything else to do.

Note: this is my first blog post during working hours, ever.

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5 comments

  1. Philip Paeps says:

    An idle mind is a dangerous thing? ;-)

  2. elise says:

    @Philip : i wish :-)

  3. raphael says:

    I’m sure there’s a project out there you wanted to learn about but never found the time to do it. Now’s the time!

  4. Michaƫl says:

    I wish you a lot of success with your carreer move, Elise!

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