I thought I’d go into a little more detail about my work habits, as a follow up to the post about late nights the other day.

I work long hours, but I can’t say that the entire time spent is 100% efficient. Sure – there are times when I find myself up at 2am plugging away at something. But maybe that’s because I hit a wall at 1pm and had to take a break from accomplishing all on my to-do list. Or perhaps there was a last minute meeting that came up. Crisis that needs to be averted? Mass communication that can’t wait? Efficiency land mines get in the way all the time, and it’s part of my job (and a part I happen to love, much as it can be frustrating in certain moments) that I actually love.

I somehow can’t imagine pushing paper around all day, then coming home to the same routine every night, only to be followed by a bedtime that comes around like clockwork. It’s such a rush to be on a deadline, even when that deadline is totally self imposed. If I learned anything from University, it’s that my tendency to procrastinate when I’m not challenged can be put to good use if the conditions are just hectic/exciting enough. And they are. So, if you catch me hanging around my computer at 2am,  it’s actually just part of my “stream of typing with brief bursts offline” work routine. Somehow it helps to keep me going far better than the monotony of 9-5 ever would.