What did he say? My brain is full! All of us in the creative department of Arrowsmith Shoes have to deal with more interruptions than any other place in the world. I swear to the software Gods that rule my world that if I get one more meaningless interruption my head will spin off my shoulders and roll on down the hall. Kathump . . . kathump. . . kathump. . . ! I hope it lands in the parking lot, starts my car, and picks me up to go to the Cubs game!

I just got a text from a friend indicating that he just bought his seven year old daughter a cell phone. Wow! We have a no cell phone turned on policy in our little asylum but today I had to keep it on to be aware when a client is coming in who has a short time schedule today. I thought the text was from him. It was not. Shortly there after I receive a text from Carrie, the seven year old daughter, who in all honesty is as cute as they come but, seriously? Twenty minutes later and I’m finally done. Still waiting for my client text so I can turn off the phone. I have a love hate relationship with my phone. My smart phone is actually making me stupid.

A recent 2009 study by Timeback Management showed that we spend two hours a day fielding unimportant interruptions. The study in brief said “. . . is the disease of the modern workplace. Its symptoms are familiar to any worker: the inability to complete a thought or a task without losing focus under the onslaught of relentless interruptions which result in a lack of efficiency, a loss of time to solve problems, to think strategically, to plan, to dream – to get your job completed so you can move forward and get from here to there. . .” Really?

I like to call it “brainus interruptus”! I also understand that a large portion of this disease is self inflicted and I’m trying to improve. I read somewhere that admitting you have a problem is the first step towards solving it.

Ok! I have a problem and I admit it, but I don’t think my problem is as big as my friend’s who just bought his seven year old daughter a cell phone..

Jim

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