My Rough Virgo Workday Experiment
Okay, so last night I skimmed some Virgo daily career junk. Said stuff about making smarter choices at work or whatever. Figured, “Eh, why not? My job feels like spinning wheels lately.” Woke up this morning already dreading the usual chaos. Grabbed my stupid coffee, sat down before my laptop even warmed up. Decided to actually try doing it their way.
First thing? I stopped myself from diving straight into emails like a rabid squirrel. Normally my inbox owns me by 9:15 AM. Instead, I stared at my messy todo list – scribbled on three different sticky notes, obviously. Felt dumb, but I took ten minutes just to rewrite everything on ONE piece of paper. Grouped the scary urgent deadlines separately from the “maybe next week” stuff. Didn’t make the work disappear, but seeing it dumped out helped.
Then came the big “smarter choices” part. This analyst report? Huge. Due Friday. Usually I’d chip at it slowly, stressed the whole week. The Virgo tip mentioned breaking down big rocks. Seemed obvious, but I never did it. So:
- Chunked that monster report into four bite-sized parts. Yeah, just physically drew lines on the outline.
- Decided to tackle Part 1 immediately after lunch, when my brain isn’t mush yet. Booked a one-hour slot on my calendar like a meeting with myself. Weirdly satisfying.
- Realized two “quick” tasks were actually potential rabbit holes. Deliberately postponed them. Marked them for Thursday afternoon, my designated “meh, energy low anyway” time.
Actually felt my shoulders loosen a bit. Went through the morning actually focusing on emails in one go instead of constant ping-pong. Didn’t magically finish everything, but weirdly… the panic didn’t set in. When a colleague pinged about a “super urgent” side thing, I actually paused. Checked my paper. Saw my booked slot for the report. Told him, “Can do that after 3 PM, slammed until then.” Felt… almost professional? For about five seconds.
Lunchtime hit. Ate my sad sandwich. Went back, booted up Part 1 of that scary report. Was it fun? Nope. But knowing it was just Part 1, knowing I’d scheduled it, somehow made it less awful. Knocked it out in the hour. Felt like I stole time back from the day.
Finished work today not utterly drained. Didn’t transform into a productivity god, mind you. Still messy. Still have crap to do. But… felt less like drowning. Maybe focusing on one small choice at a time, actually planning the stupid boring stuff first, actually saying “later” – maybe that’s the Virgo “smarter work” junk. Who knew? Will try not falling back into email chaos tomorrow. We’ll see.
