So much to do, but I can only do so much. Anxiety and Recovery.

Anxiety of the Unknown in Everything.

The anxiety I feel when there are tasks to be done comes from the unknowns.
The unknowns typically are from the methodology and requirements of the task.
QM and Manuals, as well as writing stuff down, have helped ease that anxiety as I systematically tackle the unknowns.
Still there are people who give me problems that have a Ton of Unknowns, uncertainties, and information to work through while I have very little time to perform my due dilligence.
I feel empowered, able to concentrate, and lose my self in the complexity if I know there are others who can follow the process and fish me out when I’m lost.
What ever brain power I “feel” i have, its probably only 1/3 because of the amount of me I can control, and the part of me that gets distracted with anxiety, unknowns, moods, small loses, and uncertainty.
Sometimes my Anxieties and little parts of me that go off to wild tangents get trained to do something functional – like looking for risks, dangers, costs, concerns, etc… these little parts of me sometimes are able to quantify and specify these. Sometimes they help and other times they are a distraction. The way the behave depends in the amount and quality of Recovery I have.

Use Recovery and Not-Sleep Debt

My model is Recovery. What are the conditions I am able to Recover and what do I need to be able to Sustain? This means differentiating my Recovery from my Sustenance. 
The definition of Functional helps – as Sustenance is to Maintain a level of Functionality, while Recovery is the ability to recovery lost functionality from Damage, Injury, or Stress. 
We do not recover lost sleep by sleeping more. We recover from the Injury caused by Lost Sleep when we can create the conditions of optimal recovery. This means if I can replicate the ideal conditions of recovery a Number of Days straight, I am able to recover more. 
Recovery is part of the Total Cycle Time of Any Action. 

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