Note: This is one of failed “let’s start now and finish later” attempts. I decided to publish them even they are not finished. My experience with myself (more than 30 years) if I don’t complete it in a reasonable time, I never will. So here it is, with hope that it will all make sense one day…
Once in a while I decide that I had enough with the cats at home and kick them out. Out to the garden of course, not further. I lock my self in, or them out. When we were in an apartment in Bucharest it was difficult to keep them in. Now in a house with garden, they don’t want to go out. Anyway, I like them out and start cleaning around, and re-organizing. I had all sort of hopeless attempts to organize their living area to minimize the interaction with mine. I don’t really enjoy for example trying not to step on their foot plates, or stare each other in the bathroom. Their sand box and food court are things that I still believe I can control. I lost hope controlling where they leave their hair a while ago.
Leaving them out during re-organization is crucial so they don’t bother me during the process. I take everything somewhere else, clean all around, put them back where I think their disturbance will be minimum. Sandbox is especially important since they like going wild in it.
This time, when I looked back all the work done and pleased with my self, once again thought, it will not take long. Then I realized where I make my mistake (no not that one, they are in already, it’s too late to discuss on it now). A mistake that I tend to repeat during software development (yes, I also felt weird with this connection).
When I nicely isolate their sandbox, even thinking so they will not be disturbed by us in their private moments, I am after my own agenda. I set up everything nicely so they are not on my way. But things don’t stay as you leave. They come and start using it. It would work perfect if it wasn’t the cats around.
Clash of expectations. We all have our own agendas. As a programmer, even when I try to put myself in user’s shoes to design/implement a GUI, I have my programmer agenda. When I don’t pay attention, programmer reaches out and implements a weird hack which makes everything easy. I even feel pleased myself. Until someone else comes and can not frigging understand the beauty in it. His agenda does not necessarily involve all the stuff I have to deal with as a programmer. What do you mean at this stage you don’t have access to selected file he asks for example.
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