How I Get Through a Day at Work

9 a.m -11 a.m

1. Say a loud hello to everyone when I arrive at the office (greet them personally if I had an enjoyable busride). 

2. Turn on my computer and run away or stroll around to escape the pain of watching it boot super-  slowly.

3. Sit down and sulk about how everyone else seems 20 times more focused than me at this time of the morning.

4. Open my email account to feel like I have started something work related.

5. Open a Youtube tab on Mozilla and search for a nice playlist of my favourite music. Put on my earphones and hum out of pitch.

6. Open Facebook and skim through the newsfeed like it’s some important business daily I’m reading.

7. Pick out interesting links to ‘interesting’ pages I can read and convince myself that I also read constructive things while bamming away on social media sites.

8. Go back to my email to see what work there is to be done and quickly head back to Youtube.

11 a.m – 1 p.m

9. Make some tea and start a random conversation in the office about football. Dudes are suckers for that. 

10. Start on my first item of work half-heartedly.

11. Make a lunchtime scroll on my browser to see what’s new on Facebook. Normally turns out to be a blonde update about the true meaning of life and other life enriching stories.

12. The lunchtime tension commences as we all wait for someone to give in and admit that he is going out for lunch. Usually turns out to be me and I leave to get lunch and to carry out step 13…

13. Stroll slowly to Sarova (a.k.a vibanda za chapo nyama) or ule mathe wa rice madodo na mokimo or ule mathe wa pilau na ngwaci or McFries *(In order of class and according to current feelings of affluence) as I check out the lovely lasses of Hurlingham and Daystar on my way there.

14. Grab a PK on my way back to the office.

2 p.m – 4 p.m

15. Gasp about how fast time is flying. "Wa! ni 2 already?"

16. Crunch time. I resolve to hurriedly finish my work in a fit of unshakable focus (with the exception of a few juicy Youtube interruptions)

4 p.m -5 p.m 

17. Head to the supermarket to grab popcorn, yoghurt, biscuits or cookies.

18. Moon in the glory of the attention I’m getting (mostly female) from everyone who wants a bite of what I brought from the supermarket.

19. Facebook Updates about random thoughts like how Star Wars is so much better than Star Trek. 

20. Blogging time. That is if the chapatti or rice I ate for lunch has not infiltrated my brainpower and replaced it with several calories of writing block.

5 p.m – 6 p.m. 

21. Exclusive well earned YouTube time. 

Cat and mouse

22. Final Facebook check up to see if anyone commented on my earlier updates so that I can reply and they can reply and I can reply to what they reply and they can reply to what I reply after they… you get the point. 

 

23. Send some important emails.

24. HOMETIIIIME!!!!!!

Considering that I do 24 different things in less than 24 hours, my conclusion is that I am a very hardworking dude for my age (older than 24 yrs.)