Using Your Head

A good way to cope with dull jobs is to use your imagination to make it seem more stimulating. I find that I do this automatically. When I sorted cardboard and phonebooks from newsprint and office documents, the materials shot past me at a good clip. But if I stuck my ear down close, so my eyes saw it coming from the front (rather than from overhead, you see), then it was almost like being in a high speed hovercraft! Plus you could add to your productivity by catching some of the plastic bag surprises with your face! If you have to work alone in a big warehouse with big, heavy boxes, it can still be fun. If I have to sort out a large area and wind up pulling and pushing and stacking heavy shit around for hours, I guarantee you I am mentally constructing a new, cardboard Rome - one that has catacombs and Egyptian tombs with massive boulders over their entranceways. The best was when they had me on heavy equipment for long periods. After a while I would slip into a World War Two fantasy. The Bobcat was a T-34, but the Cat loader was a Tiger. The forklifts were airplanes whose forks could take off and land again in more strategic positions.
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