Are you systematic and consistent with preparations before starting your project or do you just plunge into work randomly and impulsively?

@CrazyMusicLover It is, and it manifests itself being stressed and paralysed in front on new situations.

@Cierzo I'd say it's not a bad thing at all, especially in a work environment. Unless you have management pressuring on you to be impossibly faster, and eventually even forcing you to skip preparation altogether, in such case I know the burden/annoyance it leads to. 😓

@Cierzo Maybe I'd understand it more as being conservative or not flexible. That you stick to your own system that you created and feel stressed when you are expected to follow a different system or some unpredictable obstacle. Is it that kind of thing? I have that kind of personality trait and stress when I face new situations but despite that I'm not as systematic at work as I'd like to be. When it comes to my projects, I noticed that I'm too impatient and want to see results way too early. I want to know if thing I am working on is worth spending my time. And at that point I skip a thorough preparation, which is in fact essential for a good project. But I have a big problem with engineering approach in work.

If I'd plan a vacation, I'd do a research and thoroughly plan everything, check a place on google maps, check all available information on prices etc but let's say I'm going to do an animated film. That's where chaos begins. 😐️ In other words, if I were to build a house I'd probably start from the roof. 🤦‍♀️

@Elessar [quote]Skipping planning to save time often results in wasting more time adjusting/rewriting things differently[/quote]

Exactly. I often wish I did a better research about things before actually starting my work. I tend to experiment a lot and then breaking my neck on things I could easily avoid if I systematically followed the subject, watched tutorials and learned from other people's experiences.

[quote]the problem is making management understand this concept[/quote]

I think that's also why you need a system, to make other people understand your thought process.