while I wait . . . .

[swan_tower]

[Poll #1700868]

Me, I prefer open-ended waiting, because then I can generally put the subject from my mind and move on to other things. But if I've been given a timetable, then I'm constantly distracted, and I get nothing done.

Yes, I'm waiting for something right now. Yes, I've been told it will happen sometime soonish. How did you guess?

Comments

[teleidoplex]

This. I assume that if I'm being given a choice between the two, then we're discussion hypotheticals where it actually will be a bounded time with a clear deadline. Otherwise, it's just open-ended masquerading as bounded, and nope. Don't like that at all.

But really, if it's open-ended, it's hard to put out of my mind til I know. If I know I will hear by a deadline, I'm able to assume that I won't hear until the deadline, mark that day in my head, and move on.

Much better. Hypothetically, of course.

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

See, I can't put my brain in the gear of "by this deadline means not until this deadline" -- I keep hoping it will be sooner.