Roddypod

How can someone be selectively obsessive-compulsive? For starters, I only freak out over things that I care about and that are important to me. That explains why I do the bare minimum on a daily basis at my day job. If I don’t care about it, it won’t get 100% of my attention and efforts. If you really like your job, it’ll get your undivided attention. I don’t like my job, therefore I won’t try as hard as I need to.

Over the past month, Jess and I have been planning and coordinating our transition to our new house. This is a very big step for us so the attention to detail on this has been staggering. I obsess over every detail, down to the type of reflective numbers I want to put on the mailbox, the route I want to run ethernet cables in the basement for the home network, and where I want to install the cat door! I probably don’t need to freak out over these details but I do. Why? I don’t want to have unforeseen problems creeping up in the future. I plan incessantly for all possible scenarios so I know the possible outcomes and there won’t be any surprises.

As for my MBA, I don’t know if I’m making a mistake or not working towards it. I haven’t really put in a lot of effort into the program and that tells me that I probably shouldn’t be doing it. So many successful companies were founded by members without MBA’s. Some of them without any college degree. I don’t really want to drop out of graduate school because I’d be shooting myself in the foot if my business fails and I need to go back to working for “The Man”. If I do finish my MBA and I’m still in business, I know I can apply what I’ve learned to improve my business. If I drop out of school, it will be an uphill battle learning the ropes of marketing by trial and error. If I do stay in school, I should be on track to graduate this time next year. I probably won’t be able to start my business until after I graduate because I’ll actually have time to work on it. Once I graduate, the odds of me staying at my current job are slim and none.

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