wrong way to start the day
How not to start the day:
1. Read the first email in your inbox, mentioning that you forgot to attach the file you were sending to that person when you emailed her last week
2. Get a little aggravated because forgetting to attach files is a really bad habit you just can't kick, and also because you spent a lot of time revising this document to streamline it and make it more effective.
3. Realize you have since deleted that file, since you thought your work was done and the final draft would soon be available online.
4. Get a LOT aggravated...because you spent a lot of time revising this document and will now have to start from scratch.
Bleh.
How to have a bit of a better day:
1. Realize that your really good habit of printing everything you work on means you have a printed copy of the document you deleted.
2. Breathe a sigh of relief that you don't have to start from scratch...you just have to do a lot of typing.
Phew. Thank goodness for being an old-fashioned packrat.
(And for those who are wondering why it took a few days to be told I forgot to attach the document to last week's email, I'd like to defend the recipient of my email. I sent it Friday, when the recipient was out of the office, and we've both had busy beginnings of the week. So even though we're putting some time into this project, it's not been a top-of-the-week priority. Besides...we wouldn't have had this problem in the first place if I could just remember to attach documents.)
1. Read the first email in your inbox, mentioning that you forgot to attach the file you were sending to that person when you emailed her last week
2. Get a little aggravated because forgetting to attach files is a really bad habit you just can't kick, and also because you spent a lot of time revising this document to streamline it and make it more effective.
3. Realize you have since deleted that file, since you thought your work was done and the final draft would soon be available online.
4. Get a LOT aggravated...because you spent a lot of time revising this document and will now have to start from scratch.
Bleh.
How to have a bit of a better day:
1. Realize that your really good habit of printing everything you work on means you have a printed copy of the document you deleted.
2. Breathe a sigh of relief that you don't have to start from scratch...you just have to do a lot of typing.
Phew. Thank goodness for being an old-fashioned packrat.
(And for those who are wondering why it took a few days to be told I forgot to attach the document to last week's email, I'd like to defend the recipient of my email. I sent it Friday, when the recipient was out of the office, and we've both had busy beginnings of the week. So even though we're putting some time into this project, it's not been a top-of-the-week priority. Besides...we wouldn't have had this problem in the first place if I could just remember to attach documents.)
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