Tenacity
Sometimes it takes so much tenacity to do my job. For example, today, Friday, August 11, 11:20 a.m., I’m staring at a gorgeous blue sky, a heavenly breeze, and white caps on the lake. Plus, my friends are arriving later for a pontoon ride. So I want to be done with work.
But I have this damn newsletter to finish. I’ve been working on it all week: culling down a 2000-word interview into a one-page Q/A; organizing tons of rambling notes into coherent articles; calling people back for more info, e-mailing my client on status, etc. etc. etc. I’m SICK of it!
Actually, I could finish that up tomorrow, but I also have to post an online story by 3:00 today and I still haven’t received the graphic that goes with it. So do I post the story now, then come back later and add the graphic, or wait till I get the graphic and do it all at once? I’d like to do it all at once now so I could be done with everything and get the hell out of here, but I can't do that because I don't have the rotten miserable graphic.
Anyway, it’s taking a lot not to leave this basement and go upstairs. In fact, I just went out and cut the grass (using a worthy rationalization) but now I’m back in front of my computer.
Oh well, at least I’m not stuck in an office on the E. Beltline with no view at all, unable to leave until 5:00. That thought alone may get me through at least another hour. Then again, maybe not.
But I have this damn newsletter to finish. I’ve been working on it all week: culling down a 2000-word interview into a one-page Q/A; organizing tons of rambling notes into coherent articles; calling people back for more info, e-mailing my client on status, etc. etc. etc. I’m SICK of it!
Actually, I could finish that up tomorrow, but I also have to post an online story by 3:00 today and I still haven’t received the graphic that goes with it. So do I post the story now, then come back later and add the graphic, or wait till I get the graphic and do it all at once? I’d like to do it all at once now so I could be done with everything and get the hell out of here, but I can't do that because I don't have the rotten miserable graphic.
Anyway, it’s taking a lot not to leave this basement and go upstairs. In fact, I just went out and cut the grass (using a worthy rationalization) but now I’m back in front of my computer.
Oh well, at least I’m not stuck in an office on the E. Beltline with no view at all, unable to leave until 5:00. That thought alone may get me through at least another hour. Then again, maybe not.
posted by Keash at 8:56 AM
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