Thought of the day
I feel like I can finally relax again.
Since last Friday, I’ve had a "to-do" list weighing on me that felt more like a boulder, but as of today, the slate is officially clean.
One of my roles at work involves building and maintaining websites through WordPress. Last week, the "fun" started when a 12-page form—one featuring some pretty extensive conditional logic—decided to break. It couldn’t just be patched; it had to be rebuilt from scratch.
While that simmered in the background, Sunday was spent prepping for my "inner beauty exam," which I successfully passed on Monday.
By Tuesday, I was back at the office, toggling between the rebuilding of that monster form and prepping an hour-long presentation on Web Analytics for a group of 30 people. Wednesday brought a small victory—the form was finally fixed, which left me with nothing to do but "future-worry" about my public speaking gig.
Today was the presentation. It went well, the audience was engaged, and I managed to avoid any tech meltdowns.
Now? I am ready for the ultimate reward: several Coke Zeros, a bucket of popcorn and some completely mindless entertainment. The world can wait until tomorrow.
Talk to you soon.
Meme dump
I will persevere.
I will keep moving forward.
I will be the stream.





Enjoy yourself. It sounds like you definitely deserve some relaxation!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! Enjoy your well-deserved reward.
ReplyDeleteThat's a bucketful of stress, Matt! I also prefer a bucketful of popcorn. Enjoy and relax!
ReplyDeleteYay!
ReplyDeleteSo good when that to-do list shortens!
Hate Wordpress. Hate it.
XOXO
A much needed break and some mindlessness is definitely in order!!
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