Work Days v. Work Daze

I have two distinct types of work days:

1) Out of office almost constantly attending meetings, delivering presentations, facilitating, and so on...; and

2) Poke-your-eyes-out-with-a-stick, stuck-in-the-office-all-freakin'-day, man-I-wonder-what-I-can-Google-now-instead-of-working.

Now, both have their advantages. Day Type 1 is great for those days when I just want to interact with people, and see something different all the time. For the most part, it is the type of day I prefer.

Unfortunately, Day Type 1 begats an ever-filling inbox, filing pile, and excessive amounts of unanswered email; essentially, a breeding ground for Day Type 2.

Sometimes, however, I luck out. Today was an absolute Day Type 2. Today, though, I was just so in to not having any phone messages, people calling or emailing me, or even really poking their head in my office to ask about anything.

I can't believe how much I accomplished today. I was in early for one ten minute meeting, then off with my coffee to my office. The CBC in the background all day...

Inbox: Empty
File Pile: Gone
Email: What email?

It was great, liberating, fantastic...

Now, if only I could always dictate what my work day would be, instead of my work day dictating how I will be.

Maybe a lesson in flexibility?

Really, maybe just a lesson in cherishing the completion of many small, menial tasks.

-R.