Day 5 - 58 -- Plans Go Off the Rails

Where to begin? The day began with sunshine followed by meetings that helped move things forward for others. A few odd occurrences landed on my desk in the afternoon, but they were manageable. In a group meeting in late afternoon, technology created major barriers to getting things completed as planned. A call to the IT people brought a tech to us who helped with one major technology difficulty. The software issues seemed not to be resolved during the meeting time, so one presentation had to be delayed until our next meeting. Other online information was accessed and we moved forward -- a bit.

Remaining calm seemed to help get through the mini-crises that piled up together compounding the effect. I looked at the absurdity of the situation and that helped me from being overly frustrated. Finding the upside in a negative situation that could go sideways quickly can help set the tone for the others who might feel frustration. Things did work, just not on the schedule we'd started with today. Learning from the situation helped to see what to avoid for the next time we meet -- things that might help avoid the same problems from recurring -- no guarantee that new problems might not choose to appear, though. <smile>

I thought of a few songs for the day and ended with one that has an upbeat melody that makes it sound better than the the words alone might <smile>. The lyrics fit with my end of day experience -- "sometimes the system goes on the blink and the whole thing turns out wrong" <smile>.  Enjoy!

Bad Day -- Daniel Powter