"Do Not Disturb". The red sign had been outside my door most of the past week (or was it more than that?). Inside my room, I sat intently at my desk, churning out carefully crafted MS-Powerpoint slides that eloquently laid out unbeatable "corporate strategy" for my client. The "big" presentation was on Wednesday and I had clever "deliverables" to ...well... deliver!
The "big" day came and I was quickly changing gears and moving into overdrive, ready to dish out fantastic "strategy" that would power the client's top line and wipe out their competition...
Haze...not red, not green...purple?... maybe (shrug)... My brain activity seemed to have dropped from 115% to below 11.5% in a matter of hours after the meeting. I needed the sleep, I knew, but there was work to do: de-brief with the Manager on the meeting, lay out follow-up agenda, check in with the client on the agenda to ensure we were reading from the same page, provide status update for the benefit of the new Manager who would be taking over charge from the current one...sigh (I'm really going to miss this Manager, he's been a darling...tch), solicit feedback from Manager, and begin preparing for the next presentation that happens next week. Phew!
I wanted to put up another sign outside my door, "Getting Ready", but for an indefinite period of time. Needed to rest my nerves, spend some time with myself, see my family again, mull over other issues that existed in my life (I realised how I was quickly taking my leave of the life outside work...not healthy at all...), and recharge my batteries.
Packed my bags and took the next flight home. Have not done the smallest bit of "work" today and am feeling quite proud of the fact. "Deliverables" are important but so is my sanity. I'll get back into action soon, refreshed. Tomorrow.
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"La perfection est atteinte non quand il ne reste rien à ajouter, mais quand il ne reste rien à enlever."
(You know you've achieved perfection in design, not when you have nothing more to add, but when you have nothing more to take away.)
