On and Off

If you ask a lot of people the last thing they want near five o'clock on Friday afternoon, they say, "Oh, a new job on top of unfinished work."

Yes, yes, I understand how it gets our dander up because I had that experience this Friday. I didn't know if I should carry on working late, after a whole week's busy hurly burly. "Wouldn't it be better to finish my presentation slides for the annual conference this Sunday?"

Well, I know you will say yes even if I don't.

This is what I decided: Deal with the urgent and important task. Period. I spent more than an hour drafting a reply to the media enquiry, and then shut down my office computer.

No matter how busy my work is, I have to make time. I'd promised my wife and daughter to have home cinema time that evening. Yep, watching Mr. Bean is not urgent, but more important than my PowerPoint slides.