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jbaileyI try to practice Inbox Zero, and this past year has been brutal far staying on top of my Inbox. When I started pruning the home email a week or so ago (having just gotten my work email box down to zero). It's giving me a pretty good review of 2008. And, umm.. wow:
Spinal tumor, surgery, hating Mountain View (the place, not the job there. My coworkers are pretty uniformly awesome), having a toddler, not being able to lift my toddler, crazy mood altering drugs, visa renewal, a funeral, unexpected pregnancy, weddings, buying a house, mid-term miscarriage, Angie's hospitalisation from that, pneumonia, a move home, having to withdraw from my Master's courses 3 times over the course of the year for medical reasons - eventually causing me to withdraw from the program. Extend it by another 3 months into 2007 (because while I'd love to believe that stress reset at the start of a calendar year...), and we have another wedding, a move to the US and a new job.
I've just gotten to an email where I took notes on what the risks were for the angiogram before I'd told many friends. There's a small pile of emails and such from people wishing me well that I never managed to reply to. I also find myself thinking back to the people I didn't hear from, and the reevaluation of my communities and friendships that came along with that.
The lyrics from Counting Crows come to mind: "It's been a long December and there's reason to believe that maybe this year will be better than the last."
Here's to 2009. =)
Spinal tumor, surgery, hating Mountain View (the place, not the job there. My coworkers are pretty uniformly awesome), having a toddler, not being able to lift my toddler, crazy mood altering drugs, visa renewal, a funeral, unexpected pregnancy, weddings, buying a house, mid-term miscarriage, Angie's hospitalisation from that, pneumonia, a move home, having to withdraw from my Master's courses 3 times over the course of the year for medical reasons - eventually causing me to withdraw from the program. Extend it by another 3 months into 2007 (because while I'd love to believe that stress reset at the start of a calendar year...), and we have another wedding, a move to the US and a new job.
I've just gotten to an email where I took notes on what the risks were for the angiogram before I'd told many friends. There's a small pile of emails and such from people wishing me well that I never managed to reply to. I also find myself thinking back to the people I didn't hear from, and the reevaluation of my communities and friendships that came along with that.
The lyrics from Counting Crows come to mind: "It's been a long December and there's reason to believe that maybe this year will be better than the last."
Here's to 2009. =)
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Date: 2009-01-05 06:29 am (UTC)thanks for summing up!
Date: 2009-01-05 07:57 am (UTC)Inbox zero, I'm going to have to check that out...
Hmmm...
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Date: 2009-01-05 12:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-05 12:41 pm (UTC)Thanks for the wishes!
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Date: 2009-01-05 12:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-05 12:42 pm (UTC)Re: thanks for summing up!
Date: 2009-01-05 12:43 pm (UTC)Inbox zero is neat because it reduces my stress about email, between that and Getting Things Done, I usually find that I stay on top of my workload pretty easily.
Hmm, it would be interesting to do a post on the pieces of Inbox Zero, GTD, and Seven Habits that I use in my day-to-day life.
Happy New Year!
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Date: 2009-01-05 06:13 pm (UTC)Are you drinking these days? We'll pull out something good when you get here. =)
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Date: 2009-01-05 06:14 pm (UTC)In other news, we have some really old friends who've just moved from Sweden to somewhere near NYC. Are you still around there? If yes, we'll have to make sure we see you!
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Date: 2009-01-05 06:15 pm (UTC)Let me know when you're all back in town and settled. We'd love to have you over.
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Date: 2009-01-05 06:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-05 06:32 pm (UTC)Re: thanks for summing up!
Date: 2009-01-05 08:57 pm (UTC)IT ROCKS!
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU AND ANGIE AND LEIF TOO!
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Date: 2009-01-05 09:25 pm (UTC)Smooches,
Claire
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Date: 2009-01-06 01:00 am (UTC)Hopefully see you this year. =)
2009 FTW
Date: 2009-01-14 12:27 pm (UTC)I know last year was tough on you and yours. This year can only be better... but not only that I think it will be GOOD.
Thinking of you guys.
J