Cheers to the New Year!

 

Happy Christmas Eve

 

Wishing you a happy Christmas eve. 🎄

Some suggested guidelines

 

A section from an old Og Mandino book owned by my late father. 

hello from here

 

Warm temperatures and high humidity during the holidays--a welcome change. It looks like the solution to jet lag is discipline. Sleep when you're supposed to sleep and try to hydrate and stay awake when you're supposed to be awake. Will keep in touch.

OOO returning post-holidays

Officially activated the automatic reply after a full month's heads up of the upcoming out-of-office (OOO) on the email signature. Any request made within 48 hours that is equivalent to 2-4 weeks worth of work is deliberate provocation and power play. A simple, clear, non-combative, and non-patronizing response indicating that it will be on queue the following year is sufficient. I find major holiday or end-of-year due dates for any kind of paper output questionable, and I wonder who arbitrates or reads anything during those arbitrary dates. In my cynical opinion, I think those who make such out-of-touch decisions thrive in creating misery and are unable to see beyond their microscopic view of the general milieu. 

What am I doing? I shoudn't be ranting. Banish negative thoughts, my late father once told me. After all, "...the party's on, the feeling's here, that only comes this time of year..." Yes, Mr. Macca, I will aim to simply have a wonderful Christmas time.