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My wife used to swear by a work routine in which she monthly swept EVERYTHING off the surface of her desk into a box. If she didn't need to get anything out of the box over the next month, out it all went.
She's "readjusting" to work now that the kids are older. I emotionally connect in a totally non-derogatory way with her co-workers.
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Came back to work after 2 weeks off.
Stupid stupid stupid!
I am convinced that - for every hour of vacation - you must spend BOTH one hour in preparation AND one hour recovering, multiplying the negative impact on both zen and productivity.
196 unread email messages. After deleting the drivel. If it makes you feel any better. I also just got back from 2 weeks vacation and I had over 2k emails, reduced to 683 after deleting junk and any drivel I dared.
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Working on finishing my deck this weekend, I used a skilsaw on it's side while standing on a ladder cutting the tops off of 6x6 posts all at awkward angles. The skilsaw was a hand me down from my dad so I think it was made in the 50's out of cast iron! (i.e. it is not a modern lightweight version). Multiple cuts were required on each post as the blade could not be dropped enough to get through the full width of the 6x6's.
That may not be a big deal for some of you, but for me this was a death defying feat. The task had to be done but was still not one of the smarter things I've done. I had a well deserved beer when the task was done.
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Man, I'm glad there was no punch line in that story.
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Me too - only 1 slight wobbly moment which got my adrenaline going - the nearby eaves trough smoothed it out thankfully. I also just realized I used the word 'done' 3 times in 2 sentences in my previous post. 
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Whoa, Sean's still alive.
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You're in the right thread, because it's stupid of you to assume otherwise. 
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