I just made a to-do list for next week that contains:
- more instances of “follow up with X about Y”;
- more entries that start with the words “organise”, “set up”, or “finalise”;
- many more acronyms (and initials instead of full names of colleagues / collaborators);
- fewer entries that start with the words “look up”, “find out about”, “learn how to”, or “arrange access to”; and
- far, far fewer entries that include the words “thingy” or “stuff”
than any other weekly to-do list I’ve made since switching jobs!
I’m obviously getting on top of things. Yay!
On my weekend to-do list: a meet-up with Alyssa tonight, then an overnight camping trip on Saturday / Sunday to celebrate two friends’ 40th birthdays (during which we get to test our brand new tent for the first time). Yay again!
Pro tip: don’t follow up Y with X by email. If someone calls themselves X then they’re probably illiterate anyway.
woho! Fun times 🙂 Enjoy the camping and the celebration! (And meeting fellow bloggers)
I’m glad you haven’t yet rapidly progressed to using the terms “crap” and “crud” instead of “thingy” and “stuff”.
Bob: or possibly a telepath with an army of mutants at their command. In which case email is unnecessary; I can follow up just by thinking about it.
Thanks Chall! Both were excellent!
Richard, I’ll provide an update after the next grant deadline I work on…