• Aww, cutie babies!

  • This may deserve more than a bullet point, but I’m a super high-strung person when it comes to my to-do list. As in I cannot relax with there is anything on it. Which is ridiculous. Surprisingly, being so busy at work has taught me to chill the eff out (at times) and really prioritize. I have so much to do, all I can do is start with the most important tasks and go from there. I’d love for this to teach me to be more chill at work, in general. I have a long way to go, though.
  • In the same vein (re: prioritization), Steven was telling me about the 80/20 rule, which starts with the Pareto Principle that “for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes.” 80% of wealth is held by 20% of people, 80% of land is held by 20% of people, 80% of sales come from 20% of clients, etc. It can also be applied to say 20% of your activities account for 80% of your results… so what the hell are you doing with that other 80% of activity time? So if you apply the “rule” to your work life, it encourages you to cut down on the 80% activities you’re wasting your time on, and focus on the 20% stuff. I told Steven I am mostly an 80%er. Ha.
  • One more work complaint – what is with people outside of my organization sending me invites for a random meeting time without discussing it with me? I am in lots of meetings. Ask me when I am free.
  • We learned Euchre (the card game) with Jen and Troy and Troy’s parents last week. It’s a fun and quick game, and I liked it! I definitely need to play more to get better though, ha!
  • Was anyone else sad when they saw the trailer for the new Jumanji and saw that the game characters are not the same as the last movie (as in, the same people didn’t transport in to the same characters in the game)? I am not super excited about Dwayne Johnson playing Danny DeVito (although it seems many are!). Maybe it will be funny?!

  • We finished Veep last week! Man, Selina just got worse and worse as the seasons went on! Yikes! Now we’re re-watching the first season of Big Little Lies so we can watch the second. And I know Stranger Things 3 drops today! I wasn’t as in to the second season. Maybe I’ll like the third…?

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