I've picked up a habit of reading over people's shoulders on BART. How can I help it? My fellow passengers read a fascinating assortment of newspapers, magazines, novels and explanatory pamphlets that I simply don't have in my collection at home. Headlines grab my attention and I tilt my head to see what they say; the next thing I know I'm halfway in the aisle craning my neck and gawking. This morning it was a book called Becoming a Contagious Christian, and it was several minutes before I realized I was sneering and forced myself to stop.
Last week I was standing on a crowded train watching the woman seated next to me reading over a stack of papers. She had a pen in her hand and was making notes and corrections. I watched her cross out "$9,000" and write in "very little" on a memo, star several items on an agenda, and then turn to a company to-do list.
"Focus," she wrote carefully, "on key targets."
Thanks to her, my goals are now perfectly clear.
Posted by dianna at June 15, 2004 01:20 PMwow, it's like an incredibly clear blueprint for my life. "focus on key targets."
and all this time i've been focusing on the little piddly targets. why, god, why?
on a side note, i've always been vaguely worried that christianity might be contagious, but i always figured i was just a religious hypochondriac. now i feel vindicated.
Posted by: katie at June 16, 2004 03:37 AMThe soothing comfort of a warm cup of steeped herbal beverage?
Posted by: Dianna at June 16, 2004 09:55 AM(back to the blog topic, sort of:) sometimes i write little encouraging notes to myself on work documents so that when i come in on monday i don't panic. like, "don't worry! you figured out how to fix this deficit on friday afternoon at 3:36!"
Posted by: didofoot at June 16, 2004 10:30 AM