INSPIRASUNS

Yesterday was a Monday for sure. I think we were on the backside of it, but it was darn close to a full moon as well. Shew what a combo that made. Yet through all the craziness I missed an opportunity.

You see not long after sitting down to check my email, I realized something was wrong. Things were sluggish for starters. It took forever to just load my email, then I noticed I would delete items from my inbox and they would reappear. Hmm, I thought. I couldn’t pull up my calendar, and I couldn’t open emails when I clicked on them. Ya, this wasn’t good. Then…boom everything locked up. I closed all the programs, and reopened, and nothing, Outlook wouldn’t even open. This went on all day long. A search of news articles about Outlook showed that it wasn’t just me, there were thousands of Outlook users having the same issue, we simply couldn’t connect to email.

It was very frustrating. I’d find myself trying to complete a task only to get stuck because I couldn’t open an email or send an email or schedule a meeting, grrrr. I resorted to using my Gmail account at one point just to get things to my team. While that worked in a pinch it definitely wasn’t the same.

Finally, late in the afternoon, I decided to work on a project that didn’t require email and quite honestly required my full attention, with no distractions. I had been putting this one off because it was so cumbersome, but it was a task that needed to be done. I finished almost two hours later and kicked myself for not doing this earlier. If I would have taken the time a month or so ago to just work on it, to disconnect from things, the whole thing would have taken less than half the time.

Father actually gave me an opportunity yesterday. He gave many of us opportunities yesterday to just step away from the day-to-day craziness and focus on other things. There were so many things I could have accomplished yesterday that didn’t even require me to access my computer, yet I spent wasted time trying repeatedly to get into my email. Ya, that was dumb. I realized last night how totally dependent we are on things like email. When it goes down, we are lost and don’t know what to do. Not a good place to be.

I learned a lesson yesterday, one that I will incorporate daily into my schedule. I’ll make a point to block my calendar to step away from email, like shut it down step away, and focus on other things. Some of my most productive times are using a good old-fashioned checklist on a pad of paper. And you know what, that pad of paper will not disappoint me by not working properly 🙂 .

I think Father gave a nudge to many yesterday. As I look back, I probably could have heard Him saying, “Why are you wasting time, you have things to do”. A metaphor in many ways right? Were thousands of people disconnected yesterday for a reason? Something to ponder for sure.

Well friends, we’ll see how today goes, if email is still down, well, I have a plan, a more productive one than yesterday for certain. Have a great day everyone, may yours be productive, and may you also find time to disconnect.

Romans 12:2
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.