It seems to me that most of my friends are the sort of busy, busy people who always have a half a dozen side-projects which they have the skills but not the resources to complete.
Today, while chatting with such a friend, he mentioned something about a project which, if he had a 2-week vacation, he'd probably be able to get to. After spending a week sleeping, doing nothing, and puttering around, of course, he'd pick up the project in the second week. Of course the likelihood that he would have such a vacation is basically zero, as is the likelihood that the project get done. (Of course, anything can happen, and some things often do.)
I propose a term. This is a second week project — a project that only takes place in the second week of a hypothetical mini-sabbatical. I feel like this could be a useful piece of shorthand for a concept which would otherwise require a few tedious sentences. Am I right in thinking that we all have at least a few of these?
Today, while chatting with such a friend, he mentioned something about a project which, if he had a 2-week vacation, he'd probably be able to get to. After spending a week sleeping, doing nothing, and puttering around, of course, he'd pick up the project in the second week. Of course the likelihood that he would have such a vacation is basically zero, as is the likelihood that the project get done. (Of course, anything can happen, and some things often do.)
I propose a term. This is a second week project — a project that only takes place in the second week of a hypothetical mini-sabbatical. I feel like this could be a useful piece of shorthand for a concept which would otherwise require a few tedious sentences. Am I right in thinking that we all have at least a few of these?
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Score: +1, S'Truth.
Yes, (and you're exactly right about what happens during the first week), but I actually get to most of these eventually. I do take those vacations occasionally. :-)
I like it... that seems pretty darn true.
I think I only have about 150 of these.
Yeah, I've got a million of 'em. The point, though, is that without the first week you wouldn't have the head space to get the second week accomplished. On balance I'd settle for the first week :-)
What I really need, of course, is a horde of willing slaves to do my bidding. As do we all, I suspect.
Even my wife needs a wife ...
i love you for pointing this out, but i hate you for showing me how unproductive my second week of holidays is gonna be
.... before it had a name, it wasn't real, right?
Excellent thought :-) I'm a fan!
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