DECOMPRESS

M. Morning. Need to decompress.

C. Let’s hear it. What’s up?

M. Got an email from MM that troubled me.

C. What about it bothered you?

M. I thought we had an agreement on a quote we made over email.

C. And?

M. He sent over all these documents dated January that led me to believe he was going back on his quote from two weeks ago. It was super confusing and led me to believe he now wants to charge me way over what we agreed to.

C. What did you do?

M. I sent him a polite email stating to disregard the January requests and to simply abide by the requests I made earlier this month plus a couple of small changes.

C. And?

M. I haven’t heard back from him yet. I sent the response about 45 minutes ago.

C. So, what’s the worry?

M. I had budgeted what he quoted me two weeks ago, so it’s distressing that he might come back with a much higher quote.

C. Is it possible that he might not?

M. I suppose. The changes I requested are minimal.

C. Go on

M. I woke up really early because I had this and N and the DPO project on my mind.

C. Go on

M. I was obsessed with completing and memorizing the TT for the ED = EDR slide.

C. Why?

M. Because it’s such an essential if not the most essential concept of the DPO program and I’m supposed to present it later this week to CL and DJ, so I want to have it down pat.

C. Go on

M. I worked on it from like 430 am to 830am. I iterated over and over again. I’m very pleased with how it turned out, but I’m tired from lack of sleep and from spending so much mental and emotional energy on just one f’ing slide.

C. Your attention to detail, creativity, and writing ability is outstanding

M. Thanks, but it takes me so f’ing long to come up with the right logic and phrasing.

C. You know full well that writing is about editing. You’ve read and heard about the countless stories of writers who wrote “hundreds” of edits until they finally got it right.

M. Yes, that’s true, but I’m still tired.

C. I see that you rescheduled your meeting for later today, which is good. I suggest you spend an hour on the AR CI project, get the slides printed, and rent the car. I also want you to get in your workout today. You’re making very good progress on weight and fat loss. I noticed that you are now less than a pound from your weight loss goal and .1% from you body fat loss goal. That’s great work yesterday. Well done.

M. Thanks

C. Okay, so let’s get to it. Do your Great Start routine and then get after it.

M. Okay. Will do. Thanks for hearing me out and helping me put things in perspective.

C. You got it. Feel better?

M. Yes. Much better. Thanks!

C. You bet. Talk later.