Do something differently

“Do something differently.” my boss said to me as we were discussing my objectives for the coming year. “I want you to think about what could be done differently and implement it. Ideas by next Friday.”

Ummm, right. Without a need for change it can be quite tricky to think of what needs to be done differently. There needs to be some catalyst, a reason, a problem to have a solution. By Wednesday I still hadn’t discovered what said catalyst/reason/problem was and had therefore thought of nothing creative and different to implement. Oh well, off to Chez Gay for dinner.

Wednesday, 9pm. My brain alive with the fizz from the champagne I had a brainwave. It was brilliant and my boss would definitely be impressed.

Thursday, 9am. My brain numb from the relentless pounding of last night’s champagne I slumped into my desk. It was gone.

Thursday, 9:30am. My brain strained from all the thinking I slowly type up my thoughts. Do something differently. Get drunk at work.