Monday came and wasn’t nearly as bad as I had imagined it would be. The new Executive Director came in and talked with each of us telling us to relax that we all still have jobs. I think nearly everyone was nervous coming into the week because with merging the two places, there are duplications in positions. A team of consultants from UGA is supposed to be coming up in a few weeks to take a look at everything from benefits and pensions to job positions, and pretty much everything in between, to determine how to combine everything into the one new entity. I think that will be more likely to be the time when people either get cut or cut back, but I guess only time will tell.
He has asked that everyone provide him with a resume so that he can see what everyone’s skills are and where they could be utilized. I’ve never made one before, and have actually been wanting to toss one together for some time now. So this at least gives me that push to make it happen. It’ll definitely be handy if things end up going south here, or I decide at some point to make a career change.
I’m giving my parents a hand and am going to start doing the book-keeping for my dad’s work. For the past 20+ years, they’ve always done everything on paper, and since I’m going to be doing them, I’m making the transition over to doing it all electronically in QuickBooks. The plan is to finish this first quarter on paper while entering everything from Jan 1st up until that point in QuickBooks to get caught up, and then start doing it from there on out solely in the program. I already have a good understanding of doing the book-keeping, and am actually looking forward to the completed transition and doing it all myself.
I have a phone book in my office that sits on my desk underneath my phone, and with the exception of today, is extremely rarely used. When I need a number, I look it up online. When I need a business name, I look it up online. It’s not just a matter of convenience, but I find it so much faster to find what I’m actually looking for online. So while flipping through the newspaper-like pages that turn your fingers colors today, I had a thought – are phone books completely obsolete and no longer needed nowadays?
My family dropped our house phone number a year or so ago, and I imagine that many households have done the same since they are really unneeded with nearly everyone having their own cell phone. Our local phone book actually looks thinner than I remember it being, which could be an indication that I’m right.
I have a filing cabinet beside my desk at home. As I get statements in the mail, I usually lay the entire envelope (sometimes without even opening them) on the top of the computer until it makes a stack that’s a few inches tall and I get tired of looking at it. At this point, I’ll take the time to file them in folders by bank name or other issuer. I really don’t like this method of storing the statements since the folders get bulky and I run out of room in the cabinet. Not to mention if you ever need to find a specific month, you have to go digging through them.
Sometimes in life we get so caught up in just doing, we don’t see what we’ve accomplished, the lives we’ve touched. We slow down and see the forest only when there’s a fire.
— , If I Could
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