How is it that the summer months are already almost over? Did you get to do everything you wanted to? Did you have some projects you wanted to get done and actually completed them?
If you are anything like me, then you feel that maybe you wasted the summer months away. But did you really? When I think back on what I did during the summer I realized that I got to enjoy some of my favorite things a lot more that usual, especially my back deck. I spent quite a bit of time out there, and even got to spend a few hours on weekends lazing around in my hammock enjoying the sounds of the birds and the wind blowing the trees. It wasn’t a complete waste, I got to do lots of summer fun activities.
That’s the personal side of summer – what about the professional side of summer?
We had a large project on the go this summer in the office, which took had to be completed in stages. It was a big undertaking for only a few people in the office, and I was one of them. It involved learning a new product and implementing that in stages into the office, with the final push into using it full time just recently, meaning showing everyone in the office how to use it.
Not many of us like change, but sometimes change is a good thing and overcoming that could lead to easier ways of doing and completing tasks. In my opinion, what better time for a change than the summer?
While professionally I didn’t have a lot of on the go, I certainly was able to ensure the big project was started, implemented and used office wide in a smooth fashion, and all before the craziness of the fall.
Now back to my original questions, are you ready for the fall? I am, and I’m glad to get that big project done so that it opens up my plate to other new and exciting projects.
Christine Allan, Senior Law Clerk