One of the characteristics of process changes that my co-worker likes to mention is the "valley of despair." She claims that it is the natural decline in enthusiasm, productivity and adoption that comes after rolling out a new feature, application, or piece of software, but just before those aspects take off. A small, depressing, dip that if not for the new process change, wouldn't be there.
I'm in my own valley of despair. I've sworn off all reading until I finish tightening up my second novel. My goal is to have it finished before this year's NaNo. NaNo, as you faithful blog reader know, is in November. I have one month. I don't know if I'm going to make it.
When I saw the looming deadline I knew I had to do something drastic. What is more drastic in my life than taking away books. Let's hope my valley of despair is short lived and the uptick occurs soon.
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No wonder you were in such a happy mood this morning. If I had known you weren't reading I would have rattled off the list of books I currently have on the go. Or would that have made it worse?
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