High Hopes

I think I have overestimated the power of Microsoft Excel.

Snugly faceted in between various megabites and an Intel chip or two lies an excel sheet proudly titled “Kristie’s Schedule.” It is a newer creation relative to the other Excel grids and Word documents between which it is sandwiched. So new to be forgotten, so young to be labeled a failure. But there it lies on the virtual shelves of my hard drive—a week old without a chance. It’s a bleak picture and a bleak future is included—no additional purchase necessary.

Here was the reasoning that led to its birth; ‘They say that if you write your goals down you have a 15% higher chance of achieving them than if pen never went to paper. If that is the stat for old fashioned paper, just think of how much more successful I would be if I set up my intended schedule on an Excel sheet! That must bump my chances for success by at least another 50-60%, and if I add in some color coding, I am essentially sealing my victory!’

Nice huh. No wonder the schedule didn’t work. The person who made it is a moron.