I think it's a universal phenomenon, that when the clock starts winding down, things both accelerate and slow down. They slow down because everyone is fixated - that final shot heading toward the basket, and that one moment can make or break the whole thing. I guess that's the last moment, when the clock is hitting zero. But back up to the final 10%, the final two minutes, or for me, the final three weeks, and things certainly pick up. In football you have the two-minute drill - no huddles, everyone rushing to the line. The team gets 10 plays off in the same time they got 3 off in the 1st quarter. In basketball, the full court press comes on, and either team is scoring every 10 seconds. And when shipping a product the whole business is a buzz as the deadline gets closer.
That's where I am right now. Everything is buzzing as I'm tying ALL the loose ends together in my last three weeks. And it still amazes me that we're starting new things. But today I'm interviewing a fellow that will be taking over my work - first on the farm, then with the research. Between the transition, the research, and all the logistics to tie up, I'll be the busiest I've been right up to the end.
I've always told myself I just needed an opportunity or a challenge to bring out my best, and this whole experience has been something like that, but these last three weeks seem like a gauntlet for me to take up. So here's to the challenge and the next three weeks.
No comments:
Post a Comment