Except for when I was running, I did not wear a watch for over two years. Maybe you are the type of person who does not wear a watch and so two years doesn’t sound like much time. Or perhaps you have worn a watch for as long as you can remember, so it seems kind of dumb not to wear one. I fell into the latter category until I didn’t which was when I was not wearing a watch. It made me feel like the Dude. Jeffrey Lebowski. Who, in my humble opinion, should spell his name Geoffrey. That would more fully highlight his rejection of the name “Geoffrey.” But am I a Coen brother? No, I am not a Coen brother.
What I am is a watch wearer, which makes me not the Dude either. In fact, I already know I am not the Dude. The Dude does not get excited about Strategic Planning. The Dude does not know that there is a formula for concatenation in Excel. The Dude has no use for Excel or concatenation. But, alas, I do. In embracing this passion for objectives and metrics and dashboards and spreadsheets, I am, in fact, embracing my true self. And so on comes the watch, which at first made me feel disappointed. Like somehow I had given up on being the Dude and sold out for money and prestige. But maybe it’s just a watch. And maybe it will help me keep track of the days.
Here’s something brilliant by a guy name Seth Kauffman about whom I need to learn more:
Oh, and this: