So to finish off the laptop story – I revisited the QPT triangle and opted for high quality, customer service and a higher price.
The good news is that the supply/demand curve in technology is in favour of the customer at the moment – so our local Sony dealer was quite happy to sell me a new S-series Vaio (its so sexy) and agree that I can pay for it anytime in the next 12 months with no extra interest charge – I just deferred my payment to suit my cash flows and walked out of the shop with a splendid new piece of kit that will be used as a home-study centre.
I should also mention that John in the Sony centre was fantastic at customer service – nothing too much trouble.
Now on to “tired with no ticks”.
I have been an avid list maker since 1980 – so much so that I’m one of those sad people who add things to the list that I have already done so that I can tick them off!
In the 1980’s I began with a legal pad.
Then evolved to use a Franklin Day-planner, complete with sumptuous leather binder.
In the 90’s I became a techno-addict and found myself living in Microsoft Outlook, where I have been for maybe 10 years.
Just recently I rediscovered the joys of writing with a smart, black Lamy fountain pen – I use it to scribble prose and poetry when the fancy takes me.
I even more recently I regressed to the new Franklin legal pad sized project management lists and daily to-do sheets.
I get a bit stir crazy with sitting in front of my Vaio all day – so making lists with my Lamy pen has been a rediscovered pleasure.
Yesterday was one of those days where I started work at about 7.30am, finished at 7.00pm (by choice) and then realised that I hadn’t ticked a single task off my to-do list.
Don’t you get some days like that?
You never stop and yet you wonder what you did?
I had to take a moment over dinner last night and just reflect upon what I had actually done – or else feelings of self-doubt would have crept in.
I had done a lot – and resisted the temptation last night to write it all down so that I could tick the boxes.
Today I’m on a tick mission – we shall see.