Too Much Time Reacting

Posted on January 29, 2009 by Bruce Keener

Last night I attempted an upgrade of my Thesis design to version 1.4, and encountered some significant problems in doing so. In fact, the blog simply would not display, and I had to activate a backup design.

This morning I awoke to find that there is a fix to the problem with the Thesis design, now at version 1.4.1, and I installed it and it worked fine. But, in the process of troubleshooting it last night, I removed a lot of my customizations (such as a full-width header and footer and some coloring), and now it looks too vanilla. I can fix it. And I will. But not right now.

I’ve decided that I have spent too much time of late reacting to events, when I could instead just let them slide. I’m letting this one slide of a few days until I feel motivated to tweak the design again.

But that’s not the point … most of you could care less what design I use. I think I finally understand that.

No, the point is that I have spent too much time reacting to things that I did not need to react to, and I share this with you so you can think about whether you are reacting too much.

I’m taking a few days off. Take good care.

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  • http://www.zen-moments.com John Rocheleau – Zen-Moments

    I think we are all guilty of reacting instead of responding, especially when a bit of coding screws with our baby. You are right of course; it is often best to stand back and consider things (once the baby is at least breathing again of course).

    So is this beautiful illuminated blue on white design I see on this 30th day of January, your back up design? I love it. It looks so smart and clean.

    Enjoy your days off Bruce.

  • http://www.keenerliving.com/ Bruce Keener

    Hi John,
    Yup, it hurts when the baby stops breathing for a bit.

    Yes the Blue on White design, interestingly called Code Blue, is one of Brian Gardner’s themes and is my backup. I may in fact just keep it for a while. It loads very quickly and is clean and easy to read. So, we’ll try it out for a while. Thanks for the thumbs-up on it, as that gives me some reassurance.

    Thank you for the well wishes, too, John, and of course the same for you!