To err by over-communicating

It is amazing how much we talk about communication, and how little we actually follow, what we preach.

I, along with a few others at work, had some things to be done. We required help from a lot of our colleagues and most of them were willing to help. It involved taking out time from their busy schedules and may be putting in some hours during the weekend.

The work got done and I conveniently forgot about these people who had helped us so much. There was no communication that was sent to them about how everything went and what was the result of the work that was put in by them.

When one of these people mailed me inquiring about the result, it was too embarrassing. They deserved to be part of the result - given that they were part of the process. I drafted a mail with the details w.r.t the results - and mailed it to everyone that was involved.

I understand that not everyone will be interested to the same extent in the results. But let's leave that to their discretion. They can always delete that mail as soon as they receive it. But let's give them that option. In my opinion, it is better to err on the side of over communication than not communicating enough.

Tomorrow is a new day

I keep saying to myself every once in a while ... that from tomorrow / from this instant, I would be a different person. I don't want to change everything that I am ... but only some of the things ... and mostly how I am internally. Even though most others might unanimously recommend a few things that I should change, they might not be agreeable to me. Sometimes, I am proud of a few of these things.

Anyways, the point of this post is that I have not been entirely successful in my above endeavour. You would have guessed that, given I have to revisit the thought so many time. I am hoping that writing it here might give the though another chance to get implemented in my life.

The motivations for such thoughts are pretty varied. Sometimes they come due things that happen with / at home, family, friends, work, colleagues etc. Sometimes, for no reason, you are faced with some existential questions in life and you start wondering where life is going.

I can list a lot of instances when such thoughts arise
... when someone you helped so much, starts pretending that you don't exist from the next day the work got over
... when a friend has time for everyone else, except you, and you give so much importance to this person
... when your time is not valued and everything has to happen as per the schedules of everyone else
... when things are not going exactly as plans in your work and you though its is not entirely your fault, you are being blamed for everything
... even after all this, you have no right to be angry with anyone for you would be fooling yourself if you are
... etc

The list can go on and on. But I guess, you get the point.

The idea is not to blabber all such things at this forum. The idea is to get your thoughts together and make a resolution to be different from tomorrow. It is almost 12 midnight and a new day is about to begin. From the time I wake up in the morning, I will be a different person, though you might not see much difference from the outside.

P.S. I know some of my acquaintances might mock at this post, if and when they read this. But I don't care (see I have started changing already :) ).

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