bradley j. lautenbach

tradeoffs

They say one of the biggest things you learn in b-school is time management. I’m not talking about learning how to keep a calendar and stay organized, I’m talking about making very difficult decisions about which of the 5 events that you really want to attend that are happening at the exact same time you’re actually going to attend.

I wasn’t expecting it to be quite like this.

There are other tradeoffs one makes, too. I have found much less time for the dorky things I used to do when bored, like reading copious amounts of random news and information on the internet. One of my first habits to take a hit since arriving here has been my consumption of blogs/news via google reader. I just can’t keep up – something had to give. Then I stopped posting to Twitter. I nearly stopped posting here altogether, but then realized that chronicling this experience was something I’d appreciate later on when I wanted to remember what this two year blur actually was…

I’m staying in tonight. It doesn’t happen often any more. I’m still coughing and I’m trying to get myself repaired in advance of tomorrow night’s pending disaster.

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comments

  • Eh, the news will be there when you're done. What's to report anyway? It's just an election year, our financial markets are in ruin, and (something I know you care deeply about) our Chicago baseball teams can't seem to figure out how to put runs on the board.

    Glad to see you posting here.
  • Fascinating Stuff! In the same boat. Doesn't 'having to give stuff up' totally suck?!
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