Big Block of Cheese Day

Today has been an interesting experiment.

Those familiar with the West Wing will remember Leo McGarry's insistence that his staff took a day out to give attention to those fringe special interest groups that otherwise would never get attention from the White House.  Those not familiar with the West Wing will have no idea what I'm talking about - start here.

Anyway, six weeks ago I blocked out this Wednesday in my diary.  I wrote the words 'Big Block of Cheese Day' across it.  Three people who saw my diary had no idea what I was on about.  Two smiled knowingly.

And I spent the day on the kind of work-tasks that I would never normally get round to.  I half-emptied the filing cabinet.  I restructured the folders on my desktop so I can find files again.  I actually wrote two letters.  And I got some traction on a couple of huge-but-timeless tasks.

And it's been a great day.  Stress levels: low.  Satisfaction levels: high.  And the completion of eight tasks that have been staring at me on OmniFocus for over a year.  I recommend BBoCD.  I might try it again.  But probably not until 2013.