Monday Schmonday

Busy bee with no honey

That statement is incorrect and seems impossible; yet, it surely applied to my Monday.

For being the first work day of the week, Mondays have been treating me so well. Today's eight hours flew by and left me wondering where time had gone. Before I knew it Megan was grabbing me for lunch, and we were already half way done with our work day. Time was of the essence, and mine was short-spoken. I believe the day passed quickly because I was kept busy with projects left and right. That being said, today's brevity continues to baffle me. Although I was busy with projects and assignments, my day resulted in zero productivity. I did not complete a project, and at that rate, I barely started my new projects. I think I pysically lost time, and those lost hours will haunt me on Friday when I am ready to head home.

I mentioned I was handed new projects, so I will explain them a bit. I am very excited about each of these assignments, which makes no sense as to why I barely put a dent in their productivity. Anyways, one of the projects is to continue working with Pinterest and to develop a report on the statistics and analytics. The tricky thing about this report is that Pinterest, given its newness, does not have a solid dashboard for this type of research. There are many beta softwares out, along with starting-up dashboards (Pinerly, Pinreach, PinPuff, Pintics and others). The High currently uses Pinreach.com, but with so many potential analytic tools, who knows which the best platform to use is. Once I decide on the best program to utilize, I will compare the High's analytics with those of other top U.S. museums -Getty, the Met, MoMA, Art Institute of Chicago, etc. This project will be helpful in giving me a fuller knowledge of Pinterest as an up-coming social media platform. Many sites and reviews claim it to be beyond its years when compared to Facebook and Twitter's timeline, but only time (and Pinterest reports) will tell.

Apart from the Pinterest report, I am also helping Nick, our public relations specialist, on entering the High into a PRSA competition. We will be entering the Talladega College Hale Woodruff murals into the competition under a few entries and have our fingers crossed for the best results. I will be contributing mostly by perfecting the exhibit's media clips (which I can now do with my eyes closed). Entering the High into the PRSA competition is an act that is tedious, but produces a fruitful ending.

Because my day was filled with many positives, I have no clue as to why my productivity level was low. Perhaps it was because I was shocked over my commute this morning: 30 minutes flat. For a trip that typically takes 45-50 morning minutes (and an hour of evening minutes), I was floored to make it in 30 minutes --including my trip home. Some claim it’s because 4th of July traffic is traveling out of Atlanta. I say it is because I made a wish at 11:11 p.m. last night and it came true. Don't rain on my parade, people! Whether you believe in my wishing-on-time superstition or the 4th of July fact (myth*), I was happy to save time and gas on my commute to work this morning.

May the week’s traffic be light...and ever in your favor.