Hit the Reset Button

Tonight when I was catching up on my blog reading for the week, I accidentally hit the “mark all as read” button in Google Reader, in effect hitting the reset button. I scrambled, looking for the undo button. None could be found, and I panicked.

Oh no, what will I do now that I’ve lost 1500 articles I will never be able to read, to skim, or to pick up.

And then I realized hitting the reset button is a liberating experience.

Hitting the reset button means:

Starting over and leaving my mistakes behind

Going out to a few of my favorite blogs LIVE and seeing what they’ve written

I’m not behind in my reading anymore.

I think about how I could be doing this as a manager…

I could declare e-mail bankruptcy and delete all the items in my inbox. If it’s critical, I’ve probably saved it somewhere other than my inbox, so what’s the worry.

I could forget about all the others who show up late to meetings, who are known for making bad decisions or taking us WAY off on a tangent, and give these folks the benefit of the doubt.

I could delete all the voicemails in my mailbox, instead of saving that one from 3 months ago, just in case someone wanted to hear it.

Now that I think about it, hitting the reset button is the best thing I could ever do.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to delete those e-mails, those voicemails, and just start over.

Are you willing to hit your reset button?

Reset button image credit to renaissancechambra