I realize it used to be “Open mouth insert foot” but I seem to spend the majority of my “make a jack-ass of myself” time online. Don’t worry, I still get some real life idot moments, I mean I’m me, but that’s not what this is about.

At least once a week I reply to someone’s blog, or tweet or FB post without having properly read what they actually wrote. I suddenly find myself (because I am NICE, you just can’t always tell by my replies) apologizing profusely and feeling horrible.

My sister loves to say to me “Will Ren push the red candy-like button?!” in reference to my inability to hold still and also my impulsive (but really super NICE) behavior. But I mean, it’s RED! It’s Candy-Like?! Who wouldn’t want to push that button?

Turns out you’re NOT supposed to. Who knew (hint: everyone but me)?!

I have decided that I really should start paying much closer attention to the projects that I flit back and forth from rather than trying to do it all at once. The real trouble is that I have so much on my plate and I want to be social at the same time.

The trick then, in my humble opinion, is to manage my time in order to give people/projects I am working with the attention they deserve. Then perhaps there would be fewer keyboards being eaten. It’s becoming an epidemic in my office.