Whether we like it or not a lot of our life is governed by cycles. We live in a cyclical society. I'm acutely aware of this right now in my voluntary position I hold as Treasurer of the Friends of the Sacramento Public Library. On January 1 we just completed a fiscal year, a calendar year, a quarter, a month, and even a week. There are things I have to do and reports I have to complete and checks I have to produce and sign, and information I need to collect. And all these things are due NOW. Everything is due NOW. I just spent two full working days and still have probably another two before I'm completely caught up with all the cycles. Hopefully, I'll have time to do that before one or more cycles comes to an end again.
On the other hand, cycles make this Treasurer job easier to grasp, easier to accept because it doesn't come at you all at once. With non-cyclical jobs such as writing a book or managing a project, you can be tempted to do too much too fast. The overwhelming scope of the job makes you feel just a little inadequate. But cycles chop the job into bite-sized pieces and apportion them out to you in little time-limited steps. I can't do next month's financials because the information won't be ready until next month. I can't do next year's tax report for the same reason.
So even when all the cycles come to an end at once like they did this week, I think I still like cycles.
Happy New Year!
But you would not like cycles such as end of term cycles.
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