Andrew's Day Off: 1117PM

At long last--after 11 short hours if you want to be all technical about it--my day off has come to an end.

I've committed 2,160 words to blog today (including this post) an Army 2.0 record for a single day. I'm writing this final message as I wrap up my chat with Lauren, and as I reflect back on what I've learned over these last 11+ hours.

First and foremost, I need to take time off each day, or every few days at the least. At the gym today I ran into one person that works in my shop, and three officers who work for one of the subordinate units that reports to my shop. If they can take time off, I either need to give them some of my work to do, or go out and take some time off of my own.

And the thing is, I do most of my best work around the office in the evenings. Taking a couple of hours to go to the gym during the day 2 or 3 times a week isn't going to help the terrorists win, you know?

My other key lesson is this--avoid people as much as possible on your days off. Inevitably work stuff comes up, and discussing the finer points of civil military operations, while interesting in relative terms, kinda defeats the purpose of having a day off from worrying about work.

Other key lessons from today that I considered and discarded for various reasons:

1) Be excellent to each other

2) Teach [the children] well and let them lead the way

3) If it bleeds we can kill it

4) You tried your best and failed miserably. The lesson is: never try.

I think that's it, folks. It's been great sharing today with you. Love to all, and I'll see you tomorrow with your regularly schedule every-few-days content.