All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.
Havelock Ellis
(1859-1939)
Saturday evening - hard drive crashes. No warning. No apparent reason.
Sunday afternoon - sweet Apple Genius (they really call them that) informs me it's a goner, installs a new one and reloads the OS. Given that my appointment is the last one of the day and he could easily have made me wait, I'm surprised and delighted by how quickly and willingly he sorts it out. And he's surprised and delighted when I thank him profusely and ask to speak to his manager to tell her how pleased I am that he's done this for me. There's a whole contemplation possible here about the norm of the retail service experience but suffice to say, this was not typical. I almost kissed that sweet Apple Genius.
End result - document files lost, photo files lost, downloaded music & movies lost, applications lost, upgrades lost, bookmarks lost... October* lost. A clean slate.
I'm not thrilled (this amounts to quite a lot of time, expense, both work and play data just gone, gone, gone) but also not as upset as I'd have thought I'd be. It might have been worse.
Just letting it go... letting it go. And feeling strangely light and airy. Which is not a bad way to start the week, is it?
Happy Monday!
♥
*I do backup fairly regularly but this is a lesson well learnt too... once a week instead of once a month from now on (and include apps and bookmarks). Definitely. Is that pesky Mercury in retrograde again?
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18 comments:
I hate when that happens .... and it's quite hard to let it go. Glad you're up and running again. Happy Monday!
I cannot believe how calm you are :) I would be tearing my hair out! I need to learn the art of being calm and lettign go. Hope you recover your data.
Oi!!! Bad news. SO sorry. Good attitude. The old saying "change what you can and accept what you can't" must really apply here. At least you were able to get help and continue. Hope you get some kind of news on that interview. Waiting is SO difficult.
Oh my I almost never make backups (lazy me). But this is my wakeup call, sorry it had to happen to you but thanks for sharing....I'm gonna do some backing up right now. Happy monday to you too.
I worship before you, true goddess of calm and balance. you're simply amazing. and all joking aside, you should be very in awe of yourself for your perspective and even-keeled resolve. it's amazing. I'm amazed. I'll remember how you handled this next time things fall apart on this end. hope things pull together today. xoxo.
Great attitude Kenda!! The better vibes we send out to the world, the more we get in return!!!
Oh, I so feel for you! Especially since I went through this a while ago myself. Weird thing though - the lesson I learnt - to go from NO backup to WEEKLY backup has been unlearnt with time. Actually it kind of faded away slowly. At first I backed up religiously every week, then I started getting confident - hard drive is new after all; been replaced, hasn't it? - and so the backups became further and further apart. When did I last back up? No, I can't remember. I think I am a sucker for punishment ...
Oh no. You truly are a butterfly - able to accept drastic changes so gracefully. I admire your calm.
Oh Dear Kendalee- you just keep on shining! Amazing! I don't know what the deal is...bad luck here as well, flood and more flood , damage extensive, every one is cross- good thing i don't own a gun...I need your attitude, I do.You are my guiding light, I am ashamed of myself for being such a cow about a little bit of difficulty,what a baby!
Oh how I love reading your blog. I can't quite figure out how you always seem to write what I need!!!
I am sorry about your crash!!! But hopeful too!! The rest is still unwritten...and that can be a really good feeling!
Peace and love coming your way!
Suzy
You are handling it AMAZINGLY well, and I am so very impressed. I often joke with my friends that I've stopped asking God to give me patience, when I do, He gives me abundant opportunity to practice it. How lovely of you to tell the "sweet Apple Genius" manager how pleased you were. We all too often remember to complain, and all too rarely remember to compliment.
Arrrrghhh! How nasty. I am so impressed with your attitude. Next time I am ready to kick a wall I will try to think of this and let it go.
How are you so breezy and calm? I'm wowed. You are all kinds of fabulous.
Love the photos!
Commiserations. We had a lot of trouble with both of our computers a couple of months back. Had to get a new computer, it was so bad. You seem very level-headed about it though.
Have a good week.
Argh, computer troubles, it just drives me crazy... I have a Time Capsule by Apple, that does AUTOMATIC back ups. Buy one. It's worth it.
Way to resolve and move on. Your calm approach is rubbing off...and backups are hitting to-do lists everywhere. Best of luck getting your 'stuff'.
sorry about the computer and I am sad about the job news as well...you have a wonderful attitude and the mosaic says so much to me, a metaphor so well defined ...I am thinking of you as ready yourself for the next takeoff..you will soar...
of all the blogs that i have been deprived of lately because of work i miss yours the most. i miss it because it is so relevant to everyday life.
letting go... that fine mingling line is sometimes so very hard to find but that airy airy feeling is just so amazing when you do, not so?
going home in two weeks time and wondering if you will be with family for a while as well? hoping so... i know how special they are to you.
xox
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