“We should get together to work on this sometime.”
“Let’s grab coffee sometime.”
“I’ll get back to them sometime soon.”
We’ve heard and said these lines before.
Despite our default belief, “sometime” isn’t something that happens to us.
We decide when sometime is.
Correction: We ought to decide when sometime is.
If we don’t mean for there to be an actual sometime, then let’s not trick each other into thinking there will be.
Stay Positive & How About Friday At 4:00 p.m.?
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Garth Beyer is a Certified Cicerone®, Product Marketer, owner of Garth's Brew Bar and a Madison-based freelance writer.
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