Far too often emails at work are kept short, professional and to the point. I try to avoid this trend at all costs. I consider my electronic messages as short stories aimed at entertaining, encapsulating and inspiring the intended recipient.
Read on how I demonstrate these methods while calling out of work to take a day long bike ride across the North Georgia landscape!
——– Original Message ——–
Subject: vacation day
Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:53:55 -0500
From: ########
To: #########Micheal,
This morning I awoke to a wonderful day, a true gift from God. From my bed I could see the living room was illuminated in gold from the rising sun, I went outside to be greeted by crisp clean air and a thin layer of frost on my windshield. I was truly thankful to be alive!I decided to enjoy the wonderful morning by playing a round of golf with my good buddy Chris, the one who got crapped on that one time by that really drunk chick.
Though I really suck at golf and I have a slice from hell, I nailed a few good shots at least 250 yards today. I felt like a real man bashing the crap out of that little ball.
I came home more relaxed than I’ve been in months, my cares seemed to melt away out on the fairway and green and I was pleasantly surprised to discover that my cheeks were pink with sun burn. I felt like a kid again.
I just flipped over to the weather channel a few moments ago and noticed that the weather is going to be immaculate tomorrow like it was today! I have to seize another day of this perfect weather and continue this feeling of being a child at least one more day! I’m going to take my bike and hit the Silver Comet Trail tomorrow!
I hope you don’t mind if I take a vacation day to do so. I know I didn’t tell you before hand, and I would have but this wonderful weather was truly unexpected.
I’ll take a picture for you when I reach the long train tunnel on my way to Rockmart tomorrow and when I return on Tuesday I’ll be working harder than ever!
I’ll call you first thing in the morning to call out in person and try to persuade you to come along with me.
Talk to you soon.
