That one Tuesday last fall when everything went right at the office

I had been stuck on a project for 3 weeks, trying to figure out why our data kept glitching. Last Tuesday morning, I came in early, grabbed a coffee, and just sat staring at the numbers for 20 minutes. Then it clicked - I had been sorting the spreadsheet wrong the whole time. My boss even said "good catch" and that never happens. Has anyone else had a random day where all the pieces just fell into place?

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derek_schmidt623d ago

Ha, I love that kind of "I'm an idiot" victory.

claire_wells871mo ago

God, that feeling when it just clicks after weeks of frustration is the best. I had a similar thing happen last winter with a budget spreadsheet, I kept getting totals that were off by a few hundred bucks and couldn't figure it out for two weeks. Then on a random Wednesday, I realized I'd been pulling data from the wrong column in a linked sheet the whole time. My boss actually said "nice work" without being sarcastic, which felt like winning the lottery.

nora_dixon1mo ago

Wait, was it a Tuesday? Because you said "last Tuesday morning" but then in the title you called it "that one Tuesday last fall". That doesn't quite add up. I'm guessing you meant it was a specific Tuesday in the fall, not this past Tuesday. Anyway, I had that same feeling last year with a report I was working on. I kept getting numbers that didn't match and wasted hours checking formulas. Then one random Thursday I realized I had a filter turned on that was hiding half the data. It felt so stupid but also amazing when I fixed it.