The packaging of this new product I’ve gladly purchased without a single thought right after this rather insignificant, vastly unfortunate incident of mine has the stickers of “Save Your Life” pasted everywhere. I am not sure if this marketing tag line over dramatized the magnitude of the potential repercussion of not having it. But I got the drift.
One lesson I’ve relearned from the following two frequently appeared excuses in my head …
- It only happens to someone else (whatever it is)
- There is always tomorrow
… is: action on the decision I’ve made today after weighing all the risks, consequences, and cost.
There is no point, I think, to cry over spilt milk. Sure, we all hate to rework or to do the same thing again. But since I have to do it again anyway, I take it as an opportunity to do a better job. As for what’s lost, it’s lost. Move on.
On a side note, I have no idea why I am so averse to “new” technologies. I have yet to try webcam and I still have no idea what Skype is about. I always have this impression that backing up data is a pain. In fact, this new product Maxtor OneTouch (see picture above) is really what it is: backing up my data with one touch. Even better, it can be set as a scheduled task that runs behind the scene. And I can use it to back up the data from multiple computers, with one touch.
OK. This thing is going to “Save My Life” should my hard disks die on me again.