5Ws and How - Part One

How Do You Get Through A Meeting When Your Head Is About To Explode?

Step 1 - Recognize with your friends at the beginning that you are not feeling well.

Step 2 - Refrain from descriptions of how the headache is or how the stomach pains pinch, since that only seems to make them stronger, and breathing becomes much more difficult.

Step 3 - When asked a question, reply with a question.
For example,
Q: "Jason, what is happening with ________?"
A: "Didn't we table __________ until August 2011?"

Step 4 - When you find your mind wandering from the topic at hand, try to focus.
My thoughts bounce through everything under the sun ("Why are White Castle burgers so greasy and yet so yummy?"..."Does the quadradic equation really work every single time?"..."Why was it that Tears for Fears really didn't end up ruling the world in the 1980s?" ) , which results in a sort of stream-of-consciousness which makes it difficult to focus.

Step 5 - At least during long discussions.

Step 6 - This likely should come earlier in the list (like #1 maybe?!?), but pray.

Step 7 - A lot.

Step 8 - Sleep.

Step 9 - Ask forgiveness for sleeping.

Step 10 - Leave...before you fall asleep again.