Today, I woke up to a house with no electricity. This meant no WIFI, which also meant most of the work I had planned could not be done (I rely heavily on the internet to do my work.)

I could have seen that as a bummer, but I like to look for opportunities in all circumstances. Within seconds I saw an opportunity to work on projects I had been putting off because they weren’t as urgent, or projects I somehow felt guilty working on while others were unfinished. So that’s what I did.

Somehow what could have been an unproductive day turned into a very productive one. All it took was the decision to look for opportunities and seize them.