Do you have a hammer spear?

Understanding the value you deliver includes understanding the value you didn’t intend to deliver

Something moved. 

I sat on the couch as the clock ticked past midnight. I saw a shadow scurry along the baseboard in the dim light, and my first thought was, “Fuck…”

I had to investigate, or I’d never sleep.

I put down my laptop, rose from the cushion with my butt imprinted on it, and immediately saw the cockroach slink its way behind my desk. 

Until it was outside my apartment — or dead — I would not sleep. And I really wanted some sleep.

With a sigh, I sought out my shoes. Nothing worse than a bug scuttling across your toes. Then I grabbed my handy blue flashlight and chased the bug around the perimeter of my apartment, eventually cornering it in my pint-sized bathroom.

I stood outside the door wiping the sweat off my face while considering my next steps. I could see the cockroach by bending to the left and looking in the mirror. The devious little menace had positioned itself on the wall near the ceiling, clearly aware that it ruled over the apartment.

For now.

I removed my towels to ensur…