Nothing to Say

I sat down this morning thinking that I needn't bother writing into the journal because I had nothing to say. Yesterday was similar to the (working day) before, and nothing exciting happened. Life goes on. Product gets delayed. Sales people whine. Engineers look overworked. Product Managers shrug and point out that this is exactly what they said would happen if they weren't listened to. Line Managers complain that being told "I told you so" is no comfort. Machete-wielding systems administrator takes the mail server down with extreme prejudice. Nothing out of the ordinary.
And then I thought - "Wow! What a theme!" It's now Tuesday. I'm about to prepare for one of my weekly meetings - business priorities; getting the agenda out the door as early as possible, etc, and it struck me - "why do I bother?" It was always the case that these meetings, when I defined them, might be non-events, and I've even had one cancelled (and one not happen while I was away), but, fundamentally, what good is the meeting? Does it achieve anything, or are we just all turning up to bitch about having meetings and how busy we are, etc? Some might use it for an audience for their latest foray into thinking, or as an opportunity to attack someone who supports one agenda over another (or a football team, on occasion).
Is this productive? Is the meeting merely a rest break between doing real work, that essential away-from-the-desk time, or stop-strolling-around-looking-over-other-people's-shoulders time, or even that I've-just-had-lunch-and-feel-sleepy time. Any combination of people with these attitudes can be dangerous. Meetings should not be like that.
Neither should blogs. I shouldn't be sitting here looking forward to my morning cup of tea, or else waiting for it to cool, typing away into the ether with nothing better to do. I should be more thoughtful, better planned. There should be enough structure that the introductory paragraph links up with the argument in the body, leading inevitably to the conclusion.
Just like all the other blogs.