I lost my marbles. Or in this case, 6 hours worth of interview notes.   I looked in the obvious places.  I looked in the not so obvious places.  And then, I stepped away.  Feeling my frustration rise.  Allowing myself some space, I thought perhaps an idea would come to me.  24 hours passed and nothing.  And I really needed to start working on the project.  There was only one thing to do, begin.\n\nI started the process, began the work I could do without the interview notes.  I also had a certain level of recall I knew I’d be able to tap.  And then, in a flash there they were, neatly tucked away into a subfolder that somehow on my previous three attempts to look I hadn’t seen.  Clear as day, right under my nose.\n\nI could have thrown in the towel.  Cried. Slammed my fists on the computer.  But none of those tactics would have made my notes appear or resulted in any progress on the project.   Rather than become paralyzed I stepped into action.   Doing what I could, I made progress.\n\nSure I was frustrated, filled with self-doubt maybe I forgot to save the notes…unlikely, but maybe.  It was when I pressed forward that ultimately I found what I was looking for.  When I was saving the newest document I was working on, I discovered the one I’d lost.  The next time you are in a difficult situation and feel lost, forge on and you just might find what you were looking for.