The chirping of the smoke detector in the guest room was annoying. I had just changed out the batteries. It should not be chirping. I did my due diligence. I rechecked the battery. I tested it. The result? More chirping!

Seth Godin, in one of his blogs, clarifies the difference between a problem and a situation. He writes, “We can also have conversation on whether it’s a problem (problems have solutions) or whether it’s simply a situation, something like gravity that we have to live with.” He writes this in reference to making a plan. The idea being that a problem can be planned for, a situation… not so much.