Murphy’s Law
I was reorganising 16 GB worth of music on my mac and my external hard drive, moving mp3 files around in different folders and trying to rebuild my iTunes library. I was doing it with my trackpad and keyboard, clicking and pressing buttons at 120 miles an hour. The result: I accidentally deleted my 6 GB worth of music that I’ve accumulated since 2004. Some of which I copied from my brother’s library when I was in Hong Kong, purchased from the iTunes store and some I downloaded from the net. I was initially frustrated, blaming it on myself for using shortcuts too quickly. I even tried to recover the data from its deleted state but it was too late - most of the data recovered only had just a few seconds the song or mixed with some other weird noises. The next day, I told my colleagues about it and they all said it was bound to happen. They called me a “mad mouse clicker”. I felt even grumpier. So I chanted for half an hour, along with the gongyo tonight and asked myself why this had happened. Reflecting on my actions and behaviours, I was starting to appreciate the accident. I started to regret my fast-paced actions and really starting to determine to slow down on the computer. I realised that I didn’t needed to rush through reorganising my music and working on my computer. I think this has been another valuable lesson learnt.