"Sorry guys, I just spent the past hour drafting out-of-office (OOO) messages for all my clients," one of my friends blurted as he hopped online for our gaming session last night.

"Dude, why don’t you just use ChatGPT for that?" I asked, genuinely puzzled.

For most of my work emails, I let AI draft the first version before tweaking them a little and sending them out, saving me a ton of time

"Oh, uh, yeah, I’ve got templates from previous years," he replied.

"But here’s the thing..."

He paused as we waited for our game to load.

"When I sent those messages out, all my clients already had their OOO messages ready—and I got their auto-replies right away! 🤦🏻"

"Looks like they beat you to the holidays, man," we said, laughing.

And honestly, it really does feel like that this year:

Everyone’s rushing to set their OOO messages and really take their holidays. Long ones, too.

So, on the topic of OOO messages, here’s mine now that we’re in the final stretch of the holidays:

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Nicholas Ng is very much in office for the rest of the year—and indefinitely after that.

Not because I’m a crazy hustler who can’t sit still without work to do

(Okay, maybe I am a little bit like that. 🤫)

But building Fit for Life and Work doesn’t feel like “going to the office” for me. What started as a fun experiment back in September has become something I really cannot miss and will do at the start of every day without fail.

And since it’s the holiday season, I’ve got a few slightly different plans lined up:

• A big announcement coming closer to the New Year.
• A variety of different-themed emails to keep things fresh for the rest of the year, starting tomorrow!

The best part? With everyone else OOO, your inbox will be mine to dominate muahahaha 😁

Until tomorrow then!

Nicholas Ng