Writing work summaries is a peculiar task, with two common approaches: one is to plagiarize, and the other is to copy. Hmm, perhaps there isn’t a third option. In this day and age, who still takes the time to write a work summary seriously?

But things often take unexpected turns. Since embarking on this path of endless documentation, I now seem to be entangled in an infinite web of written materials. My modest practical skills are far from meeting the high expectations of my superiors. Thus, I have no choice but to grit my teeth and start documenting my daily activities as required by my leaders, reporting my work weekly to enhance my material writing skills.

As a result, the work records from the past two months have easily surpassed 12,000 words. It’s not easy to keep such a detailed log. For example, this week’s work record: (all names are pseudonyms)

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However, a too-detailed log cannot be directly used for work reports, or else it would only invite a scathing rebuke. To keep my job, I have to refine it a bit, like this week’s work summary:

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Thus, a simple week’s work can be turned into a summary of one to two thousand words. With these materials at hand, monthly, quarterly, and annual summaries are just a matter of minutes.