The day began. There was no particular direction to this day, no particular thing to be done, no particular anything. But it was a day, and it had indubitably begun. The only direction from here was forward

As he went through the motions, an email arrived. It brought good news, of the expected but positive kind. Then another email arrived, which was not at all expected but which nevertheless counted as positive. And then a really unexpected email arrived, which seemed a bit excessive but which did indeed contribute to the overall trend

Truly, this had been a day that solved a lot of problems