Last week, I picked a fight with a toaster oven. As the hearty scrubbing was about to begin, someone came to its rescue with distracting conversation. A few days later, I gathered reinforcements. Each time I saw the oven, I would silently declare “I’m coming back for you”. It didn’t know me well enough to …
This would be the stuff that doesn’t exactly fit anywhere else.
Resolutions
It’s a good thing I didn’t resolve to write daily, because I’m within an hour of failing it on the first day of the year. Then again, a lot can happen in a single hour… Happy New Year all – I should be caught up with last year’s commitments in about 3 months. How are …
Young Lives
Pomp & Circumstance
June, 2008 – Graduation Sunday – the day for the church to honor her graduates… As youth coach and mentor, I had my usual 30 brilliant ideas and last-minute to-do’s with top priority. (Demand/Control: surrender 10, delegate 5, and receive 5 more) …and the clock was spinning… (I think it goes into hyper-drive right before deadlines) …and the …
Me First!
Me First! I’m the stomach that will keep distracting your mind until you feed me… Me First! I’m the task you’ve been ignoring for weeks, and you can’t move forward until I’m done… Me First! I have a lag time, and the deadline’s looming… Me First! I’m the project you’ve postponed until the last minute, …