Tonight, I closed the laptop. Sat down on the bed and read a story to my
kids. Perhaps, this should have been on the top of my list of things to
do. Up until now, it just wasn’t.
Let’s back up. The week started with a trip to Saskatchewan,
followed by a job quite local. That job
however, resulted in complications involving EPS and a stolen vehicle, property
damage, additional trespassing, and then unrelated; involved the fire
department and military. You would not
believe the story if I told you.
Priorities realign to meet the current state of things, and although
I know better my body is the first thing often shuffled to a lower state of
priority when things get busy. It is generally deprived on sleep, fed poorly,
and pushed harder than ever with the justification that it will only be short
term, and anything short term it can handle.
I know better than this, as one day leads to two, then three, and before
you know it, you are sitting in front of the lap top in a crumpled heap at the
end of the week telling the kids you don’t have time to read a story.
Time to step back, look at things from a different
perspective, and from that perspective realign your priorities. This week I got it wrong. In fact I wasn’t even close. Things that
should have taken center stage ended up way on the back burner. Mental and
physical health need to be top of the list. Without that, nothing can be kept
up for very long.
Have a great time.
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