Some things are timeless

When I was much younger a couple of years ago I enjoyed the writing of Peg Bracken.  Peg used to write a column for (I think) Women's Day magazine and published several books.  I have several of her paperbacks.  Back then, if you can imagine it, paperback books sold for 60 cents.  I can hardly believe it either!  At any rate, Peg popped into my mind today as I trundled out to the backyard and started tackling weeds and other unwanted plants that had sprouted where they really should not have.  I remembered some of her advice from so many years ago, the main point being that doing something when you have the time to it is better than never doing it because you don't have the time to do it "right."

So I'm ok with having accomplished about one third of each of the tasks I tackled.  They are begun!  And there will be time enough to finish them as the days go on.

And her advice on "How to Do a Lot of Things at Once?"  Forget whatever your fourth grade teacher told you about finishing one job before starting another and begin several projects at the same time.  You'll have to finish all them and so will forge ahead!**

So what have I done today?  Part of the weeding, tracked down some of the dates I'd lost when my calendar took flight, tackled two phone calls I'd been putting off, and made some progress on re-organizing my address book, my website list, and (ugh) my passwords.

Not one of the projects is near completion--but do I feel good about having a plan, starting on my way, and getting SOMETHING done.  This is a good feeling as
life goes on.

**From The I Hate to Housekeep Book by Peg Bracken originally published in hard-cover in 1958; reprinted in paperback in 1962.  Another "ha, ha"--  According to the cover of the paperback edition,  her book "The I Hate to Cook Book" was a hard-cover bestseller at $3.75!