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Gun’s Quote-of-the-Week:

“Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.”

-Josh Billings

This Gun’s Quote will be short, sweet and to the point.

For those who know me closely, they know that it seems like I take months on end to get things done. My boss is figuring this out, too. Not cool.

What is the reason? Why does it take me hours when it takes other minutes? Months instead of days? Why, really, am I still working on taxes three months after starting them?

The answer is one I already know well. The reason why is because I get distracted and don’t say “No” to the things that interrupt me when I should be working on something else. Tonight, I should have said “No” to Gun’s Quotes and instead be inside of Quicken churning numbers. Let’s be honest here. I’ll get a couple thousand dollars for turning in taxes and I am running out of time. Why don’t I just get them done?

But I’ll let dinner with friends, a ballet, laundry, a Boys State Staff Meeting, planning my air conditioning project, work, praying, cleaning my house, Easter plans, Facebook, writing Gun’s Quotes, the gym, Starcraft, March Madness and my aquarium all get in the way first. Are all of the above bad things? Hardly. But do some of the above need to get put off so that I can focus on what I need to do right in this moment? Yep.

I have old, bad habits I need to break and the worst one is trying to do 12 things at once. It should be two or maybe three at the most. So, now that I have admitted that I cannot manage my life and the reason why, I would advise evaluating what you need to prioritize and just do it. Getting distracted by everything else just prolongs the inevitable and you’ll get nothing done.

Like me.

…and that’s why it’s a Gun’s Quote!