I stopped and cleaned my eyeglasses today. That is such a mundane thing, and I know you probably can’t imagine it being worthy of writing about. But the reality is that the glasses sitting at my desk in my office have needed cleaning for at least two weeks. And I just haven’t stopped to take the time, even thought I could have much sooner.
This past week three ducks have taken up residency in the parking area behind my house. There is a street with a tiny bit of water and they have been huddled right next to it, dangerously close to a stream of ever passing cars.
This tiny body of water is just run off from a sprinkler and isn’t even half an inch deep or as big around as one entire duck body, but these three act as though they have found the holy grail.
You’ve been waiting for it all year. That nice little chunk of extra change we call a tax return. Perhaps you’ve already earmarked that money for one big splurge or a few necessities. Maybe your pattern has always been to blow it on little stuff (“impulse buys”) you don’t really need just because you have the money.