Remember when you were young, and all the old people would say things like “it goes by so fast”, or “40 is the new 30”, etc?  Well, I don’t know about the latter one, but I can personally attest to the fact that time is FLYING by at warp speed while I am seemingly losing elasticity by the second.

Whether it’s your blog, your gym membership, those thank-you cards that you still haven’t sent – if you’re anything like me, you may constantly be saying “I’ll just do that tomorrow”.  Hours turn into days, days into weeks, weeks into months… you get the idea.  Here’s a great example!  I haven’t written squat in this blog since last summer.  How’s THAT for procrastination starting with a single day?

Back in the 90’s, my boyfriend and I (who later turned into my husband, and now isn’t, but gave me 2 awesome kids… another story for another day) well, we thought we were REALLY busy.  We were both in our mid/late 20’s, had jobs, an apartment and a lust for working out and margaritas.  A grocery chain here in Texas, Tom Thumb, launched the first grocery delivery service via the internet.  What a concept!  Yes! Yes!  We were FAR too busy to actually go to the grocery store!   Unfortunately, although somewhat convenient, it didn’t really make a ripple and “Pea Pod” went away.

20 years later, there are plenty of grocery delivery options and people have really embraced them.  Funny thing about that is – here I am, a homeowner, a single mom, a sales executive, in a recovery program, caregiver for an aging parent, owner of 2 dogs (that I groom), a cat and a snake, I cook, do my own yard, just started working out again for the first time in 2 years…. AND I go to the grocery store.  WTF???

What I’m trying to say is – I don’t have enough time in the day to do the things I need to or love – and put them off “until tomorrow”.  Due to my master procrastinator ways, tomorrow is usually never really “tomorrow”.  Just like “the other day” could mean anything from yesterday to well, back in the 90’s.  Face it y’all, only a little less than 3 more years and the 90’s will be 30 years ago!

Get those groceries delivered!  Have the mobile groomer come!  Uber Eats?  YES, please!  Force your kids to do the lawn and pick up poop!  Why?  Because by God, they are hearing “it’s going by fast” and can’t wrap their heads around it!  They want to grow up so fast (and they are) and I just want to turn back the clock a little. Back to a time when working out and margaritas were the biggest time-sucks I had going on… when my skin was elastic and my ass was tight.  Don’t put it off until tomorow – let someone else handle it.  Someone whose clock is ticking much slower or is at least getting paid to sweat the small stuff.

See y’all in 6 months or so!

AshGenX