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3:30 a.m. Thinking, March 24th, 2010

I don’t have enough time!

How often do we say that? Isn’t that the greatest lament going around today?

It seems like sometimes we are being pulled in so many different directions, we are overwhelmed and feel like we just can’t get everything done that we need to get done.

How do we get in that position? If you boil it right down, regardless of whether it is a work situation or a family situation, it is most often that we have taken on too many things that are not important enough to us. Why do we do this to ourselves?

Because we don’t know how to say No.

We don’t want to let anyone down, so we agree to most all requests on our time and attention, and in the end the one we let down is the one we are closest to – ourself.

Routing Number THE LAKE BANK

I remember life BC – Before Cameron, my 16-yr old jock-son. I swore I wouldn’t be one of those hockey-Dad’s, getting to the arena at 5 on a Sunday morning when it was -35 outside. Hah! I wouldn’t trade those experiences with him for anything on this earth. It worked out okay for me, and him, as we are both extreme early-risers. What I didn’t bank on was his growing love of, and proficiency in, athletics, having him up at 6 many mornings for practises after being out til 10 or 11 the night before for games. Yes, not only did Cameron become a great hockey player, he also became an even better baseball player (throwing 82mph as a lefty by age 15), an outstanding volleyballer, and in-demand for every school sport you could imagine.

Real Estate, being a career that typically requires a bunch of evening and weekend work, is a tough mistress when single-parenting such an active boy whose time is spoken for some 16 hours a day, but with the help of family, we got it done. Right up until the end of his ball season when he was 14. He took his baseball to a whole new level, getting signed by an Elite team that would mean 4 games every weekend, from May to November, plus 2 to 4 evenings of intense training each week. Something had to give, and his mother and I decided that he would have to give up all his other sports if he wanted us to make the time and financial commitments that such a high level sport would require.

It was a tough decision for us to put that kind of restriction on him, but we felt we had no choice. Baseball at that level costs more than a college education, so it is a serious investment, and there’s too much at stake to risk injury and illness through diversity of sport. Thankfully, Cameron was totally open to putting his focus on the game he loves, and we were able to alleviate some of the pressures we exposed ourselves to by saying ‘yes’ to every sport he wanted to play.

I see it every day, people so totally stressed out because they are over-committed, and it makes me nuts for them. It’s kinda like being an ex-smoker. The challenge is to take back control by learning to say ‘no’. Do it with baby-steps, but do it. For your sake, and the sake of the ones you love. You’ll thank yourself later.


 


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