Don’t Wait

Tax day is coming.  I know it, you know it, every American knows it.  Somehow getting my stuff together for the account to do our tax returns is a job I hate.  I don’t know why.  It is not that hard to gather the paper work and turn it over to someone else to actually figure it all out, yet I still procrastinate.  We usually get a good return so it is not like I am putting off paying the government more money.  In fact I am letting them keep what they owe me a little longer.  So why do I do anything but my taxes?

Changing your eating habits and workout routine is very similar to doing your taxes.  You know you need to do it.  It is always right there hanging over your head, yet somehow other things keep you occupied just enough so you don’t do it.  Anyone who needs to lose weight knows it.  You don’t have to go to the Doctor or have a loved one tell you that maybe you should pay attention to your eating.  Yet even with it with you all the time, those extra few pounds, you do anything but diet.

I have been successful at the losing weight and working out thing by looking it straight in the eye and just dealing with it and you know it is not that bad.  SO today I am going to go ahead and get those taxes done, right after I pick Carter up from school, take her to the mall and go to a birthday dinner.  No really, I am not going to needlepoint tonight, I am going to organize the paperwork.  It’s not that hard.  Then tomorrow I will drop it off and I will not have that hanging over my head.

Taxes are so much easier than dieting.  Do it, get it done.  But then there are hard things that we don’t do that just hang around all the time.  When was the last time we updated our wills?  Cleaned out the attic?  Had our tetanus booster shot?  I am beginning to think that loosing weight is the easy thing.

The real message today is that thinking about doing something is so much worse than just going ahead and doing it.  Right now I am trying not to think of all the things I need to think about because I’m late for pick up.  So go forth.  You know what to do, just do it.