Ever had the bright idea to do a million things at once, hoping you’ll have the time to do it all?

If you haven’t…DON’T. If you have, well, then you know that you CAN’T get a million things done at once and you’re BOUND to piss someone (or everyone) off.

I’ve been running around like the proverbial headless chicken.
Sidebar: I was looking for something a little less Hallmark to use as an image here…and, FYI, I don’t recommend doing an image search for “Chicken with its head cut off.”

But back to the narrative: Somehow I thought I could expand the garden store at the Barnyard, get a Design/Construction office open at Carmel Plaza, volunteer for the Big Sur Marathon and the Carmel Art and Film Festival, sing with a jazz group, community chorus and a group performing the Rutter Requiem at Lincoln Center, all WHILE working on opening the all new Homescapes Carmel downtown.

And now I’m WAY behind with everything. Including running…I haven’t gotten my fat butt outta bed to run since I finished the 7-Continent goal.  Then Tuesday I got the (good?) news that I made it into the New York Marathon in November, so now I HAVE to get my fat butt outta bed. I don’t know where I think I’m going to get the time to do any (or all) of this (even though I really WANT to do all these things).

I think I need to learn how to say “no” to at least SOMETHING. Better to do a few things well than to….well, you know the rest.

And so do all the people who are waiting on things from me. Yikes!