eXpedite!
I love the word “expedite”. Capitalizing the X in the verb reminds me how good it feels to put a line through a task. Finish a job ahead of schedule. Get it done. Enjoy the satisfaction of a task completed and tackle the next.
| expedite (ˈɛkspɪˌdaɪt) | |
| — vb | |
| 1. | to hasten the progress of; hasten or assist |
| 2. | to do or process (something, such as business matters) with speed and efficiency |
| 3. | rare to dispatch (documents, messages, etc) |
| — adj | |
| 4. | unimpeded or prompt; expeditious |
| 5. | alert or prepared |
“Handle your mail – ONCE Read it or toss it, but don’t let it sit around.” is such good advice.
“Walk with me and let’s talk, It’s that or take a number, and who knows how long THAT might take?!” Leslie Marshal used to say, a pre-school director colleague in Tucson. Answering a question right away helped keep her to-do list short.
Doing something now rather than putting it off -again- helps us feel better about most everything. Some things simply have to wait (one of the down-sides of being over-ambitious) but for me, scheduling a task, ie. do this in September, lessens that sense of lagging immediacy that makes a person want to take a 20-year nap. I have a theory about why Rip VanWinkle took a nap in the first place, but I can’t prove it. 😀
Most of the clutter in my life is the result of decisions to “do it later”; eXpedite helps remove the clutter.
Time to wrap this up and expedite today’s tasks!
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How do I handle it, when I’m the secretary and those I work for are great procrastinators … oh let’s just say, “Somedays, I wish I worked for you!” 🙂