The “manana” file of to do tasks sits on our desk intentioned to be done the next day of tomorrow. This to-do list can be managed the next day, you are sure of it. And it doesn’t. Pile up after pile up of multiple tasks unchecked and undone like a 30 car pile-up in a highway one dark snowy morning. Aargh! What a mess and golly gosh – stress!
Hypertension can be the effect of tension due to your inaction(s).
Today is Monday and you promise the big boss that one of those critical projects would be ready by Wednesday noon so he could go over it with you would before you present the financial spreadsheet with a prospective client with a meeting already scheduled at eleven am. Of course you know how difficult this displeased client is who has threatened to take his business to another accounting firm. You are going to meet the client in their headquarters an hour away for a presentation. Tuesday, you were quite a busy individual in your little cubicle workspace. But something equally important came up, with little tasks in between, and you were not able to finish the required spreadsheet. And then more paperwork were dumped on your messy desk. The figures needed review but there is still early Wednesday morning, enough time to meet with Big Boss for the final review.
You are late for your important appointment. You get a flat tire; you are beat trying to fix it and you get bumped by a speeding car. Because of missing the meeting, you lost your company’s important client. You will for sure be fired by your boss for that. What else can go wrong?!!!!#@!
No problem, you come into the office Wednesday morning. Big Boss finds something wrong with the figures. You both worked on it. Tick tock, tick tock. At quarter to 10, you are done. Finally! You get into the company car. Murphy’s Law, the law of the Universe, is a theory that carries an absolute truth hits your situation and manifests itself by practice. The fourth law of thermodynamics says that if anything can go wrong, it will… what-ever can happen will, happen. Less than 3 miles to the destination, your car goes over something. Poof! Out went that air by the front passenger side. Palpitations is leading to perspirations. No time! You are late! Panicking and wildly embarrassed, you call your client and explain to him apologetically you have a flat-tire. Do you think he understands? This saga gives him the excuse to fire your company and take his business to another rival accounting firm. How can you explain it to your grouchy Big Boss?
Learning time management is important. My rule of thumb is always be on a defensive side against Murphy’s Law. Remember, it is constant, just like all the other universal laws. It’s dark force will not escape anyone. So get your scout self ready in preparation for anything that can go wrong. Expect anytime for dear old Murphy to impose its unbending rule. Go ahead, be ahead. Anticipate anything that can go wrong. Better be early than late. Better be done sooner than later. That’s just the way it should be for you, starting now.
Orange County Concierge 
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