Pack, you NEED to pack....go pack!!!

I leave in a little over 24 hours. For some strange reason all these chores started calling my name today. I mowed, unloaded the dishes, loaded the dishes, folded clothes, visited the chiropractor, watered the lawn, played with the dogs, and spent more than enough time surfing Facebook. I swear that site is a virtual black hole that only swallows time. All of these things prevented me from packing. Did I mention I am going to the Farmers Market with my baby sister, Haley, later? Well I am. I mildly despise packing.

Maybe it is because I am a girl and girls tend to bring an excess of clothes and I know that I can't do that. Who needs to look their best while building houses? Not this girl. However, the thought of having pictures taken of myself all red faced, sunburned, sweaty, and dirty do not sound appealing. Don't get me wrong I am not a "fancy" kind of person but I don't want to look horrible either. Which reminds me I need to charge my batteries and empty my SD cards. I am sure there will be pictures where I don't look so hot but then again that is not why I am doing this.

I am doing this to fulfill a dream. You should do something today that takes you one step closer to your dream. How would you live your life if you knew today was the last day? Would you still watch your DVR episodes of America's Got Talent, or HGTV's design star? I bet you wouldn't. So why do we live our lives day by day and not realizing that particular days potential? I'm not innocent in this. I often find days to say, "eh, I don't have time for the gym today. Maybe tomorrow." No one ever regrets going to the gym. Though I suppose you would if you dropped a dumbbell on your foot. I digress, (every time I use that word I think of Thomas Seaton my Freshman and Senior year English teacher) my point is do something today. I friend of mine recently said, 


"The first thing I do when I start my work day is to look at what's on the to-do list for the day and prioritize by how much I'm resisting doing each item. Then I get the #1 thing accomplished. After that, the rest of the day is easy!" -- Mark Callahan 


So do what you don't want to do first. I did the opposite today and I fear I may regret that. I should have listened to Mark and did my packing first thing this morning but I didn't and once again I found something that NEEDED to be done, (this blog) and I did it. So now I must get going because I have a backpack that is whispering my name. Wish me luck, I hope I don't find anything else to do...oh right the Farmers Market!