When I plan ahead.
Living in the moment is good. You don’t want to miss the present because you’re lamenting the past or worrying about the future. And bitter experience has taught me that plans come unraveled all the time. If you’re not flexible, you’re miserable.
That said, I am thankful today for those times when I plan ahead for those things that can make life easier.
It’s the little things.
Getting all the good china and silver out the day before the holiday meal. Having wrapping paper on hand before the gifts even come into the house. Encouraging my sister to test the online video call software before Christmas is actually upon us and my mom wants to see her grandchildren. (Okay. That’s a big thing.)
There are lots of little habits and “be prepared” actions that make life simpler. I’m not advocating OCD-like behavior, but the MotH* really wants coffee in the mornings, and he won’t drink it without milk, and he gets kind of grumpy about it. So, checking that we have milk—to say nothing of coffee—is one way to have a quiet life. (To be fair, if we screw that up, he’s perfectly willing to get on his bicycle and go down to the 7-Eleven.)
Today, I am thankful that I planned ahead about this blog.
Can you imagine having to interrupt a video call with the nieces and nephews or, heaven forfend, your own present opening to sit down and draft a blog post? When your mother is visiting?
That’s just not a good scenario.
So, I am a little bit proud of myself that I thought ahead. These may not be the best blog posts ever, but I got them done and scheduled before company arrived.
I am issuing metaphorical gold stars to myself.
I am also wondering a little what plainly self-evident thing I have forgotten to do that will have jumped up to bite me between the time I schedule this post and the time it appears. There’s bound to be something.
Oh, well.
Maybe it will make a good post for the future!
* MotH = Man of the House
