It has been a busy week for me this week. I had the opportunity to go over to the UK and inspect some Industrial equipment. I have had many tell me "wow", that is really cool you must have had a great time. Others, have asked me how I fit that into my busy schedule.  As I was thinking about this, I realized that I really didn't have enough time to get done what I needed to do, because there is only 24 hrs in a day. Sometimes we wish there were more hours, but I am sure we would use those up also. Of the 24 hours we also have to sleep at least 6 to 8 hours or more, so that even gives us less time.               As I speak to  many people whether an apprentice in the trades, or a project manager in the office, everyone seems to simply be maintaining and always running behind. Many times it seems we tend to always just be putting out small fires, when dealing with issues that arise, the problem is that there are so many and we never catch up. This really seems to increase during the holidays as many times people call me in a panic as their tradesman license is about to expire or expired about two months ago and they did not even realize it. In these situations I usually try and let them know that I can send the information in as soon as they complete a course online. Why is it that some people seem to always get things done and have lots of free time, and others of us seem to always be playing catch up? Well, here is a saying that I keep in my head to help keep me on a decent schedule and complete what I need to. I wrote this down one day when I was simply overwhelmed and there was just not enough time to do everything:

"Yesterday is Gone; Tomorrow is Never Here; So Don’t Waste Today."

This saying helps me to make sure that I remind myself that I have to plan my days and even weeks but, to be flexible when other things may arise, like an unplanned trip to England for three days.  How do you still get it done? Let's break it down. If you are one that just simply rolls with the flow and you have no plan then you have no direction on what needs to be done, let alone what is a priority in your life. With no planning everything you did not do yesterday is now piled onto today. All the time from yesterday is now gone and can never be recovered. This causes us to put things off, saying I will do it tomorrow but has anybody ever really seen a tomorrow when we are living in today?  No that makes no sense because Tomorrow never really comes. That is why we need to have a basic schedule reminding us when we have to get things done. Join me for this weeks episode as I talk about how to fit it all in and Keep Surging Forward. If you enjoy this podcast please feel free to leave a comment below, share with a friend and also visit or Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/SurgingForward/ We also have a You tube page where you can watch the actual podcast visit us at https://www.youtube.com/user/surgingforward Looking to network and get personal training visit us on face book click here Follow us on twitter click here Follow us on Instagram. Contractor and Tradesman courses to Help you Get and retain your Tradesman license; visit our website at www.surgingforward.com [maxbutton id="2" ] [maxbutton id="1" ]