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While carving a pumpkin for Halloween this past weekend, I sliced a chunk of my thumb off.  I did a good job, too, with a real sharp hunting knife.  There was enough blood spilled to make my son nauseous.  The four-hour wait in the Emergency Room gave me plenty of time to ponder my situation.

Take a number

I’m fairly patient, especially if I have time to kill.  But four hours was pushing it.  I began to imagine what else I could be doing.  Exercising.  Writing blog posts.  Watching TV.  Wait a minute, I just spent 4 hours watching TV with the other casualties.  I didn’t miss anything.  Could this really be just an excuse to not do something positive?

Get off of your ass

Well, I took this mishap as a positive kick in the ass.  Four hours.  I’m sure that I’ve wasted plenty more than that before I cut my thumb.  I spend at  least a couple hours each night watching TV, and even more when my team is in the World Series (currently with a 3 games to 2 lead).  So I’m going to start tonight, not only because Game 6 isn’t until tomorrow, but because I’ve just told all of you, and I don’t want to sound like a hypocrite.

Excuses, excuses

“I’m just so busy.”

“I can’t get up any earlier.”

“I’m not giving up my lunch hour for that.”

“That’s the time my show is on.”

There’s always time to be found if you really look for it.  There are twenty-four hours in a day, or so I’m told.  So I’ll use one of those for some exercise tonight, and maybe another to do some research for blog posts.  I’ve found my extra time, and I’m not going to piss it away.  I urge you to do the same.

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