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I’m beginning to realize that my goal of blogging every day is a far more monumental task than I had originally anticipated.  There is more that goes into than just typing a few sentences and submitting it for the world to read.  Not much more, but more nonetheless.  That made me start to think whether or not we realize how much is truly involved in the tasks we take on.  Take just driving somewhere for example.  You might have to go 10 miles.  The average person would probably think that 10 minutes is plenty of time to get there (my wife does this all the time).  People negate to take into consideration that that is under optimal conditions, which are never met in the real world.  If you have to be somewhere in 10 minutes, you have to take into consideration the time it takes to leave the house and get in the car, then you have to navigate the streets, which are never wide open, then you have to park, and finally enter your location.  Assuming there are no serious delays, you still never travel at optimum speed given acceleration, deceleration, etc.  Broad example I know, but what I’m saying is people don’t tend to consider the variables when committing to a task.  There is always more to a task, than just doing the task.  There is preparation and follow-up involved, pretty much no matter the task.  The thing that really bugs me is when somebody agrees to take on a task, but neglects to prepare and ends up late.  I think it is disrespectful to others, and their time, to make them wait because you didn’t plan properly.  I guess what I’m getting at is we need to be more mindful of the things we agree to do and more respectful of the time we take to do them as time is one commodity that you can never get back, be it yours or somebody else’s.  There will always be certain situations where you can throw out the clock, but make sure you are only throwing away your time and not somebody else’s