Hola peeps,
Happy Tuesday 😊.
So… I didn’t really pay attention today. Had I, I probably would have been super stressed. I sort of just… mosied along today, not thinking much of anything about the workday, and then I realized… we had a lot of cars on the schedule.
I’m kind of shocked, really. I don’t even feel like I worked very hard today. But… we did 13. David did 8, and I did 5. 😶
I don’t remember if our record is 12, 13, or 14, but we were right there with it today–as far as number of cars is concerned. We were still several hundred dollars short of the max the company has brought in in a day, but still. It’s fun to have big days like today–especially when I took long breaks talking to one of my bestest friends in Utah, talking to my mom… etc.
Pretty freakin’ awesome, if you ask me.
I don’t even really know how it happened. It just… boom… there it was. Some of the jobs even took longer than they should have, and… it’s like it was just a relatively slow relaxing day–at least on the work side of things. 🙃
Internally, I had an emotional relapse into fear that had me panicking, crying, and trying to control my breathing for a little while. Something happened today that set me off a good bit. It was rough, but I’m doing pretty well at the moment, thankfully.
Ups and downs. I’m guessing it’ll be that way for me for a little while as I work through some things. Hopefully, we’ll get back to more of an even keel here in the next few months or so, hopefully sooner, honestly.
Okay… so… yeah…
I’m trying really hard to get myself on my schedule. Man, I was even good about curfew tonight, stopping social stuff at 9, but scheduling took another 2+ hours after that (I’d already worked on it a little bit). Crazy how much time it takes. Communicating with a billion customers, getting all the info into my spreadsheet, quotes created, sent out, figuring out the best routes and trying to get the corresponding times figured out. Craziness.
But… I survived. All is well.
I’m behind again food and liquids wise. I’m still trying to find the balance there.
Anyway, yeah, trying to get myself on schedule, so I get my life’s balance back a bit. I tried today, but it’s already 11:30, and I still need to try to get myself away from the edge.
It’s been a good day. Very hard in some ways, but it’s good. Forward we go.
#1. I’m grateful that the day was so… slow paced for such a crazy day with the number of cars.
#2. I’m grateful to be back on the higher minimum service call charge. It just isn’t worth it to do the “quickies” that we’ve been doing the last few months since John has been on board with me. I still give my techs the leeway to drop the price–whatever it takes for a happy customer, but we’re going back to the old pricing. It’s not like we weren’t busy before, and $60 isn’t enough to drive to someone’s house, diagnose a car and then drive somewhere else.
#3. I’m grateful to have foods that I’m more excited about eating. It’s nice to have a bigger variety. Once again, shout out to one of my Utah friends for encouraging me to take better care of my body. (I need to acknowledge my poor mother has been trying to get me to take better care of my body for quite a while. The two of them are helping me get better on top of things.
#4. I’m grateful for cold showers. They’re crazy, but they’re fun. Makes me smile just writing about them. I don’t look forward to being cold, but it does feel good after a while, and the results are super nice.
#5. I’m grateful that I’ve survived most of another nasty hot Arkansas summer without AC. Arkansas summer heat lasts through September, so I still have a lot left to go, but… we’re almost halfway through August. I was going to fix the AC in the Durango, but… if I were my own customer, I’d say, you’re almost to the end of the heat. You’ve lasted this long. It’s an old car. Why put $800 into it now, right when the AC won’t be needed for many months anyway? What if the car finally kicks the bucket over the next 6 months? You spent $800 and never got to enjoy what cost so much.
To be better… I missed my 4×5 completely today. In fact, it’s not been going well with that for a few days. I’ve been… distracted. I’m gonna focus up and get back to being productive. Gotta get some things figured out, make a plan, and execute.
Well, my lovelies. It’s been another good day. I hope it has for you. If you haven’t tried the cold shower thing lately, I highly recommend it. It’s good for the physical health, emotional health, spiritual health, the pocket book–all sorts of things.
Loves and hugs to you wonderful people out there.
Lift the World.
~ stephen
Lift the World 