2021-03-11 — The Tax Man

Hola, folks!

I… haven’t really done much of anything today but work on taxes. From the time I got up to now, other than eat, use the bathroom, and watch some YouTube stuff–one about interpreting scripture that was thought provoking.

I’m… hoping that I might finish with 2021 tomorrow. That might be possible if I spend all day on it again, but I don’t think I have much choice at this point. I mean, there’s always choice, but I don’t want any more fines from the government.

I’ve had a bit of a fire lit under my butt to make sure my records are in tip-top shape for the rest of the time I work as a mechanic. My biggest issues are the errors in my record keeping. I can whine about how cumbersome all the requirements are for what I have to keep track of in my particular business, and they are quite cumbersome, but if I’d just take the time do get the info marked down in the moment, all correctly and accurately, and not cut corners or rush because I’m in such a hurry.

Perspective is a big thing there. I’ve probably mentioned it before, but sometimes I get frustrated with my work vehicles, that I don’t have the space and need to dig the tools out because they’re buried. And I whine, in a hurry, frustration builds. Lately, though, I’ve started counting as I dig things out to get to them, and what do I find? It’s like 5 seconds, 10 seconds to get to the stuff. Yes, it’s a hassle. Yes, it’s annoying, but it it’s 10 seconds.

I need to do that with my record keeping. Yes, it’s annoying to have to look up every address and plug it into the Arkansas sales tax address lookup tool. Yes, it’s annoying to have to open up Google Sheets every time I need to add info and update. But… what… it’ll take 30 seconds? Maybe a minute to update?

I don’t do it because of a distorted sense of time, the frantic “I don’t have time to do this right now.”

Yes, I have time. We’re talking seconds. There will always be impatient people. I can’t please everyone. I can take the time needed to do things in the best ways.

Doing it the ways of chosen to do it in the past… don’t work. They find me scrambling around, again frantically, trying to reach deadlines, losing many many jobs because I didn’t do what I should have done when it was best to do.

So… lessons I’m learning: Take the time to do what ought to be done when it’s best to do it. The consequences of not doing so nearly always involve increased pressure, and even more expended time overall because I have to figure out what on earth I was doing before.

#1. I’m grateful that I made significant progress on tax prep today.

#2. I’m grateful that I was able to let go of the jobs that I could be doing and all the other stresses and just work on taxes.

#3. I’m grateful to have working devices. My computer and an extra screen, so I can have multiple windows up at the same time instead of having to flip back and forth through them.

#4. I’m grateful for sleep. I’m exhausted, and I’m gonna head to bed.

#5. I’m grateful to be sober. 40 days today. Honestly, today I slipped a bit. Not with pornography, but I had the reminder to do my personal study many times today, and I delayed and delayed and delayed. I didn’t get going into that stuff until well after 9 o’clock, I think. Historically, it’s that kind of… what’s the word. Brain no worky… that kind of… not carelessness… but… lack of… blast… what’s the word, lackadaisical… I don’t know… ungrateful, too, but that’s not it. Anyway, you get what I’m saying I’m sure.

Thought of the Day: “Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.” ~ Elon Musk

Loves and hugs. 😊

Lift the World.

~ stephen

Daily Accountability Summary:

Morning Routine Weighted Success: 19%

Evening Routine Weighted Success: 64%

Pornography/Sex Addiction Battle: 40 days

To-Do Top 3 Prioritization: 100%

Free of Texting While Driving: 10