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Say You Saw it in The Monadnock Shopper News, June 14 – June 20, 2017
Multi-Tasking / A Fear Of Wasted Time
I have a fear of wasted time. I think I’ve felt like
this for most of my adult life. Like a juggler continually tossing the balls into the air, I too have to
constantly have a few things going on at all times. I
work well like this; I’m a multi-tasker. My thinking is,
why do nothing when you can be doing something.
And, the more I talk to others about this, I find that I
am not alone. This is true with women especially. It’s
like we are wired to constantly be “doing.”
Now, don’t get me wrong, I can relax, meditate,
and reflect when I feel it is needed. But the “doing”
mode is usually what is turned way up in my being.
There is no wasted time here.
For examples, I’ve listed many things that can be
done when you’re feeling like your time is wasted:
In The Car
You find yourself stuck in your car waiting on
someone, or going through a drive-through service
station getting your oil changed, or for whatever
reason, you are stuck in your car twiddling your
thumbs. There is always something you can do in
this case, like:
Clean out the glove compartment. Do you need
to keep every oil change receipt, or each year’s registration or inspection papers? I think not. Keep the
present important papers, of course, but ditch the
old ones. It’s too confusing with all that paperwork
shoved into the glove compartment. And those old
receipts of repairs and service work that has been
done to your vehicle can be brought into the house
to put with your other important papers.
Check your oil changes service sticker. When is the
next time you need your oil changed? Make note of
this in your date book or phone so you’ll be alerted
when it’s due.
Sort through maps and brochures in the car door
pockets. I like to collect brochures of places I’d like to
check out within driving distance. Old maps can be
tossed and updated with newer ones; pamphlets of
places already visited can be tossed. The leftover brochures are a reminder to check out these places soon.
Organize your pocketbook. I could actually clean
and organize my pocketbook on a weekly basis. Do
I need three different shades of lip gloss floating
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The New England Pro Four Modifieds and the open ACT style late
model special joined the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series action
this past Saturday night in front of a large crowd; after a lot of recent
rain Mother Nature greeted race fans and teams with a beautiful day
for racing, and the large crowd wasn’t disappointed.
The New England Pro Four Modifieds have a unique setup. They have
2 divisions, the unlimited and the limited divisions, that race their
features at the same time. The New England Pro Four Modifieds field
would be lead to the green by Brett Meservey in the 7NY and the 0
of Rob Richardi Jr. for their 25 lap feature. Meservey would take off
at the drop of green with Richardi Jr. in tow. Richardi Jr. would try to
get the lead on lap 2 but was unable to complete the pass. Meservey
would set a fast past but Richardi Jr. would be right on his bumper
looking for any way around him (Meservey). Richardi Jr. would find
that way on lap 9 as Meservey would get lose. Richardi Jr. would
take the lead and wouldn’t look back as he would lead the rest of the
way on his way to his first win of the season. Meservey would finish
2nd and Norm Wrenn III would bring his 1m home in 3rd place.
Jacob Perry in the 21L would win the limited New England Pro Four
Modified feature. Richardi Jr. stated that this was “like” his 10th win
at Monadnock and that he really enjoys running here.
The open ACT style Late Model 50 lap feature would the final feature
of the night. Marc Curtis in the 27ma would start on the pole and he
would be joined by Tom Carey III in the 5ma on the front row. Curtis
would take the lead and set the pace early, but he wouldn’t be alone.
Carey III and Adam Gray in the 97 would be right there too. Carey III
would spend the first 10 laps of the race working the outside groove
and it would pay off for him as on lap 10 he was able to wrestle the
lead away from Curtis. A lap later Gray would find his way around
Curtis for the 2nd spot and then on lap 16 Gray would dive inside Carey
III for the lead. The race would be slowed by a few cautions but the
cautions would not stop Adam Gray from capturing the win and his
2nd open ACT style Late Model special win. Tom Carey III would bring
his 5ma across the line in 2nd. Mike Mitchell would bring his #44 car
across the line in 3rd. In victory lane it was clear for all to see that the
2nd win for Adam Gray was just as sweet as the first.
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around in my pocketbook? That cute can’t believe all of the unwanted emails
little measuring tape is a great idea, I get – both at home and at work. You
when needed. But how often do I actu- order something… they got you. You
ally need it? Rethink what goes into get more in-depth looking online for
your pocketbook and keep only what something… they got you. Let those
unwanted emails pile up for a week,
you use often.
And on that note, while cleaning and next time you sit to watch a movie,
out your pocketbook, go through your start unsubscribing to each one. It can
wallet as well. When I’m in the check- be time consuming, and often the “unout line at a store, I don’t like to keep subscribing” takes two or more weeks
people behind me waiting for me to get to kick in, but it is worth it. You can do
my act together when I’m done making the same thing with your work email
my purchase, so I tend to just shove when you have some down time.
Make dollars and cents of it all. Go
receipts into my wallet. Hanging out in
your vehicle is the perfect time to enter through your checkbook and compare
those non-cash purchases from receipts bank postings to your own entries to
into your checkbook.
Clean out your phone.
Catch up on text messages – answer, delete, etc.
Go through and ditch pictures that you don’t need
to keep anymore. Check
with Lori Catozzi Cook
out your data usage.
At Work
Sometimes you find yourself doing make sure there aren’t any discrepana waiting game at work: waiting for cies. Work on your budget for the next
another worker to finish his job before month.
Make a to-do list for yourself. Have
you can do yours, or the computer system is down and you’re hands are tied. a list of things you’d like to get done in
When was the last time you organized the next week, and then have a list of
your desk? Look for paperwork that things you’d like to get done over the
just sits around and act on it, file it away, course of a month.
Take appointments, concerts, and
or ditch it. Make sure that everything
on your desk are all things you use on events from your datebook or your
a daily basis, otherwise, they are just in phone and enter them onto the family
the way. Inventory your daily/weekly calendar.
Go through the pile of mail you set
needs: paper clips, staples, pencils,
pens, sticky notes, note pads -whatever aside because it wasn’t pressing at the
you use on a daily basis – and resupply time.
Sort through recipe cards and books
those needs.
and pick out recipes you’d like to try
At Home
“I feel like I should be doing some- out over the summer. Plan a menu for
thing” always, always crosses my mind the next week.
And finally, I found that a full length
when I sit down to watch TV. I don’t
know what it is; I’m being entertained movie is just enough time to give myself
and enjoying myself, but feel like there a manicure and/or a pedicure!
are so many other little things I could be
Lori Catozzi Cook is the assistant
doing. So these are some of my favorite
things to do while watching TV (unless editor and a feature writer for The
Monadnock Shopper News.
it gets in the way of family time).
Unsubscribe to unwanted emails. I
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