Oh, how I hate overused cliches. You might never know that, based on my tongue-in-cheek approach to blogging, but believe me. When I watch news programs, sports broadcasts or listen to talk shows, I'm just awestruck by the serious use of badly overdone phrases by people who should know better.
"At the end of the day" strikes me as one of the worst offenders. Please, oh, please just say "the bottom line" instead! I could stomach that far better.
But Today's Small Thing has an ironic twist. You see, our task is to work backwards....from the end of the day to the beginning. Follow me if you will:
When you crawl into bed tonight, what ONE THING do you want to have accomplished at the end of the day? I've got something on my list that has been dogging me for weeks on end. My days have been so full of STUFF, that the really important tasks have sorta been left undone.
You may not have a super-important, earth-shattering task to complete, but maybe you've got a bag of trash that has sat, waiting to go out, for longer than you care to admit. Or a thank you card to write, a bill to pay or a DVD to return.
When the blue shadows of night overtake you, won't it feel great to have that one thing crossed off your list? Maybe we should all get started on our tasks before the day is too far gone!
POINTS: 50 for finishing that "one thing" by the end of the day!
What will YOU have done at the end of the day? I will finish my parents' 50th anniversary invitation.
