Overwhelming Tasks

July 27th, 2010

For the past four days, my husband Dean and I have worked our arms off to trim, rake, haul, and mow the areas in our lawn that are planted in tall, ornamental fescue grass. This is a task that rolls around every three months or so at our home.  We had meant to take care of it a few weeks ago before having to head out of town, but the window of opportunity slipped.  Now that we are home again, the grass has grown out of control and is much too tall to mow.  It looks lovely, but the beauty begins to fall in on itself. Now we are faced with a four-step process (repeated twice or three times in some cases), to clear the fescue so that it can finish the summer in healthy shape.

Working and SWEATING in more than 90 degree heat these past days, raking up the grass that Dean has trimmed, loading it in the wheelbarrow so that we can haul it to the towering temporary pile out front – all before Dean can mow the area to even it up – we have been talking a lot about not letting tasks get away from us.  Today we decided that this lawn maintenance can easily be compared to the work required to organize personal records and information.  Both tasks are overwhelming if one doesn’t stay on top of things.  Creating and gradually building Caregiver’s Touch profiles for yourself and other loved ones is time well-spent when compared to the struggle of rounding up critical information in the face of an emergency.

Consider building Caregiver’s Touch profiles now, store them securely, and share them with loved ones BEFORE they are needed.  Stay on top of that fescue!

Carrie Hastriter – Founder