In every business,
every job,
there are tasks we don’t want to do.
It can be challenging to delegate
all of these nasty/mind numbing/awkward tasks.
We have to do them.
So why not make them fun?
For me,
making bad tasks fun
starts with deciding they WILL be fun.
I’m not a morning person.
I post notes over the house
saying
“This will be a GREAT day.”
In the past,
by the time,
I arrived at work,
I believed it would be.
My co-workers thought
I was a morning person.
I also like to ‘keep score.’
If I have to compute my expenses
for the month,
I’ll try to guess the total
or I’ll make it a speed test
or I’ll award myself a point
every time an invoice ends in 9.
I might team up with other writers
in the same situation.
A day might be edits day.
We’ll compete
for how many edit points
we can address.
Life is too short
to do tasks you hate.
Either don’t do these tasks
or figure out a way
to love them.