What one thing has quietly absorbed your time today without giving anything back in return?
I’ll go first.
I spend a ton of time being a dog mom, but trying to keep footprints mopped off the floors today has been an exercise in futility.
At almost 50° just after lunch, the yard is wet and of course, yards are dirty even when there aren’t any standing mud puddles.
Time sinks are tricky!
Time sinks disguise themselves as productivity making it easy to underestimate their cost. Noticing them is the first step toward reclaiming time for things that actually move life forward.
I’m done mopping!
What’s your biggest time sink today?
Now you know: Quentin Roosevelt, son of Theodore Roosevelt, is the only WW1 casualty in the Normandy American cemetery. He is buried next to his brother who died of a heart attack a month after D-day where his actions earned him the Medal of Honor. Quentin is the only child of a president to die in combat.