{"id":2610,"date":"2007-09-11T00:20:50","date_gmt":"2007-09-11T00:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2007\/09\/ordering-a-day.html"},"modified":"2007-09-11T00:20:50","modified_gmt":"2007-09-11T00:20:50","slug":"ordering-a-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2007\/09\/ordering-a-day.html","title":{"rendered":"Ordering a Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t know how you are, and I really don&#8217;t know how important this is, but when it comes to a day and I&#8217;ve got a few errands or chores to do, the question becomes this one: Do I do the chore as early as possible so that I clear the schedule or do I do my normal tasks and then do the errand or chore later in the day? Here&#8217;s how I do it:<!--more|inline--><br \/>\nAs soon as possible.<br \/>\nOn a Friday afternoon I realized that we would be gone Saturday and Sunday and it dawned on me that the grass would get too long. So, at about 4:30 I mowed the grass. While I was mowing behind our garage I realized that I had never mowed back there in the evening because &#8230; you guessed it &#8230; I always mow as early in the morning as the weather permits. Which means, when I take my first study break &#8212; say somewhere between 9 and 10am, I see if the grass is dry enough to be mowed.<br \/>\nThis got me to thinking about when to do errands &#8230; like mowing and going to the bank or to the post office or to the cleaners. I don&#8217;t like to have those things hanging over my head during the day, so I do them early and (as we say in Chicago) often and then I have the rest of the day&#8217;s schedule clear.<br \/>\nHow about you? What&#8217;s the wisdom here? 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