Recently I left the house for a walk. It was early in the morning, my eyes were still waking up and I could smell the dew dappled on everything around me. As I walked down the driveway looking down at my phone, a tree brushed across me completely wetting my face. Annoying. I looked up and saw the culprit- a hedge branch ,that was usually tidily hugged to the fence, had grown too large and come lose from the rest of the hedge. It now hung away from the others; thick, out of place and now in the way of the drive way.
Without thinking I reached for the branch and tried to snap it. It was way too thick. I managed to get my knee high enough to leverage the snap. The stray branch bent and splintered a bit but didn’t budge. My arm was getting sore and my clothes were getting wet. I moved my attention to the smaller sticks on the branch. Well at least I can snap these off, I thought. Exhausted after about five minutes with this enthusiastic out-reacher I gave up, having lost the battle.
Defeated, I went on my walk feeling tired and annoyed. I realised on the walk that this tree had interrupted me. Of course it’s not the trees fault, but my plans were interrupted none the less.
Later that day I went back with hedge trimmers and managed to do that job in 30 seconds.
Quickly evaluate the size of a task (hint most things can’t be done on the way to do other things)
Then set aside a time to do it. And most importantly bring the right tools for the job. Save yourself the grief of coming unprepared and interrupted.
Get the hedge trimmer.
