It’s a sunny Saturday morning. I’m preparing a face off with my income tax. I had been filing my own when I first started working. Then my brother became an accountant. It made sense to let him do it for me. I took it back when I retired, thinking it would be good for my brain. My brain does need a regular workout. It’s lazy, always taking the easy way out. Anything that needs a bit of reading for instructions, my eyes glaze over and I would dump it in the moment. Years of this bad habit have landed me in a big mess, my head full of nettles.

It’s a good time to make some changes, do some work on this lazy brain of mine. With the tax deadline of April 30th breathing down on me, I’m making a start. My desk is covered with so much dust and paper clutter. I had to fix all that first. I tried to rid some of the stuff and not just move them from one spot to another. It is hard. So much mental hanging-ons. But now I’ve cleared my desk top so there’s room to breathe.

I’ll just sip a little tea and breathe before moving to the next step. After all, Rome was not built in one day. I have till midnight Wednesday to complete the job.