Systems

Our fence was in disrepair.

It was actually a Frankenstein fence, cobbled together from different builds. The front gate was ours, but the sides and back were each built by the respective neighbors.

While we knew we’d need to repair the fence eventually, getting a dog that exploits the openings in the fence expedited that need.

Baseball in its current form (“the modern era”) has been around for 124 years — hosting roughly 300,000 games.

Did you know that out of those roughly 300,000 games, only 24 have been perfect—meaning no batters reached base through a hit, walk, or error?

The point being, perfection is extremely rare. In this case, it’s around 0.008% of regular season games. And if we hold ourselves to a standard of being perfect, we will constantly set ourselves up for failure.

I’ve seen countless cases where a pitcher loses a perfect game or no-hitter, then gets rattled and gives up a run, losing the shutout as well.

Last week I told you how 2025 starts this month for me — it’s been a crazy year so far, and the weather is ensuring even fewer school days for my kids, making it crazier.

And while I’ve been able to get my most crucial work done, there’s still more I want to do — I just don’t have the space to do it right now; it’s being filled up by other, more important aspects of my life.

However, throughout the month, I’ve been compiling a list of automations I’d like to build, either for myself or as part of a live stream.

That list got longer yesterday, when I discovered Google Docs has added tabs.

So how am I supposed to manage this increasingly growing list of stuff I need to do, when things don’t appear to be slowing down any time soon?

There are a few ways.