Neosporin Lesson

I was playing with Wannabe (my cat) on Friday and somewhere along the way she crossed the line between play and full-metal-jacket attack cat! I promptly called the rumble to a halt and Wannabe blinked at me as if to say what's wrong with that? After a quick inspection, noting the nearly dozen bright pink & red scratches on my forearm, the answer was obvious enough. No problem, Wannabe isn't vicious, she just got carried away.

If you're familiar with cat scratches, you know that a simple surface scratch that doesn't even bleed can scar for weeks if not months if you don't treat it to proper care. After lathering my forearm with antibacterial soap (ouch) I applied Neosporin. The amazing part is that by Friday there will most certainly not be any evidence of the epic battle. It's only Tuesday and the scratches are already reduced to hairline traces of light pink with very little scabbing and virtually no scarring.

Does this make me a hero? No, but it did teach me a lesson. It may be a little painful to deal with problems today, but being proactive about applying the solution will always reduce the long-term cost, even if it's just the simple minimal attention each day. A little action each day goes a long way. Of course it doesn't sound all that profound, but it resonates with me today because I'm feeling overwhelmed at the tasks before me. It just seems like there's so much to do and that I'm so far behind that I can't possibly catch up. It's that defeatist mentality voice that occasionally insists upon being entertained; but rather than continuing the delay of action, and allowing the problems to fester, I have begun to take action. Yes, I'm getting back into the market, and I started last night. I'm also working on balancing out my days a little better so that I don't go crazy.