This is what I accomplished today before 9:30 AM.

  1. Cleaned a very dirty kitchen and dining room
  2. Did two loads of laundry
  3. Updated Lifeteen.com six times
  4. Checked four email accounts
  5. Composed an executive email
  6. Took out the trash
  7. Carried several IM conversations
  8. Paid my bills online
  9. Opened and sorted my mail
  10. Made a breakfast date with Candyce

Now I am on the last hour of a way-too-long flight to Philadelphia. I am so hungry right now I am about to snap. Its late in September and the temperatures should be dropping, which is awesome. This is a frustrating time to live in Phoenix because we have really hot summers, and we feel entitled to a speedy autumn. Usually summer will drag on weeks after it should. I am ready for a change!

I’ve worked 10-11 hour days every day since February 14 of this year. I got into work yesterday at 8:30 AM, and I didn’t leave until 7:30 PM. It’s not because I screwed around all day and I had to stay late to finish my work, but it’s because there is that much work to do. I work at a frantic pace everyday–beyond what I ever knew was possible. Everyday at the studio is like the day before the big final in college.

I hope there is an end in sight. We are about to launch a new online store, and that will hopefully start bringing in more money for our organization. With more money, I can hopefully hire another person to help out and lighten my impossible work load. It’s hard because I feel like our website is a brand new Ferrari. It looks great just sitting there, but you only know what it can do when you take it to the high gears. Right now we are puttering along in second gear. Everyone is wowed, but they have no idea how much better the site can get.

Tomorrow I am speaking at the third stop of the Inspiration Tour in Jackson, New Jersey. It’s a long flight from Phoenix to Philadelphia, then we have a two hour drive to the hotel in New Jersey. This is going to be a long, hard weekend.