Mary was working on her computer when task alarm rang reminding her to ring her Grandmother. This was not first time she had set this reminder up. In fact it had been appearing over last month and each time bell rang, she put off ringing and set another date. It would have been easy to pick up phone and call her grandmother, yet she chose to procrastinate and reset alarm again.

However this time when it rang, she stopped in her tracks. She read note which said 'Phone Grandma'. A wave of sadness engulfed her…Mary's Grandmother had died three weeks earlier!

The Final Word Mary shared this story with me and was happy for me to write about it so that maybe someone reading this will stop procrastinating and ring their grandad, husband, brother, sister, mother or other loved one before it is too late.

Mary is really feeling pain and that profound incident has turned her around.

Reminds me of story of old man and dog: Old man sitting on porch on rocking chair, his dog next to him is whining and howling .. another person walks past and asks "what's matter with your dog?" and old man replies, "oh, he's just sitting on a nail" … stranger asks "so, why doesn't he just get off?" .. to which old man replies "well, it obviously doesn't hurt enough".

Lorraine Pirihi, principal of The Office Organiser is Australia's Personal Productivity Specialist. She is also a Business and Life Coach.

Take action today! Contact Lorraine to discuss how she can help you on (613) 9532 5497 or email lorraine@office-organiser.com.au

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Lorraine Pirihi, principal of The Office Organiser is Australia's Personal Productivity Specialist. She is also a Business and Life Coach.

Take action today! Contact Lorraine to discuss how she can help you on (613) 9532 5497 or email lorraine@office-organiser.com.au