The Suckiness Multiplier Effect

Day 52 – Day Here I sit. At my desk. 8:30 pm.

It’s the time of the year again. We’re launching 4 websites and 1 splash page tonight. This is going to be fun.

I’ve had a little bit of a rough week. But as you know, I hate whining, so I’m going to move past the pity-party and tell you how it could have been avoided and how I will avoid it in the future.

My ear hurts like Hell. I have a nasty ear infection and tomorrow I’ll be checking in with an ENT doctor to figure out what’s up.

My car is flooded. Yes, the inside of it. My electrical system is fried. My horn, cruise control nor radio work.

The back door of my Land Rover is dented, the spare tire rack is now titled with the tire stuck on. I can’t even carry my bike around because of the damage to the back rack.

My ear hurts because I didn’t go to the doctor when I first noticed a problem. The car is flooded because I didn’t report back with the windshield harvesters when the car first started leaking. My back door is broken because I didn’t get it fixed when I was first hit.

I now have to go to a specialist because the ear infection has gotten so bad. The windshield harvesters are now out of business and I’m going to have to fork over at least $2,000 to fix the problem. Because the accident was over a year ago, State Farm won’t pay for the it and I’ll have to pay around $1,500 to fix the door.

All of these problems could have been avoided, but I was too busy to tackle them. I let them drag on and on and on. The ear has hurt for weeks. The car problems both happened over a year ago. I could have jumped on these issues but I didn’t. I let them continue sucking until the sucking multiplied. Now I have the “suckiness multiplier effect” to deal with.

Sucky things continue sucking and that sucking multiplies unless you do something about it. Don’t let your problems multiply. Tackle them quickly.