When sickness strikes a member of the family, the real estate sole proprietor is all of a sudden faced with juggling two very important priorities:
1. Caring for the loved one in the hospital, and/or
2. Keeping the pipeline filled so you can pay for the upcoming hospital expenses.
In a perfect world, one can rely on the staff at the hospital. But since we don't live in a perfect world, one has to focus on what's most important and urgent...especially if the doctors are moving too slowly, medications aren't transcripted correctly, and your loved one is receiving errant dosages.
That was the unwelcome choice this week.
Focusing all my energy on my aged mother was the option chosen, so the only real-estate-related item that got "done" was a quick showing between hospital duties. Everything else was either postponed or handed off.
But it was a fair trade. The doctors moved faster, the medications were corrected, and the operation was a success.
What does any of this have to do with the Title of this blog?
When I was in my 20's, a man told me to put everything through the, "Rocking Chair Test."
"Make sure you always choose wisely," he said, "so that when you're in your rocking chair and looking back at your life, you'll be pleased with the paths you chose, and the choices you made."
I may have a lttle less money in a few months, but right now I still have my elderly mom, alive and well, and home from the hospital.
Choosing to care for her over a few missed opportunites, will surely pass, "The Rocking Chair Test."
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