| "Don't put off tomorrow what can be done today." How wise those words are but how many people put off studying for that certification/GMAT, say their diet starts tomorrow, they will run harder and longer next time, they will organize the messy desk overflowing with piles of paper tomorrow/next week, clean up their room, update their resume, etc. This may not be you but I am guilty of all of it. I have already resolved to become a better person but sometimes you feel like having a lazy day and it throws you off completely. I definitely think that how you were brought up is a good indication of where you are going. For example, George's parents amaze me. For people in their 60s they are pretty active. I've watched his mom cook, wash dishes, clean the entire house (family room, kitchen, bathroom, etc.), work on her garden, and do laundry all in the span of 3 hours!! BANANAS I tell you! (FYI, if you've never been to George's house, it is IMMACULATELY clean) And yet she's not running around her house with her head chopped off trying to complete all these tasks. She's just focused. She does all this and she still has time to relax and enjoy the day. I know people who can't even cook in the span of 3 hours (myself included)!! Another example, his parents took this week off. Now they had plans to go somewhere but that fell through. I might have decided to just go back to work or if it's too late to do that I might go find something else just as entertaining to do. But nope, not them. They are having the hole in their roof fixed, (as I write) they are outside on their deck scraping it up to repaint it, and planned a mini-vacation for later on in the week. (I also overheard Mr. Trinidad talking about repainting a room in the house.) Yesterday they did their shopping, Mrs. Trinidad got a new phone, cooked dinner, went for a walk. They are the prime example of not wasting any given day. Their days don't seem hectic. They are relaxed and enjoyable.  
How different to observe his parents after knowing my own parents. I don't mean to say my parents don't do anything, quite the opposite actually. They are very busy people. In my house, it's wake up, rush to work (or some other activity if it is the weekend), eat breakfast on the way or at work, check emails whenever you have access, make plans for next week/tomorrow (if you don't already have plans), order food or have left overs (from yesterday's order or the weekends' parties), golf for my dad, hiking/walking for my mom, hanging out with friends for my brother and myself, sleep, repeat... I attribute the craziness to living in NJ/working in NY.  
Now going back to George's parents and their relaxed but focused frame of mind. I see this in George too. He's a very relaxed person, but he is by no means a lazy person. He gets it all done and in a very timely manner. Not like me. I'm always rushed and sometimes on my own time. I need to be more disciplined in doing what I need to do today and not pushing it off to tomorrow. I'm learning to enjoy every part of every day. Learn to enjoy all the hardships of today b/c you are only promised today and the memory of all your yesterdays. Hopefully your yesterdays are filled with all the things you meant to do and wanted to do. 
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I think it's always been in my nature to be happy so I can't say I was a crabby person all this time. But I'm happy because somehow I know, somehow I am positively sure that life has led me to my pot of gold. I am going to be rich beyond my wildest dreams and I'm excited about it! Ever feel that way about life? Well if you get there let me know. It is such a good feeling. Now, I am not so deliriously happy that I think nothing bad will ever happen, I expect that... I'm from New Jersey... of course I expect that. But there is security in the wealth I've found, so I'm not too worried about the tribulations of life. 
