Gas shortage! - How to make the most out of our trips
Gas or the lack thereof certainly seems to be the topic of conversation today. That is if we are not talking about our uncertain economic times or the upcoming election. Since investing money and politics are two of subjects I don’t share my opinion on I will talk about ways to make more out of those trips we venture out on each day to work, chauffeur or play.
1. Make sure along with your other planning for the week that you have determined what tasks need to be done away from the home or office. Highlights these so they are easily identified.
2. Review these tasks and determine they really need to be done.
3. Batch tasks that can be done at the same time and determine if there is a day and/or time that you will already be going to that location or in that direction. Sometimes waiting another day to do something will allow you to save an entire trip altogether.
4. Record any information that you will need to have when you reach your destination, i.e. paint colors, names, phone numbers, forms, sizes, merchandise to match or return. This will greatly increase your odds of not making a second trip or not accomplishing what you have set out to do.
5. Finally, decide if you need to make the trip at all. With the internet and telephone at our finger tips; we sometimes don’t think about how easy it is to get information or products that we would normally “go out” to get. Sometimes they do not even have a shipping cost and if they do they might be worth it. Shipping costs have been a deterrent in the past; but with gas at $4.00 +/- a gallon, we can certainly justify more shipping costs than we used to.
Rosanne
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