(nothing like a party deadline, gotta get there before it's over, Halloween at Ryder's Eyewear with Marc Cambell, Dave Howells and Chris Christie)
Funny thing is, just as Grant Lamont and I finished some reconisaince on Whistler yesterday we got around to mentioning those exact words. Somehow, you set or they set or a deadline is set and things get done, somehow the mortgage gets paid on time, the course gets mapped on time and the race starts on time. I don't think I've missed very many planes in my life, for that matter.
(Sunset while out digging and photo shooting)
Some people have looked into the wording 'deadline' and have attempted to shift the lexiconic nuance of limit/border/reaching a term, but to date nothing quit highlights the importance of getting it done on time like - dead(I don't want to die) and- line(draw a line in the sand) go ahead and cross it!
(Riding with Bike Mag, now those guys have a ton of publishing deadlines, whooosh)
In the recent few months winter has been a deadline, the rain the snow and the coming of the cold weather. We are told this will be the worst stormy winter in a long while. Well, that coupled with my recent re-invigoration for 'railing trail' had me pushing hard mini-epics right into November. Now that deadline seems to have passed and it's still a balmy 10-17 degrees here in Vancouver with some inversions, beautiful yellow and orange leaves and fog madly drifting around like a sci-fi movie set. Really quit glad that that deadline has not yet manifested.
(Grant Lamont on Yummy Numby)
Every morning my kid wakes up at 6:50 am, that is a deadline that generally I dread. I have never been a morning person, nor do I think I ever will be, but that doesn't change what he does or how loud he is in the morning. So I think I am adjusting and it's fun being in a whole new world, the morning world it's just a non-negotiable deadline that has me spend more time with my family ok, sounds good to me.
(Peter V at Rocky Mountain Bikes, working on deadlines, while I drink Redbull and slow down his productivity)
We have set some deadlines at BC Bike Race and we have now set our 2011 route. It's a good feeling to know as we tick things off towards our goal that the deadlines we are meeting are all moving us towards the bigger goal. Many of the deadlines we self-impose don't happen, that's why we get consultants in business to help us and coaches in other parts of our life. Each hour of every day is a deadline and the other big one; Christmas is coming and so is 2011.
Video of New BCBR Stage in Campbell River -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIuODerfIfs
But, while one deadline does not arrive on time there are many others that will. I and a few guys are heading to Chile on Nov 15ht and that is one flight I don't want to miss. It means though, that I have to get a lot of things tied up and sorted before that plane leaves with me on it. So it would seem that deadlines abound, good, bad and those flakey or those carved in stone, but I think it's more of a philosophical question - how do you deal with 'deadlines'?
Dre
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