When I deal with the garden waterfall, there is always a lot of movement into and out of the screened porch. The remote pump control is inside, as is the water faucet. To add water to the pool, I put the hose in place outside, turn on the water inside, go outside to see when the pool is almost full, turn the water off, and hang up the hose. I described five times going through the door. This particular day I had also trimmed some old plants and watered eight new ones. Was I lazy to leave the gloves on the watering can, instead of hanging them on the handles of the trimmer?

First, I’m a miser by nature. I get pleasure in saving both time and money. The judgment took a few minutes, as I carefully thought of all I had done. I saved steps by temporarily leaving the gloves on the watering can. I wasn’t amused by it until I went back to put things away. It looked so funny to see the empty gloves grasping the handle, ready to move at a moment’s notice. I decided I hadn’t been lazy, after all. I had saved 10 steps to use another day. I will try not to squander them.