Time Management

I am often asked how I find time to be a prosecutor, horse trainer, riding instructor, and occasional writer. Toward that end I offer the following tips to horse people who feel the need to find more time in the day.

1. Wherever you live, last night "shots rang out...a gruesome discovery was made and... the winds were variable with a big change in the weather on the way." With that knowledge in hand, you will never have to spend time watching the local news on TV.

2. Whenever possible combine childrearing and horse training. Teenager break curfew? Run him in the round pen with the colt that you are working. (Remember that a teen's bones may not be fully developed so do not force him into hard roll backs.)

3. Do not waste time waiting on the microwave. Gnaw that frozen burrito! You can do it. Beavers gnaw down trees and they only have four teeth!

4. Do not waste time putting on makeup. Grow a beard instead of wasting time shaving. Ladies, I know that some of you may not want to grow a beard but remember that it will hide the fact that you are no longer wearing makeup.

5. If you find yourself stolling through a park in a big city and encounter a disheveled man sitting on a park bench carrying on a spirited conversation with Napoleon and both Karl and Groucho Marx, do not join in on the conversation. Simply move on.
Employ the same strategy when you meet someone who owns a 17 hand horse.