Why would a marketer be so careless? –  you may well ask.

The answer exposes another pitfall for the new marketer – distraction.
I became distracted and lost focus.

To be fair to myself, one’s first grandchild is definitely a major distraction, especially when he and his mother come to stay for an extended visit. My daughter normally lives in London and I am in New Zealand, so we have not seen each other for several years.

I am learning things about babies that I had forgotten; one is how much of your time they can consume without you realizing it. This baby, (Theo), is so much fun!  Of course, my own babies were, too, but now I am able to re-live all that, with the advantage of someone else to look after the less attractive bits (think sleepless nights!).

Anyway, I’m back with a new time management plan which should enable me to spend part of each day studying and growing my business, IF I can tear myself away from Theo’s beguiling laughter…

It’s only just now sinking in, after months of concern (due to a problem with the pregnancy) that he would be born prematurely, worrying about my daughter, worrying about how small the baby would be if he was born very early, he’s here. He’s fine, only a month early and doesn’t need to be in an incubator, and my daughter is well too!

Geographically, I am on one side of the world, and they are on the other, about as physically far apart as it is possible to be. But, thanks to the wonders of modern technology, I have a photo already.

I am pondering a puzzle, though. On my side of the world, he was born on June 2nd; on his side of the world he was born on June 1st: what date will his birthday be?