Looking forward.........

Good morning! The High Holidays have passed. It's a new day,and a new year. As I sit here at my desk I am looking at my calendar. I see a note to call a colleague this morning. I have another note to gather up a bunch of stuff for my accountant.
There is one more message to reach out to my trainer. All agenda items on my to be accomplished list for this morning.
My calendar also reminds me that Sunday night is the start of Sukkot, the next holiday. Along with that comes a plethora of things I need to address over the next few days. I also see that Sunday is National Bosses Day. Kind of odd that it should fall on a Sunday?
Looking ahead to next week, I have a road trip scheduled for Wednesday and an obligation for next Thursday evening.
My calendar is an enormously useful tool., one that admittedly I do not take advantage of as much as I can.
There is something that I just became acutely aware of while glancing at my desk blotter calendar.As each subsequent month passes, I tear off the previous one,move forward any important notes I may have jotted down and then dispose of the torn off page.
My calendar is always looking forward,directing me for today and moving me towards tomorrow. The yesterdays on my calendar are all in the trash,filed away where they belong. They are gone and there is nothing I can do about that.
Instead of throwing them away , I suppose I could file them and use them as some sort of reference guide,some sort of a reminder .
I don't see any purpose in that. 
I have a pretty good memory. I remember both my successes and my failures of the past. A glimpse at torn off leaves from my desk calendar do not seem to serve a purpose to me. Much like old photos, they are a chronological history,not a recipe for exploring new and exciting opportunities.
This morning I sent out a number of what seemed to be terse emails. They were not written in anger. They were pointed and deliberate for a reason.I am committed to moving myself forward in a positive and energetic fashion. I have no room for the muck and mire that I often find myself bogged down in. If my words and actions seem brusque so be it.Or as my kids say ....get over it!
I am by all accounts and measures,a sensitive caring and thoughtful individual.That doesn't mean I have to be a welcome mat for folks to step over or wipe their feet on. 
If any one is offended by my words or actions, I truly believe that it is their own baggage that is at the root of this ,not anything that I have said or done.
So what does the first part of this,thoughts about my calendar, have to do with the second part of my diatribe today?
Simple....if I put something on my calendar,it must be important. All of the other nonsense is just that.....nonsense.Unimportant. It is the din that clutters my brain and keeps me from accomplishing those things that will make me successful. Sometimes being a nice guy is just not enough. 
When I take care of business, when I pay attention to the details, when the items on the calendar are all addressed, then and only then can I make myself better and best serve those around me.