Last week Monday I started a 30-day personal challenge: 100 squats every day for 30 days.

The challenge was inspired by my friend Yuri.

Yesterday I missed a day. Not because I was lazy. Not because I wanted to avoid it.

I missed a day because of poor planning.

I had a lot to finish before going to bed and by the time I finished all I had to do it was 2:30 in the morning.

Seeing that I had to wake at 7:30 AM, I decided that I needed to sleep if I was going to be of any use during the day.

While closing my eyes to sleep I remembered that I hadn't done my 100 squats. I could have kicked myself. I could have easily avoided missing a day.

“Should I get up and do it now?” I asked myself.

But it was too late.

“I'll do 100 extra squats today” I said.

But that wouldn't change the fact that I missed a day.

Although it was and is not the end of the world, I was reminded once again that all it takes is poor management to throw you off.

Of course, we are going to miss days, but some of those missed days can be avoided.

Also, we can't ever make up for lost time. We can do better, but time lost is time lost.

It's a reminder to value the present and to not make excuses, but to make consistent efforts to improve.