We have had a lot of snow in our area this year. Truth be told I was done with the snow in the valley after a very early, very large dump of the white stuff in mid-November. I was done but Mother Nature was not, as the snow has fallen regularly since then.

My driveway is fairly long and wide. My neighbor and I share responsibility for shoveling both driveways. We mostly shovel together but sometimes he does it all and sometimes I do it all. We joke it is the only time we see each other. I tackle the daunting driveway of snow a lot like I manage my work projects  - I set an interim milestone that I focus on instead of getting overwhelmed at the prospect of the whole thing. In my shoveling, it is one pass of s shovel with the focus being on the small defined area I marked out. When that area is cleared I draw another line and push snow out of that section. For me (who is accomplishment driven) it is a way to mark progress, keep the work orderly and stay motivated.

I learned this week that this way of thinking has epigenetically passed to the Toad as I watched him do exactly the same thing with a picture he was colouring. When I commented on his process, his reasoning mirrored mine - both amazing and scary at the same time.