Joshua Encinias

I fell off the wagon.

Sy Rogers visited The Tent on Monday night, and I planned the entire event by myself. All of the prepwork + everyone learning what to do for the night on the spot + not buying groceries this weekend = I had McDonald’s for dinner. I ate two McDouble’s, a medium fry, and a Reese’s McFlurry. The food made me feel sick immediately. I never ordered medium fries when I wasn’t on a diet! So what was I thinking?

This clown thinks he's pious!!

I don’t know. But here’s how I felt leading up to the dinner:

- anxious because I knew I didn’t have anything healthy to eat at home
- mad because I had plenty of time to buy groceries over the weekend

…but why didn’t I buy groceries over the weekend? Because of my refusal to delegate.

I wanted Sy Rogers to visit The Tent, and made a case for it to The Tent’s leaders during the planning stage. They ok’d it and we moved forward. Only… I moved forward. I was the point person to the team. But I didn’t let anyone know what we needed until the night began. The night went off without a hitch, but appearances are deceiving. Everything came together at the last minute but it didn’t need to. So a combination of excitment about Sy’s visit, feeling bad about the strain I put on the plan, and not having food around the house resulted in me breaking my diet.

Thankfully I ate at McDonald’s with friends. My buddy Travis reminded me about the diet, and I said I would blog about it as a reminder to myself that I need to be more thougtful about the planning and execution of my diet, and other areas of my life as well.

This morning I read a blog entry titled “How to Win At Delegation,” written by Chris LoCurto. It’s helped delegate this week in order not to repeat Monday’s diet faux pas.

Too many times I hear leaders say, “Well it’s just faster if I do it myself.” Yes, because you weren’t mature enough to teach someone the right way to do it. Proper delegation takes time. But when someone is trained, you’re golden.