Steveer Robbins here. Welcome to the Get It Done Guy's quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

Listener Richard, an incoming college freshman who follows Get It Done Guy on Twitter,

knew I'd just return from a 10-day retreat. He wrote,

Steveer, did you do a write-up about your trip? If so, I'd love to read it.'"

Richard, this one's for you.

Today's topic is doing your homework.

Yes, I just got back from a glorious 10-day body-mind retreat.

My best friend from college invited me a year ago.

It'll be wonderful, he said.

We'll lose weight, get exercise, and spend time together, all in a beautiful retreat center.

I zipped over to the website and looked at the pictures.

They were lovely.

The daily schedule had aerobics, health classes, saunas, my favorite, and swimming.

Wow.

I signed up early to get the discount. I was

proud of my advance planning. Time passed. The big day arrived. As the bus pulled into the Zen

Center, I was floored. It was more beautiful than I could ever have imagined. Peacocks

strolled by.

At dawn, sunlight glittered off dewdrops collected on lotus petals,

turning them into jeweled rainbows of light.

Chipmunks played games of chase.

After our wood-fired saunas, we slipped into a spring-fed pool under the full moon,

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