My laziness is forcing me to stain this lumber every day until the project is done (or until it rains). Why? Because I'm putting the brush in a plastic bag instead of washing it out every day. It can last 24 hours, no problem, but I'd be worried about it starting to dry if I left it for 48 hours. So now I'm making time at least once every day to keep on this. It's good for me. Shows me that no matter how busy I might be, I can still make time for things. That's a good lesson to internalize.