My son never liked mowing the yard. During the last few years of being at home before he moved out on his own, mowing the yard became his responsibility. Even though it was his job, he still needed to be constantly reminded to do it. I had hoped that he would decide when it needed to be done and do it then but I ended up telling him when to do it. And I would usually let it go a little longer between mowing in hope that he would realize the need on his own. That never happened.
One time when the yard needed to be mowed, it was excessively hot outside. There were regular heat advisories nearly every day. They were in the forecast for the next week but the yard was getting shaggy. My son didn’t have a summer job and had more flexibility with his schedule. He’s also a lot like me and likes to stay up late at night when he doesn’t have anything to do the next day. I told him that he needed to mow the lawn and suggested that he start early in the day to try and beat the heat.
The next morning, I woke out of a deep sleep to the sound of a lawn mower outside my window. I rolled over and looked at my clock to see that it was 5 AM. It might have still been dark outside. I found out later that he had stayed up all night to wait until the sun started coming up to mow. Of course, I was concerned that the noise would disturb our neighbors. I was especially concerned about the neighbors that lived to the side of our house next to our bedroom. They had a newborn baby that had only been home a few weeks. I hoped that they might have already been up with the baby. At least they didn’t complain.