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Tuesday, January 16th, 2007
| Time |
Event |
| 10:45a |
Time Budget
I'm taking a chunk of the morning to organize my activities for the coming months. There has been so much to think about lately that my mind keeps churning bits of it up like an angry sea--even when I'm asleep! (In fact, taking the time to write this has been wise , but I realize that other things may not get done today as a result.)
Money budgeting is something that I do often and feel confident doing. Time budgeting, however, needs to be just as realistic. This is my attempt to enjoy the sea and get my boat in ship shape for navigating it.
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TIME BUDGETING in JAN 2007
WORK...
1. Continuing to learn new position.
2. Regular duties and annual projects.
3. Training new assistant.
4. Commuting.
5. Annual report (will require extra hrs at office).
6. Making sure shopping, dry cleaning, ironing, etc. is done for work.
7. Meetings with colleagues.
VOLUNTEER...
1. Capital Campaign print and web teams. Some overlap w/work.
2. Soli Deo Gloria initiatives, Illume, and participation. No weekly meetings for now.
PHILOSOPHY & ART...
1. Reading, writing, and reflecting (incl. blogging). Painting series to begin this Spring.
2. Logic class this semester at Harvard Ext. School.
OTHER...
1. Investing in boyfriend, friends, roommates, family, and whomever. Making new connections.
2. GF baking/cooking and nutrition. Doctor and specialist appt's. Weight gain priority. Good health!
3. Weekly Bible study and some random activities w/the girls. Um, Christianly disciplines in general maybe.
4. Taking the T and bus everywhere. (45 to 1.5 hrs. to go downtown)
5. Living plans for Aug 1st, which will likely include apt hunting for a studio on the T.
6. Keeping the house and my office space tidy.
7. Evaluating and making necessary changes: BEING DELIBERATE about life...and open to surprises.
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This still seems like too much, given the fact that I try to eat at least three meals a day and get 8 hrs of sleep. So I'll have to take this and prioritize some more...
I've discovered that it's extremely important to me to not be too scheduled. I like to know what to expect, but sometimes I need a spontaneous day where I can stay in PJs till noon, read a bit, and not have a list of things to do breathing down my back. Everyone has 24 hours each day to steward; there is no need to be a slave to busyness; no one has "no time available."
Current Mood: determined | | 11:05a |
The Strange Fact About the Wisest of Men
This really gets me. Have you ever had this realization?
Try to think of the wisest human beings that ever lived. The two that pop into my head first are Jesus and Socrates. (I don't consider Jesus to be cheating since he was divine; he also had a fully human nature, same as us.)
Okay, what do you want from the wisest people who ever lived? I mean, if you were told that you would be the wisest person of the century, what would you do? You might be tempted to quit your day job, hole up in your house, and write as many excellent books as you can produce. That's how one passes on wisdom to future generations, right?
Apparently not. Guess who never wrote a book...Jesus, or Socrates. Was Mother Teresa prolific? Did Solomon fill up a library as his bequeathal to humanity? No....
Isn't that strange?? Isn't that unexpected?
Maybe not. I mean, if you are the wisest person in the world, maybe you know that books are good, but that there is something better. (Isn't the author greater than his work?) Jesus and Socrates walked around and talked with (read: frequently bugged) the normal folks on the street all day long. They also spent a lot of time with bumbling disciples (who wrote a lot of stuff down). Note: Even Kierkegaard, who wrote like it was going out of style, "wasted" a lot of time bugging people in the streets about their lives.
I guess the wisest people influenced the world through other people, directly. Sure, we treasure their words. But we're transformed by their lives (and deaths), which give give these words their punch.
Today, the Word will come to us, like at Christmas, in our everyday life. We might be accosted by Christ on the street or in our office or on the subway right after some stranger sneezes in our face again and we were just thinking about how we want to return that pink sweater that we bought yesterday to Old Navy.
"If there is a God, miracles are possible" (Kreeft, Tacelli). (A philosophical statement, but also a daily reality.) That's why I get up out of bed every morning.
Current Mood: content |
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