Comments on: Being Disciplined: Part 2

By: Cami

Cami — Sun, 25 May 2008 18:06:00 +0000

No, as I said in my post, above, I believe in managing the time we’ve been given wisely–”today,” as Jesus said. Tomorrow is His, and His alone; nothing I’ve ever bothered to plan has ever turned out the way I planned it. It’s how I find God in everything I do; whatever happens, I meet Him at so many surprise turns!

By: DALE

DALE — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:02:00 +0000

"And so, as my friend Dale would say, it's another day of Tanya's whining and complaining."

Hey, I resemble that remark! :b

Never forget that a certain amount of whining is healthy. We get icky when we hold negativity captive in our hearts.

By: Tanya

Tanya — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:41:00 +0000

C’mon, Cami! You don’t plan anything??

God is a god of order and I believe managing our time wisely is a good way for us to emulate that specific attribute. I don’t advocate rigidity or prioritizing schedule over need! (You know me better than that.) But organizing our time and tasks is proven more effective.

I think the speakers point (knowing SU! and the heart of the company) was not to put work first, but to simply to treat the work like a real job. Would I hire me to do this? If the answer is “no”, there’s a problem. Whether it’s writing, scrapbooking, selling or just being a mom, am I doing the best job I can? I don’t want to waste time on the internet when there are more important “jobs” for me to do. Like finishing my book and having a tea party with my daughter.

By: Cami

Cami — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:37:00 +0000

Personally, I’ve never believed that these kind of time management tips work for anyone. They qualify as content for meetings and seminars, and some people get paid for delivering these tips, either in speech or book form–but we’re each taken by surprise in life daily. I don’t understand how we can order or plan anything!

In fact, I had just posted the following at the Lindenville Forum:

“I know we’re all just doing the best we can with what we’ve been given–that’s the meaning of life as we know it. I work not to stress over stuff like this, just manage my time wisely, to the best of my personal ability. As far as the practical is concerned, priorities are food, water and shelter. The rest is worrying over incidentals, which I work against–the worry, that is. And next to my relationship with God, people must always come first. God forgive me if I ever complain when something needful for a relationship gets in the way of some thing that needs doing. I try never to let that happen.”

This is just me! : )