Are there any former procrastinators out there besides me who still deal with “piles”? I do NOT like piles – yet I’m so prone to form them. Aaugh! What’s the deal? By “pile” I mean a collection of assorted papers I’ve not dealt with. A pile is a group of delayed decisions. It begins when…
Rejoice in a new year, former procrastinators! So refreshing! I find that selecting a theme and a scripture to focus on all year has been very helpful. Last year was “Feet.” Proverbs 4:26 – “Ponder the path of your feet; and let all your ways be established.” It is what I actually DO, not what…
Happy Former Procrastinator Note: Please check out my article in the fall issue of The Virginia Home Educator – viewable online! Several of you recently posted comments (Thank you!) that did not come through for some reason. I’m trying to fix that. Please, email and let me know. It’s much more fun and profitable to…
As a former procrastinator, I want the good stuff that comes from routine. Healthy habits keep my feet on the path I intend and help prevent my wandering. “Ponder the path of your feet and let all your ways be established.” Proverbs 4:26. Routine: Enables me to do the most important things so priorities receive…
Fellow former procrastinators, for more time and energy, we can stop making decisions. For repeating tasks, we can decide once – then make that routine or habit. A procrastinator makes delay a habit. To put off doing something increases the mental, emotional, and time burden of the original task. Over and over the procrastinator has…
Former procrastinators are you, like me, still pondering the concept of an ordered life? Oswald Chambers wrote: “May my ordered life confess the beauty of Your peace.” I long for an ordered life. I’d like to have priority accomplishment and margin in the same day. I want to long for an ordered life not for…
Last week Kristin shared a quotation that’s had this former procrastinator wondering ever since: What is an ordered life? From Oswald Chambers: “Lord, in my consciousness this morning a crowd of little things presses in and I bring them straight to Your presence. In Your wisdom, say, ‚ÄòPeace be still!’ and may my ordered life…
Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.
Proverbs 6:6-8
. . . you have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him.
Colossians 3:9-10