Once you’ve recognized priorities for the year, former procrastinators, then you can set up routine that will help you accomplish those priorities. I see routine needed for 1) functioning smoothly day to day and for 2) accomplishing other things you believe God has particularly called you to do. Before school starts, practice your chosen routine…
August, former procrastinators, means we look at priorities and routine. Fall brings so many required or available pursuits, it’s easy to lose ourselves in activity. Recognizing priorities is key; they’re the few most important things. Routine helps us do the most important things. As my friend says, activities do not equal priorities. There may be…
It’s been a year, former procrastinators. I’ve been noticing how our theme has affected my thinking and behavior these last months. I wonder if you’ve been noticeably affected. What have you seen, perceived, and acted on this year?
It’s time, former procrastinators. Let’s each get into our own mini habit process. Remember, a mini habit is a very small positive behavior that you force yourself to do every day. In Mini Habits Stephen Guise recommends these steps for getting started: Say I’d like to do a thirty minute stretch program but I minify…
“Overwhelming,” former procrastinators, means “difficult to resist, overpowering.” We must get out of the tsunami mindset. We’re daughters of the King filled with His Holy Spirit. The task may be extremely large and very unpleasant, but God can handle it. He lives in us. Sometimes we get hung up on a particular aspect of a…
My parents used to say, former procrastinators, “You’re making a mountain out of a mole hill.” That meant we were making a bigger deal out of something than it really was. Cutting the grass at our house did not take all day. It took half. Walking to school was a reasonable expectation. Helping with dishes…
Picture this, former procrastinators. You’re standing on the shore, holding a gemstone you value. Suddenly a huge wave rolls in, knocks you down, and washes away your treasure. That’s what it seems like when numerous demands rush in and take over our day. How do we handle all the demands and still accomplish our priorities?…
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