So it's been five days since I dumped the jar and I thought I would give you an update. Let me tell you, it's hard to keep the other rocks from slipping back into the jar. I've been invited to go country line dancing, to a concert, and to a potluck, all things I would enjoy doing. However, I have said no to them all because I know my time is best spent at home working on getting the books ready for publication. Normally, I would give myself more play time, more time to frolic, the rocks would be in better balance. But right now these books need my attention. I tell myself, yes, it is only two hours here and three hours there but wouldn't you rather be hours worth of work further along with the books? After an intense week like this, in addition to working three other jobs, I am fraying a bit around the edges. I admit that. Last night, I did go help celebrate the birthdays of two friends for two hours, I needed time to relax and have fun with them and it helped quite a bit. Tomorrow Deborah and I are driving up to Vancouver for Deanna's house warming party so that will be fun too. But if I do a bunch of small and fun things, as great as those are, all those fun things, those little rocks, will drop into the jar and fill it right back up. It's not that those things are bad, they are good things. It's just that I'm choosing the better thing.
I'm still working on making sure I take time to read my daily Bible chapter and time to talk to God about what is on my mind. I always read the chapter at some point but I'm trying to do it in the mornings which means getting myself out of bed on time. It's not as easy as it sounds.
My problem is I also need to keep in mind the rock of time for myself. I need to remember that the fun time is important too but it cannot take priority over the rock of writing and publishing. It will take a while to bring the rocks into balance. I know that. But I'm learning and that's okay. It's takes a while to learn the right balance to ride a bike. It takes a while to learn the right balance to live a life. I'll fall, I'll make mistakes. The important thing is to keep riding.