New Journal

http://kimlarson.wordpress.com/

You can find me there now.

SuperBowl

The Colts won. Big surprise.

Tomorrow starts another hectic week. Wish me luck.

Time Management

This isn't the first time. I fill up my time with an almost unmanageable schedule and am constantly going. School, work, homework, groups, clubs, meetings, projects, etc. The list could go on forever. I don't find that I have any time to relax, be alone, or just be. Reading my Bible and praying becomes routine. Good deeds are done out of trying to be a nice person or well liked rather than trying to be more like Christ.

Every single semester ends up like this.

I become inflexible and unable to deal with the problems or arguments that I face along the way. So to protect myself, I shut people out. I become crabby and negative to a point where people don't like being around me...and I become okay with that.

It shouldn't be like that. I don't want it to be like that this semester.

I want a healthy balance between work, school, friends, God, and alone time. I work 20-some hours a week already and am taking 16.5 hours at Bradley. I can't really change that. But when it comes to my free time, I need to be open to hanging out but also need to make sure that I spend quality time with God everyday first. And I don't want to forget me time either. That's why I went through a bunch of websites last night and bookmarked them...so I could enjoy some leisurely reading.

You can make fun of me but the majority of my bookmarked websites are news (Fox, Newsweek, US New & World Report, etc.), business (The Economist, Fortune, Wall Street Journal, etc.), and blogs. Don't worry, I still have The Office Fan website, a site where you can watch all The Office episodes online, a bunch of music sites, IHOP, Relevant Magazine, sudoku, and other fun ones bookmarked as well. I didn't completely turn into a huge business/current events/technology dork.