May. 8, 2006 - the stupid thing about being Kim
I don't change well if I don't have a plan. At least, not for things I'm not sure how to do.
I don't plan well.
I often rebel against plans, even my own.
I think of things to change, then confuse myself with unresolved details, and get "stuck" planning.
which means nothing ever really changes.
Comments
May. 9, 2006 - accountability
Posted by kelly
seems like you do well with people holding you accountable as a means for change. Your "walking challenge" is a good example of that....
How about you pick a date to decide which blog you want to keep, and ask your online friends to hold you to that date. You can survey them for their preferences or just pick whichever's the easiest to update or whatever.
Then when you've pared down to one, decide the max you can post per week, and again everyone online can hold you accountable because it's easy to count blog entries. :o) Nobody SEES the hours/minutes in front of the computer, which is why that's a harder thing to change... but you CAN be held accountable to blogging.
Then you'll theoretically have some more free time with which to think through your other things (prioritizing, family worship, etc)
Getting rid of my blog has really freed me somehow. Yeah there are still days I get 'stuck' at the computer and I probably need to lay the Flickr KAP group on the altar too.... but it's much much better than it was. I'm getting dishes and laundry done consistently, having a quiet time semi-regularly (for me that's nothing short of a miracle) and almost done with our prayer letter, and catching up on other things I promised people, and spending lots more time outdoors playing!
Go for it. Dump two blogs. Even if the feeling of freedom only lasts a month or two before you get sucked into other stuff, have you really lost anything? I think you've just gained a month or two! And you can quit the "next thing" too when you become aware of it. And a month or two might be enough time to set in motion some other good things.
BTW I'm reading the Ragamuffin Gospel right now (by Brendan Manning) and liking it and I thought of you. It's about God's free grace and how none of us will ever deserve heaven or ever be "good enough", and that's OK - we simply need to accept God's love and forgiveness in the midst of our perpetual sin.
May. 9, 2006 - Untitled Comment
Posted by ElCloud
I really like that book -- blessed me greatly when I read it in college. :-)
May. 9, 2006 - ROFL
Posted by mcrgintx
you sound just like me.
sorry, no advice pour vous!
even if I had advice...I'd love to give it to you, but that would involve thinking ahead...and that's planning isn't it?
