Greetings friends!
A look at my day:
9:00 AM The Alarm clock goes off. I have allowed myself to sleep in to cover the cold that has developed, and to work off the Wednesday Night Veritas Hangover.
9:05 AM I clean myself.
9:25 AM I brew coffee. This day will not be a success without it.
9:28 AM I sit down to do my daily devotionals. I've had to do them for a while now for class, but I've really enjoyed them a great deal. I read through 4 passages (one Psalm, one OT, one Epistle, and one Gospel) and journal some initial thoughts.
10:00 AM I pour what's left of my coffee into a travel mug and make my way to work.
10:15 AM I sit down and start answering a few e-mails, taking care of the registrations from the night before, other administrative type tasks.
11:35 AM A volunteer comes into the office to talk about the bible study she's leading. Seriously, best volunteers in the planet. Can't speak highly enough of them all.
11:45 AM Seriously, where did my time go?
12:30 PM The Thursday tradition of eating lunch while playing Mario Kart continues. Ed is having lunch at the middle school, so I play by myself. I am a huge nerd.
1:00 PM I sit down to start writing my sermon for this Sunday. More coffee is consumed.
2:03 PM I am choking. This sermon is exactly one blinking cursor. Nothing to show at all. Nothing.
2:34 PM Oh happy day! Our associate pastor was under the impression that she was preaching this week, and even has a sermon prepared.
2:35 PM I dance around the office with joy.
3:30 PM After taking nearly an hour to create a new ringtone from the famous website Homestarrunner, I hop in my car for the trek down to the seminary.
4:35 PM In my rush to get moving, I nearly hit two pedestrians in the cross walk. It was totally my fault. The girl is screaming words that I cannot print here. I roll down my window and say "I'm sorry. It's my fault. Please forgive me." She is stunned.
4:40 PM I arrive at the Starbucks, still shaken up a bit from the encounter in the crosswalk. I feel bad. I mean I apologized, but that's still tough to shake off. I get more caffeine. That ought to calm me down, right?
4:45 PM I sit at a table in the back of the Starbucks and pull out my book for class. I am behind. Tragically behind in my reading. I could blame the sermon, but I never got anywhere with that.
I need a time management for dummies book. I've been doing a pretty solid job I think of balancing the working and going to school at the same time thing (as of this writing at 5:14 the reading for the week is done) but I'm still struggling.
How do you manage/organize your time? Do you have a plan or a purpose, or do you just tackle things as they come?
Godspeed,
Jason
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