What:
Do you ever have the days that are just booked so full you can't even keep you focus on anything for more that 10 minutes? Well I had one of those this past week. After waking up at 4:00 AM to go take picture up Big Cottonwood Canyon in SLC, I was hurrying to come back for a class. Then I was rushing to work to try and finish a project and get some homework done. Then I had an appointment back up in SLC so I jump in my car and I'm cruising up there and ........ I run out of gas. Humbly I got to sit in my car for the next 30 minutes while my dad came to give me some gas. I ended up just going home and fixing a short dinner and getting in bed much earlier than I normally do because I was done with that day.
I had really overbooked myself that day.
So What:
I tend to run into this issue a lot, not running out of gas, but literally being busy out of my mind. I wouldn't say I have a hard time saying no but if anyone invites me to things, or asks a favor of me I pretty much always say yes. This turns into a lot of crazy days like that one. And not only that but things start to slip my mind, and then it spirals even more out of control. And even with me trying to plan ahead I come to find that I have every single weekend booked out until for 6 weeks. Even with a lot of forethought and planning, its going to be busy. And I'm pretty sure heavenly father didn't intend on us to live our lives like that.
I've been reflecting on a talk lately that was given in General Conference by President Uchtdorf called "Of Things That Matter Most". He gives the example that student pilots often think that increasing speed is the best way to get through turbulence, when in reality its often decreasing speed to the right amount that will make the ride the smoothest. The same is with life, that its easy to make yourself busy and have full days and think you're being productive. But really we need to slow down and focus on the things that matter most, and then we will have a smooth ride.
Now What:
If having my dad come fill up my car on the freeway wasn't humbling enough, this talk sure was. I guess I need to figure out how to slow my speed down. Probably schedule some relaxing time so I can keep my head on straight. And more importantly, get rid of the excess things in my life and start focusing on those things that really matter most.
Here is the link to the talk for anyone interested in reading it:
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2010/10/of-things-that-matter-most?lang=eng
I feel like I've been having those go-go-go days almost daily for the past couple of weeks. Then, when I actually have a little down time, I don't know what to do with myself. I have a weird moment where I sit on the couch and think, "What is this feeling? Do I have something to do?" Then I worry that I'm actually forgetting to do something important. I agree with you: God doesn't want us to fill up our days so much that we feel drained. He wants us to schedule time for the most important things in our lives that day (and that's totally different for everyone) and then fit in the less important stuff in between. For me, I need to work on time management and not wasting my time looking at my phone or procrastinating.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear that you ran out of gas. But I feel like often I have essentially the same thing happen where something forces me to slow down. Only then do I start to think clearly and work things out/relax.
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