Motivation

[laurajanewrites]

Self-discipline and motivation to write are my two largest obstacles.

Ready for my excuses?

I work 40 hours a week at a pediatrics office. I leave the house at 6:45am and don't get home until just after 6pm. At that time I have to care for my 20 month old son- dinner, playtime, bath time and bed time. He's usually down by 8:45pm. Then it's clean up

Comments

[liebedance]

Coffee is amazing.

And, er, wow. Busy. More busy than me, and apparently I'm too busy! ><

Now, I'm not very religious. And by that I mean I've found and unfound God and don't know what I believe. I'm mostly spiritual and indecisive about my beliefs. But I feel like part of what God wants us to do is to be happy and spread love in whatever way we can. So chasing dreams can, at least to me, be doing what He wants us to do. *shrug*

Anyway, good goals :) I find that cutting back on stuff is really hard to do. So, I wish you luck

[laurajanewrites]

You're absolutely right, God does want us to be happy. But, we are also called to find happiness in being more like Him and following Jesus. Sometimes that means finding happiness in things we wouldn't immediately think would make us happy.

Like, for example, me volunteering at church. It takes a chunk of my weekend away because it's a 30 minute commute to and from church and then 1.5 hours there. Just to serve. I'm not immediately happy doing it, but the ultimate reward brings me happiness. I'm happy to be doing something for Him and for new visitors at our church.

That being said, if I can't find time for inner peace and enjoyment, then how am I supposed to find time for Him? One begets the other.

It's a crazy battle.

Thanks for commenting! =)

[skeletontreex]

Wow. I barely find time to write and my life is nowhere near as full as that! That's nuts! It must be nice when you finally do sit down for a bit of writing.

Coffee is excellent, I hope you find some me time soon!