Time is a Precious Gift

         This week I have learned many things such as being a monogamous entrepreneur and other tips to becoming an entrepreneur. The thing that I pulled from this week though that was of the greatest value was that its ok to “crunch” certain activities into the little amount of time that I have. This week,  most specifically today while at work I happened to see some erroneous abuses of time. This time was my time. I had planned out and scheduled my day at work, when one meeting was rearranged for me 3 different times. What a waste of time and also a disrespect to my time. As I was listening to the video “Loyalty to God and Family” I realized that time is one of the most precious gifts we have and how do I spend my time? Am I using my time wisely? Am I crunching things into my precious time that don’t need to be there? Am I minimizing my time with the Lord or my family and placing other things there?

I am very much going to look at where my time is spent and remove activities that crunch my time with the Lord and my time with my family. They receive priority and then my work and then other things. How many times do I make sure not to miss my Pickleball games, but when it comes to family scripture time or even personal scripture time I can be late? This is going to change. I am going to put my time with the Lord first and the time with my family. All other times will be secondary. This lesson could not have come at a better time. If I am going to expect people to respect my time I need to respect the Lord’s time as well as my family’s time.

A Hero's Journey

This week was an interesting week for school, work, church and family time. I have tried to keep a balance between all aspects of my life and I realize that it is not an easy task to balance so many good things in my life. What does this have to do with what I learned this week by watching the video “A Hero’s Journey”? Well, one of the main takeaways from that video was that we need to live every moment in life like it matters, because every moment does matter. One of our most precious gifts in this life is time. We don’t all have the same amount of time, but it doesn’t quite matter how much time we have, but what we do with the time that we have. 

It isn’t so much the end, but the journey that we are on. What have we learned? What are we doing? Are we helping those in need? How do we use the time that we have? What can we do to help others on this journey on earth? Have we loved? 

So what does this mean for me? Am I taking advantage of the time that I have to do good things for my family? Am I taking advantage of the time I have at work? Am I serving and helping others at church, in my neighborhood, or in between? Am I using my time to fit school into all of these other very important activities? I don’t know that I have quite been able to use my time as I should. I am going to reevaluate my usage of time by keeping a schedule this week. This won’t be a normal schedule, but it will be more like a time usage journal. Am I using my time this week to the fullest or can I change something next week to better my journey and become the hero of my journey?