Deciding to break the rules

admin — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 03:10:02 +0000

Hello readers. I apologize for not blogging in a while. I confess that I’ve broken one of my own rules. You know — the rules that I set back in September when I returned to work after a month long vacation with a “new attitude”. I was not going to get back into the pattern of working 14 hours days 6 days a week. Well– I did really well at that for a while and then the dung hit the proverbial fan. I found myself planning the purchase of a new condo, my organization’s relocation to a new office, a tenth anniversary gala, and the submission of 2 federal grants, as well as developing a whole new set of policies that we need to have in place before we move from under the auspices of our current host. Each one of those major projects has many moving parts. Frankly, it would be impossible for the most experienced, most educated, most energetic human being to accomplish all these things in a timely fashion by working a normal 8 hour day. Now please understand, I’m not saying this to complain, I’m saying it to make a point: Sometimes the rules have to be broken. I made a choice to work practically around the clock for the last two weeks, and probably into mid-March, because the things I am trying to accomplish are critical to the growth of the organization and to my making progress toward my personal goals. I mentioned in an earlier blog that it has become important to me to focus on things that will lead to joy, peace, happiness, health, spiritual connectedness, and relationship. In order to achieve those things I know that making time for myself to eat right, work out, and do things I love to do outside of work is important. However, work is important too. After all, it is work that allows me the flexibility to do all the other things. The Bible says that a person who does not work, shall not eat. Therefore, it’s alright that for the next few weeks I’ll have to break my own rules and put in some extra time. It won’t last forever. Things will ease up and I will get back to my routine. In the meantime, I’ll do all that I can to make good daily decisions in the midst of this period of intensity. I’ll make the best choices available to me for eating right, exercise, and rest. When the “smoke clears” I’ll give my self a well deserved three day weekend with no computer and no Blackberry: just me a DVD player and Bette Davis. Joyce Meyer is a great religious teacher who uses the Bible to give advice about practical everyday things. Joyce often says that peace is about balance. There will be times of great intensity in our lives, but if we learn to balance those times with times of great reflection and insight, it all works out. So tonight, as I prepare to go to bed after working for the 14th day in a row, with at least 5 more days before me, I will focus on the light at the end of the tunnel. That’s feeding faith! The work is all for a good purpose, and the rewards of hard work come in unexpected and wonderful ways.

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