when i am stressed out, i make lists.
and then i make lists of lists.
and then i make spreadsheets with tabs of the lists of lists that are color coordinated.
...so guess what i've been doing? :)
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
what in the what of whats
oh, i have fallen into my negligent blogger ways again. alack, alas.
quick update on my life:
i am done being a tiger. or a tiger fairy. or a tigerfairychameleonfrog. there never really was much of a consensus. it was exhausting and stretching and more fun than i expected. i doubt i will do it again. although i apparently said i would never run a half marathon again (as mj reminded me when i told her i was running a full marathon).
i leave for nicaragua in three weeks. booyah. should be good. excited about our group. excited to see what the Lord has in store.
i murdered my ankle a couple of weeks ago playing softball. it is slowly recovering, although i am not really helping it out much. i babied it for a week, and now i am just annoyed it's not better yet. ankles are dumb. the moral of that story is that i need to be ever so slightly less competitive and have a better attitude in general.
i took a quiz to find out which anne of green gables character i would be. either i am faulty or the quiz is. it told me i would be gilbert, which i have no real problem with, except that at the end, it said i was very likely an ENTP. so...no.
remember how i said i was leaving the country in three weeks? yeah, it's also our goal to move before then. so...that could be interesting.
that's all the news that's fit to print at the moment.
willy out.
quick update on my life:
i am done being a tiger. or a tiger fairy. or a tigerfairychameleonfrog. there never really was much of a consensus. it was exhausting and stretching and more fun than i expected. i doubt i will do it again. although i apparently said i would never run a half marathon again (as mj reminded me when i told her i was running a full marathon).
i leave for nicaragua in three weeks. booyah. should be good. excited about our group. excited to see what the Lord has in store.
i murdered my ankle a couple of weeks ago playing softball. it is slowly recovering, although i am not really helping it out much. i babied it for a week, and now i am just annoyed it's not better yet. ankles are dumb. the moral of that story is that i need to be ever so slightly less competitive and have a better attitude in general.
i took a quiz to find out which anne of green gables character i would be. either i am faulty or the quiz is. it told me i would be gilbert, which i have no real problem with, except that at the end, it said i was very likely an ENTP. so...no.
remember how i said i was leaving the country in three weeks? yeah, it's also our goal to move before then. so...that could be interesting.
that's all the news that's fit to print at the moment.
willy out.
Friday, June 6, 2014
percolating
i mentioned this at small group last night, so i thought i would throw it out there for all you other randos reading my blog.
i have some ideas percolating in my brain. or marinating, as my college roommate would say. either way, we're using food analogies, so it's a win.
these ideas are about how the Lord has equipped me with a strange assortment of skills and interests. and how he never leads me one place without using it as preparation for another place he plans to take me. which can make crappy situations more tolerable and great situations really exciting.
so i have been letting thoughts float around in the back of my brain without really trying to nail them down yet. i have found that if i wait quietly, they will eventually settle. if i rush them, however, they tend to flee like startled deer.
due to my waiting and settling process, i don't currently have a lot of details to share with you, but i can kind of draw big circles around what i am talking about--
~i work in a finance-driven world right now. by and large, i don't care about money. i think it's dumb, and i have no desire in getting lots of it just for the sake of having it. but my goal is to give more and more away. so even if i don't have a lot right now, i can use what i do have wisely. what does this look like?
~while never really having much direction in my life, i care a ton about helping other people live out of their strengths and passions. this is especially true for students. what kind of partnerships and pathways might be formed here?
~i have english and counseling degrees, but i also have a knack for spreadsheets and organization. i don't care about the formality of the business world, but the structure and function of it are interesting to me. can my wide stretch of skills bring out the best in all these venues?
~i love to learn. i feel more engaged in life when i am absorbing information. lately, i have been soaking up so much about third culture, effective mission work, investments, etc.
~and most of all, i love God, and i love people.
the list goes on. so what do i do with all of these things? i am a firm believer in micro changes making a macro difference. by starting small around me, the effect could be multiplied out through the people i impact. i don't have that figured out yet, but i hope you will partner with me as i pray and wrestle through these things.
i'd love to hear your thoughts on this one.
i have some ideas percolating in my brain. or marinating, as my college roommate would say. either way, we're using food analogies, so it's a win.
these ideas are about how the Lord has equipped me with a strange assortment of skills and interests. and how he never leads me one place without using it as preparation for another place he plans to take me. which can make crappy situations more tolerable and great situations really exciting.
so i have been letting thoughts float around in the back of my brain without really trying to nail them down yet. i have found that if i wait quietly, they will eventually settle. if i rush them, however, they tend to flee like startled deer.
due to my waiting and settling process, i don't currently have a lot of details to share with you, but i can kind of draw big circles around what i am talking about--
~i work in a finance-driven world right now. by and large, i don't care about money. i think it's dumb, and i have no desire in getting lots of it just for the sake of having it. but my goal is to give more and more away. so even if i don't have a lot right now, i can use what i do have wisely. what does this look like?
~while never really having much direction in my life, i care a ton about helping other people live out of their strengths and passions. this is especially true for students. what kind of partnerships and pathways might be formed here?
~i have english and counseling degrees, but i also have a knack for spreadsheets and organization. i don't care about the formality of the business world, but the structure and function of it are interesting to me. can my wide stretch of skills bring out the best in all these venues?
~i love to learn. i feel more engaged in life when i am absorbing information. lately, i have been soaking up so much about third culture, effective mission work, investments, etc.
~and most of all, i love God, and i love people.
the list goes on. so what do i do with all of these things? i am a firm believer in micro changes making a macro difference. by starting small around me, the effect could be multiplied out through the people i impact. i don't have that figured out yet, but i hope you will partner with me as i pray and wrestle through these things.
i'd love to hear your thoughts on this one.
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