It’s Friday, and this week has been totally unproductive! Apart from some work done on the wedding presentation and brainstorming on improving web frameworks, there hasn’t been a lot of action lately. It feels like a stalemate… between the end of the holidays and the coming week, when all the government officers will report back from their kampungs, when all the cars will start congesting the streets, when customers will start making lots of noise about why things should be run their way.
Ok, let’s stay positive. What did I do this week that wasn’t a total waste of time? I can think of a few:
- finding a suit that fits Warren
- learning about JAAS
- talking to Dave and Lee Lian about the wedding invitation card
- getting to bed early last night
- getting a hair cut
- adding more scenes to the wedding presentation
- doing some errands at the bank
- watching the Incredibles
My energy levels have decreased. Oh, do I really have to start exercising now? Can’t it wait till I’m 30? Playing Sims 2 has really put strange perspectives into my mind. Like I have to pay attention to the ‘fun’ bar, the ‘hunger’ bar, the ‘social’ bar and all the other bars to maximize my mood level. Of course, life isn’t all like that. Like, I can actually go on days without dinner. But it’s interesting to note (I did this little experiment on myself) that taking time out to read and rest and do things a little differently does help a lot in my life… even though it seems like a waste of time, sometimes.
Am I the only one who thinks that I only have so little time to do things? Let’s assume we do have 70 years to our lives. And a year passes by so quickly… we’ll be getting at that number sooner than we think! Maybe I’m just reflecting on life from the perspective of what I have after I leave this world. What memories do I take? What friends do I make? Whose lives do I touch?
Which reminds me, I need to make out a check to Dave Green…. Dave if you’re reading this, I’m sorry I’m a big fat procrastinator. Dave is was one of the coolest roommates I’ve had. He’s in Croatia now doing some missions work and learning stuff I can’t pronounce.
Here’s a verse for the moment…
“…count it all joy when you fall into various trials, ?knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.” James 1:2-4
If stagnation is suffering for me, do I count it pure joy? Hmmm……