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When you’re washing, peeling, and chopping vegetables, do you feel like a hero? When you drive past that fast food restaurant, despite the protests from the backseat, toward home and leftovers in the fridge, do you feel like Wonder Woman? Neither do I. But maybe we should. You’ve heard it said that the hand that …
Do you ever wish you could prune your life? Once in a while, wouldn’t it be nice to trim back to what is essential? This morning I bent over 12 tomato plants, pinching off perfectly good, green foliage. I clipped the low-hanging branches of each plant, and then removed the suckers. Afterward, the plants looked …
What is Your Health Trajectory? Today you have made choices that will affect your health, either positively or negatively. Think of the choices (conscious or not) you have made today that are likely to improve your health as well as those that are likely to reduce it. Like a bank account, we want the positives …
Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. – Robert Louis Stevenson In these days of drive-thru food, instant streaming, Amazon Prime Now, and a world of information in our palm, we often focus on the harvest. We want to see results NOW. I am often tempted …
Last week I posted about using time tracking as a tool to discover more time for those projects or dreams that seem out of reach. This downloadable Time Tracker worksheet is a helpful guide in experimenting with time tracking. You might use it for a few days or decide that you want to use it as …
How will you steward your gifts in the New Year?
Does Christmas make you feel claustrophobic? There are too many things in every corner of the house, too many events on the calendar, too many expectations to meet, too many things on my to-do list. Both my pants and my budget are too tight. It doesn’t help that yesterday while I was in Wal-Mart, the …
Why should we, as Christians, care about motivation? Isn’t this “internal locus of control” just a bunch of psychological blowing into the wind? What does the Bible say about motivation? Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in …
The primary reason for organizing is to reduce cognitive load – i.e. to eliminate the need to constantly be thinking, “What do I need to do about this? – David Allen in Getting Things Done The weekly review ensures that your system stays current, keeping your tasks, calendar events, and projects in your system and …
So, how did it go? What areas of your life did you feel God calling you to change? If you have no idea what I’m talking about, take a minute to read my last post when I challenged you to spend some time praying and seeking God’s direction. Do you feel that you are entering into …