Wed May 18: Do Something

I've been a bit busy recently.

This is an understatement.

There is just something about trying to sell a house, complete the work the buyers want on a house, pack up a house for movers, begin winding down a current job, begin starting a new job (and model), buying a house, moving all your mail, finishing 13 papers that are due for my next Doctor of Ministry seminar, and chasing a very active two year old.... somehow all this does not amount to a lot of free time for me.

Yesterday, we moved out of our house and suddenly life slowed down quite a bit. This morning I got up and laughed looking at the assignment for today. The last thing I want to do today is be a bit productive. I want to rest, I want to take an afternoon nap, I want to read a book, I want to watch a movie, I want to go for a jog.

Yet today is the day to do something you have been putting off or trying to avoid. There were two things I knew that must be done. First, I need to write two weddings for friends getting married the next two weekends. Second, I need to begin writing 4 talks I will deliver in June at a camp in Colorado on the art of Sabbath.

It's not that I need to do the research or even the leg work on either of these projects. I just need to do the hard part of putting pen to paper, well finger to keyboard. I have all this chicken scratch on yellow legal pads (my preferred medium). I need to begin getting this in wedding and lecture forms.

So this morning, I went to a coffee store and avoided the stacks of magazines and newspapers that I really wanted to become lost in and instead wrote two wedding ceremonies and began outlines for 4 lectures. I have been much more productive than I intended. It's a lot like a long morning run, once I get through the warm up jog, I can often run much further than I anticipated.

I feel good.

And because I have been so productive, I don't feel bad about my evening plans to jog, read, share a meal with family and friends, and watch Modern Family.