It’s already March and I don’t know about you but for me that means not only a change of actual season – but also a change a work cycle. The College students are back, and the mania of the first few weeks is almost over and I need to settle into a new rhythm.
In the past I would have just allowed the craziness of a change of season to run its own pace and I would play catch up – however I am old enough now to know I need to stop and spend some time re-setting.
Maybe your season has not changed, maybe you have just experienced the boundaries creep , maybe you set goals this year but you have drifted from them, maybe your kids have settled into school and now you can breathe and plan.
Maybe you need to join me in Stopping and Re-Setting – here is what I am going to do – maybe you need to do your own form of it too
- I am going to stop and enjoy the successes of the past season – for me a large part of the past season was submitting and passing my MTh thesis , and the start of a new College year- don’t race past these things without celebrating them.
- I am going to look at the times I messed up and try to see what I learned from the process – I have so much to learn from my constant mistakes!
- I am going to look at my schedule and make sure it is aligned with my priorities – gonna make sure prayer, rest and exercise have not been crowded out in the change of season – as I know this is my default ( and a very unhealthy default it is )
- I am going to look to God for a word or sense of what the next season holds.
- I am going to plan to have fun – because as a sanguine I know I need to !
At the moment there are some unusual family pressures, I have so much to do at home, people to see etc etc – like you all have- but if I don’t get down to my favourite beach one morning this weekend , and stop and re-set – the next season will be a mess I know !
Do you need to join me in Re-setting ? Carve out the time, even if its only half an hour at the end of a busy day – and stop and allow some time to breathe.
To start the weekend -I am off to my connect group – we are just celebrating, because so many people have had significant life events – we have a baby, a big promotion, a house sold and a house bought and birthdays to celebrate and thank God for – it will be wonderful.
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