not a spare second

Ever feel like you don’t have a spare second? I know it’s popular and somewhat cliché for Americans to be busy, but seriously, I’ve never been this busy in my life. Between 20 hours of classes, 25 hours of work, and most importantly, a less than 1 year old marriage, my schedule is slammed. That’s why I’m starting a blog. Maybe that doesn’t make sense to you, but it does to me.

I’m busy because I’m not disciplined enough. Discipline only comes through devoting time to something. I can’t be disciplined in my walk with God if I don’t devote time to Him. I cant be disciplined in my marriage if I don’t devote time to it. Get the pattern? It’s impossible to be disciplined when I don’t have a spare second.

One thing I’ve recently noticed is that being undisciplined seems to have a snowball effect. For example, when I’m undisciplined and I get behind on my school work, other parts of my life start to become less disciplined. I start having to take time away from another area to deal with school work. Since discipline comes through devoting time to something, the area that I have to take time away from becomes less disciplined.

Let me get to the point so I don’t take any more of your time. I’m striving to become more disciplined in every area of my life. I know, I know, it’s a big goal. I’ll never be able to discipline every area of my life to perfection, just like I’ll never eliminate all the sin from my life. But similar to my quest to eliminate sin, I can do everything in my power to become disciplined.

I feel that if I can become disciplined in blogging consistently, it will spill over in other areas of my life. So here I am. Probably no one is reading, but if you are, let me know what you think.