I read the professional blog called Hey Jude: learning in an online world. Her recent post was fascinating. The title was "The Busy Trap and Change." She quickly discusses the current lifestyles that many people live in our world today. Her quote from the Times article remains incredibly insightful and impacting: "The present hysteria is not a necessary or inevitable condition of life; it's something we've chosen, if only by our acquiescence to it."
This blog was incredibly personal to my current lifestyle. I am working two jobs and attending school full time...busy only begins to describe my life. Therefore, as Judy laments in her blog that she too falls into the "busy trap," I also fall into the trap of business in my own life.
Hopefully, I will learn how to balance everything and find peace and time for God, family, and friends as I go along in my "busy trap" life.
I, too, had many jobs in college, including ministry, as I worked on my 3 masters degrees. I was not in ministry during my doctoral work, although I had a couple of jobs. So, I can relate. I am sure you are doing a good job at keeping your priorities well sorted. I definitely want to help you be successful in this course (as I am sure you will be) and it helps to know what you are juggling. These concentrated courses are definitely challenging, even if that was all one had to do. Add in a family, a job, and a second job and the difficulties multiply quickly.
ReplyDeleteI am glad the blog was helpful, too.
Thanks!