I find it hard to do the things that I want to do. Why is that?

First of all, what do I want to do? I want to read more. I want to write more. Those two seem preeminent. But I also want to spend more time with friends and family. I want to excersize (really). I want to travel. I want to spend time enriching myself and my life.

But there seems so little opportunity for those things. Just finding an hour a day to read is challenging enough. Work gets in the way. Especially when you have as many evening commitments as we pastors tend to have. And other things suck up my time – How many times have I plopped down in front of the television just to space out for a few minutes only to find the energy to turn the television off a few hours later?

The point is that I have the time I need. But I find it hard to use it the way I want.

I read a book called the Now Habit once. It had an intriguing premise. The basic idea was that you should discern what you really want to do, and then schedule the time to do those things on your calendar BEFORE you schedule anything else. In other words, really pirortize what is really important to you. I think that is a great idea! Maybe I’ll spend some time this week doing just that before Advent comes and the year ends without me even realizing it!