Day 4: up for traffic school at 6:00am
Day 5: slept till 2. Weekends are grand.
Day 6: Arrive in time for my 9:30 meeting. Great success!
A positive attitude toward mornings seems to be crucial to the success of the operation. That takes a bit of preparation.
9:00am. I win.
And with a lot of late nights this week. If I can get myself to bed earlier, I should be golden.
9:49. Off by 20 minutes.
It’s because I was up too late watching Monk. DVR may be my downfall.
Score: 1 for 2.
On the up side, my morning attitude, while still one of bitterness at the morning, was more prone to recognize the need for alertness. A few more mornings of that and I might be able to will myself from slumber regardless of circumstance.
It is 9:29. Because of daylight savings time, that is a win for me.
I made a poor start to my progress by staying out way too late last night, so I am pleased that I was able to get up this morning. I really feel I should blame the Diety for this, because I didn’t do anything special.
So day 1 : success. I need some coffee.
I’ve got a series of habits that I’d like to cancel / change / improve / start. Doing a fair amount of reading has revealed that putting it out there is a key aspect to making it happen. So I’m going to attempt with my online journal. It’s out there, and it’s easy.
First habit: Mornings – getting up at a consistently early time.
I am not a morning person. I am grouchy. I am tired. I have to drudge my lackadaisical human body from within the comfortable confines of my covers and into the bare air where responsibility and stress reside. This is not a joy for me, most days.
Is it better to go depth-first or breadth-first when building groups of friends?
I oft find the need to write a short snippet about this gentleman John Hodgman. It is that time again. Behold his witty, random, dry communications:
Apparently, he has a new book coming out in October. I never read the first, but I did listen to the audio version. Perhaps we will get lucky and he will again release it in mp3.
Regardless, I will find myself with a need to know the content.
Proverbs 23:17 – “Do not let your heart envy sinners, but live in the fear of the LORD always.”
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I’m currently in the middle of two different books. I had throught three, and really my fingers are placed in several more, but I’m only pursuing two with any fervor at the moment. These books are:
Out Of the Silent Planet – by CS Lewis
To date, this is one of my favorite CS Lewis and Sci-Fi books. This will be my third time through it, and I always enjoy it. It involves a standard man, Ransom, who is kidnapped and hauled to another world by two nefarious gentlemen who intend to sell him to the natives in trade for precious metal mining and colonization. The story follows Ransom as he escapes, meets the natives, and learns more about his own world through the people of Malacandra. The interesting part of this book is the way he explores the people in a world with less gravity and multiple sentient species, as well as the theological themes he conveys through a people untouched by the ‘bent’ ness. Time spent on this book: a month and counting.
Emerging Worship – by Dan Kimball
As an overview of Emerging Gatherings, Dan Kimball does not get into the philosophy behind the Emerging movement (at least not as far as I’ve gotten so far), but rather explains the fundamental princples behind a gathering of ‘emergent’ people. His focus is on meeting the cultural shift between generations and using that, rather than fighting it. It’s an interesting perspective both on church as we know it, and church as we may very well see it in the future. Time spent on this book: no idea, but probably near a year. It’s been on my shelf waiting for several before that.
As interesting as both of these books are, I don’t find myself with the urge to read often enough. I love to read, but I apparently hate change, and would rather fall into my routine of ‘Star Trek’ and ‘The Pretender’ as down time activities rather than pick up a book. It’s a flaw. I do find myself using down time at work to read through a chapter, and that’s been great. I like books; I like having books around; reading feels like a slow process.