Project

So Liane and I have been memorizing a bunch of verses, and the other day I was going over them, and I made a list of all the uhhh, I don't know what you'd call them...qualities...character traits...whatever they are...you'll get the idea when you see the list...it's all stuff from the twenty verses. And I asked myself how I ranked on each of these things...pretty sobering. So I think my project is going to be to take one of these things at a time, and for a week, or a month, or however long it takes (I think some will take a lot longer than others...some likely take a lifetime) I'm going to try to make a conscious effort to work on it. So anywhoos, here's the list:

Love
Power
Self-discipline
Holiness
Righteousness
Faith
Peace
Endurance
Gentleness
Patience
Kindness
Humility
Happiness
Compassion
Forgiving
Loyalty
Determination
Courage

I think the first one I'll pick will be self-discipline. I happened to be reading about it in a book this morning, so it seemed kind of fitting. It's something I've always struggled with. Every time I've wanted to train for something, be it a big race, or whatever, I always start off strong, and then get pretty slack. And that's training for something I love to do...should be easy.

I used to procrastinate so much...it has gotten a lot better, but now, instead of just putting something off, I tend to forget it completely. It's kind of weird. I don't do it intentionally, but somehow I have trained myself to forget. Maybe it's because I've got so many things going on at once. Life is busy. Too many hobbies, too much to do. But it's really no excuse. Maybe I don't concentrate enough when people tell me something, or we're making plans. Which would really boil down to just not caring enough about the other person. At any rate, here are some areas that were mentioned in "Against The Wind" where we need to exercise self discipline:

Time Management - it's not that I don't do stuff with my time, but there are so many good things to do, it's all about prioritizing...what's good, what's best.
Prayer
Studying and Learning
Finances
Maintaining Relationships - this has only become more difficult now that I'm dating Liane...it's inevitable, but not impossible...just takes a conscious effort to spend time with other people.
Work Ethic
temperament
Developing Gifts
Stewardship
Conversations - was reminded of this at college and career last night

Should be enough to keep me busy for a while anyway ;)