Keep on working

I am someone who wants to be up by 6:30 every morning. When I wake up, I immediately do something productive. I try to workout, do devotions, are some sort of busy work. I don't like free time. If I have 45 minutes of free time, I struggle big time because I can hardly let myself do it. Out of those 45 minutes I will take about a 10 minute nap, and the other 35 minutes I will try to do something to prepare myself for the rest of my day. When I work from 8-5, I take a short break for dinner, and then it's right back to being active for the rest of the night. I feel productive when I have something to do all day rather that something for half of the day.

Being wired like this is a blessing and a curse. It's a blessing because it allows me to get a lot done and it's a curse because I struggle to enjoy any free time I might have.

Every day there are multiple things that I devote my time too. I devote my time to work, networking, reading, and writing. I don't want to be consumed by just one thing. If all I worry about is work, I would be a pretty stale person. Yeah, I would be good at what I do, but I wouldn't get to experience multiple sides of me.

I am not trying to make this post about me, but I think I can be a good example for what I am trying to encourage you with.

Sow your seed in the morning,
and at evening let your hands not be idle,
for you do not know which will succeed,
whether this or that,
or whether both will do equally well. (Ecclesiastes 11:6)

It's important to do multiple things and to not let your hands be idle. It's hard to know what we are going to do well when we stick to only one thing. When we learn how to do other things well, the opportunities that will open up are much more greater than if you only focused all of your work on one thing.

I want to be clear with this. When we work at multiple things, we must be fully committed while you do those things. When I am at work, I cannot be thinking about what I am going to work on after. When I am writing, I cannot be thinking about work the next day.

One of the greatest things about constantly being at work doing different things is that you could do all of those things very well. How awesome is that? Being well-rounded gives you amazing possibilities.

I hope this post made sense to you. If you can take away one thing, I hope you never short change yourself. I don't want you to miss out on some pretty cool opportunities that you could be faced with.

This whole idea is something that means a lot to me because I was able to find enjoyment in something that I never thought I would and that is writing. I never thought in my life I would enjoy writing a blog post everyday, but it's one of the highlights of my day.

Trust God and he will show you something new about yourself when you surrender it all to him. Never be afraid to try something new.