Now, I am working three jobs (one with random hours), I try to visit with my Little Brother every week, I blog every Thursday, I dog sit on occasion, and I dabble in the photographic arts. I am also active in my church and volunteer at my church. I could use a break! So what do I do? I consider the unused hours between everyday life and bedtime. Call me crazy, but I'll soon be signing up for an online college course. And I still apply to weekend child care jobs, despite my three jobs. What is wrong with me?!
This year, I realized that are a lot of minutes in a day. Why waste them? I have found positive ways to spend my time. Through my jobs, I'm not only making money, but I'm also helping the children I take care of. I have become a part of their lives, someone to look up to. Visiting with my Little gets me out of the house doing fun things. I have the opportunity to be a good example to a child who needs a positive male role model in his life. And yet, my Little has been the example for me. While volunteering at church, I have learned more about myself and what I am capable of.
Am I tired? No. I'm exhausted! But it's all worth it. My life has changed so much this past year, for the better. And I feel that this is the result of not wasting my time. I am living life, loving life. I live life differently than most people, but I enjoy what I do.
This made me think of a really cool analogy that a friend of mine shared in a talk once:
ReplyDeleteImagine there is a bank that credits your account each morning with $86,400 cents.
It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening it deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day.
What would you do?
Draw out every cent, of course!!!
Each of us has such a bank. Its name is TIME.
Every morning, it credits you with 86,400 seconds. Every night it writes off, as lost, whatever of this you have failed to invest to good purpose. It carries over no balance. It allows no overdraft. Each day it opens a new account for you. Each night it burns the remains of the day. If you fail to use the day’s deposits, the loss is yours.
There is no going back. There is no drawing against the “tomorrow”. You must live in the present on today’s deposits. Invest it so as to get from it, the utmost in health, happiness, and success!
The clock is running. Make the most of today.
That's awesome! Thanks for sharing!
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