Planning for Health
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Struggling to Manage Time
So, since my last post, I have added 3 more toddlers to my daily activities. My granddaughter, Tracy, and her husband have moved here from Richmond, Kentucky. They both work and I take care of their three little ones, along with the two who live with me, when their schedules coincide. The days and times vary greatly. Damion and Elaina love having them here and, after a period of adjustment, they love being here. I am glad to have the opportunity to build a closer relationship with them, but it does make managing time to write or exercise more of a challenge.
One which I was already having trouble accomplishing. So, once more, I am exploring ways to assure I make time to do both. As when I eliminated gaming from my life, I think the only thing that will work is to design a plan and then go at it “cold turkey.” I have tried since the first of the year to find a way to do it in steps or start small and gradually increase efforts, but those ways haven’t worked out.
I’ve recently bought several diet and exercise packages. I’ve made a few small posts. But, it always falls apart before long. So, I am looking at the packages and making a workout schedule to begin with. It cannot depend on time slots because my free time varies too much. So, I am making a commitment to a certain kind of workout on certain days for, at least, 15 minutes. The time of day will vary with my other responsibilities, but I will do it sometime even it it winds up being right before I go to bed at night. The goal is not just to lose weight, but to be stronger and have more stamina. The diet part will not be as difficult, once I make the key decisions, because I eat pretty healthy anyway.
As to writing, I am simply making a promise to myself to find moments of quiet, like now, to put words together. I’m not waiting for inspiration or scheduling a time slot because those things haven’t worked. I am doing religious research because I want to use this blog to explore the Bible and Christianity’s relationship to other religions. However, there is so much information out there that the research could take a lifetime. I need to begin the work while I search. So, I’ll be starting, not as an expert, but as a student searching for answers.
I’m not sure what timeframes will work, but I am making a promise to myself, to you, and to God that I will begin. I feel His call to be a small voice crying for common ground in the wilderness of suspicion and conflict that is our current state of affairs. As a Christian I must answer that call. At the moment, I think that answer will consist of an exploration of the Bible. When and how it came to be. A historical background of each book. A look at what real “experts” say about the meaning of key passages and, sometimes, a personal interpretation of how it relates to my faith.
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Lost Time
I knew that I was neglecting my writing, but I lost track of how long I’d been doing it. I can’t believe it’s been more than a year since my last post here. So much for my promise of updates once a month. I apologize for the neglect. If you are personally acquainted with me, you know that part of the reason is my preoccupation with toddlers. I am currently keeping two of my great grandchildren while their mother works. They are about to have birthdays and will be 2 and 3. They have required a lot of attention, but there was free time, I simply didn’t use it here.
I also had two online classes last fall, so that took up more time. I really didn’t have much to spare then, but I could have done the once a month thing. I simply didn’t. Since December, I’ve just been…..well, not exactly vegetating, I haven’t slid into the abyss of daytime TV. But, over the past couple of months, I did relapse into a former addiction. I downloaded a farming game onto my tablet. Progress required access to Facebook & the installation of a companion version on my computer. The addiction hooked itself into old connections and soon it was sucking up all my spare time plus eating into time when I should have been doing other things.
I’d been there before, so I knew the only answer was a “cold turkey” cutoff and filling all spare time with more productive activities. Since I’m not currently taking classes, it seemed getting back to my independent studies and writing was my methadone. I was shocked to discover how much time had passed while I just drifted along the flow. This blog had 16 updates waiting. I’ve cleaned up all that and this post is my apology for the neglect.
I’ve also started reading a book that I bought several years ago as a reference tool: Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years by Diarmaid MacCulloch. At the time, all I did was scan through the index and start the introduction. Yesterday, I finished the intro and started the first chapter. I will make a better effort this time to share my readings. MacCulloch says that Christianity must trace its roots beyond the birth of Jesus to the ancient Jewish and Greek culture that fed into His life here on earth.
I am here. I am 72 years old and I am still searching for a better understanding of my religion and my faith. Don’t misunderstand me, I do not doubt. I simply feel a need to integrate the spiritual with the physical and understand the history behind it all.
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