Excuses and Distractions

How I ever get anything done is a miracle. I feel like I am so easily distracted. I guess the Lord blessed me with just enough adult ADD (self-diagnosed and hopefully a bit exaggerated) so that I can relate more to my little daydreaming students. Side note: There are so many things that I have to correct my students on and then turn around and find myself doing the exact same thing. Examples: 1. watching where you are going 2. reading directions carefully. And now I find I have more and more empathy for those students who struggle to stay on task. I always say if I ever decide to go back to school for my masters, it will definitely be a challenge!

SO to help with my struggle to keep my attention on any one thing for longer than five 5 minutes, I am going to do my very best to have unplugged time. I have goals I would like to accomplish this summer. I do not want to waste this time off! And it would be sssoo easy to get caught up in facebook and pinterest and watching all the morning talk shows and then look up and my day is gone. It's so easy to put off for tomorrow what needs to be done today. And that can become such a vicious cycle. I am going to do my absolute very best to not check anything on my social media, until after 7 pm each evening.

I have a few opportunities already lined up to hang out with some sweet people I love. I hope that the summer is filled with many more. I want to fully enjoy these moments!

To start the summer off right, I have 2 weeks with this wild child and my preggy sister!

I also pray that this summer is a season of intimate time with my Savior. Confession time... I feel that in the craziness of life, I have seen my focus in my relationship with the Lord struggle. My heart longs for something deeper. I am hungry to know the depths of God's love for me and to have a passion for sharing that love with others. I could go on and on about why I have allowed distractions to slowly take my focus but I will just end with this. I am thankful that I serve a God of grace. Oh how I have learned of my wretchedness and my need for His grace! He is waiting patiently to spend intimate mornings with me, to remind me of all that He is and all that I am in Him. He is eager to reveal Himself to us all in new ways everyday.

Another big goal for the summer, is to meet some health and fitness goals. I am learning that everyday I need to be on guard...looking out for places I am about to make a lame excuse. An excuse I am sure to regret!  Laziness isn't an option and my next treat day will be my birthday (Aug.6 if anyone would like to join me...I already know what it shall be;). I also want to really train hard, I have plenty of time on my hands!  So no excuses! Plus,  I can do a lot more for the Lord working with children if I am healthy and strong.

Pretty much my summer goal in all areas is to find the self-discipline that is hiding somewhere deep down inside me! Not to eliminate things completely, but to learn how to live with them and not allow them to be consuming.

So this will be my last blog post for a while. One less distraction. One less excuse (pinterest makes me hungry). I will still be on Facebook (I imagine I will not miss an evening of checking it),  but if you need to get me fast, text is the best way. I'll have that ringer up loud since my summer job is to find a job.