Balancing Energy and Trust
Hello friends,
Greetings from Austin!
This past week has been a rollercoaster for me in energy. I've had days where I've woken up, invigorated with energy ready to take on a full day of events and hangouts. And I've had days where being able to get out of bed and get dressed to go to work was already a huge achievement.
I don't know if this is part of starting work and juggling lots of responsibilities, but more and more, I find myself lacking energy and wanting to recluse away from people. Needing to fight for my own personal time by myself to recharge and even to spend with God, I've even implemented a Sabbath on Wednesday evenings to have my own protected time set aside for alone time.
It is quite scary, knowing the ungodly amount of time I've spent with others over the past years when I was in college, and though I still enjoy doing one on ones and group hangouts, there is a rising trend of me hiding in the confines of my apartment away from human contact.
That aside, it's been good learning to balance energy usage.
Knowing my limits, knowing what I am able to do within those limits, and learning to balance saying no to many things whilst juggling all the things I've said yes to have all been stretching moments.
As all this happens in this current season of busyness, the hope is that God will mature and grow me in character and discipline in preparation for the seasons to come. I have no idea what is in store, but I know that God is sovereign and knows the plans He has in store for me, and as hard as it is to trust, I want to be able to trust in Him with what He has in store for me.
Hope y'all are able to trust in God in the ways He's challenging you now in preparation for the future. It's hard but I believe God will complete the good work He's started in y'all
Anyways, thanks for tuning in to this week :) Keep on fighting that good fight and running that race for the Lord, and I shall catch y'all in the next update!
Weekly Collections
Faith
Four Lies That Keep Us from Prayer - Desiring God
Will He Fail Me Now? When We Doubt the Faithfulness of God - Desiring God
Overcoming the Pain of Your Past - MarriageToday Audio Podcast Spotify
Entrepreneurship
Hard Startups - Sam Altman Blog
Productivity
How To Multiply Your Time - TEDxDouglasville
Natural Time Multipliers think like this:
"What can I do today, that would make tomorrow better?"
"What can I do right now, that would make the future better?"
Multipliers realize that next-generation time management has much more to do with what you don't do, than what you do do.
Multipliers realize that perfection is achieved not only when nothing more can be added, but when nothing more can be taken away.
A funnel strategy to assess a take actions on the task:
Eliminate -> Automate -> Delegate -> Procrastinate -> Concentrate
Can I eliminate this?
Can I automate the task?
Can I delegate the task to somebody else?
Can I procrastinate the task with purpose, as in is it not a priority?
If the answer is no for all of these, then the conclusion is to concentrate and complete the task.
Verse of the Week
"Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God."
- Ephesians 5:1-2
Challenging Quote
"Trying and struggling looks like incompetence right up until the moment it looks like success."
- unknown