Comments on: Unfinished Business: A Lesson on Time Mis-Management

By: Michele Corbett

Michele Corbett — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:04:52 +0000

Bradley. I am in a small group right now where we are going through the workbook: “Restoring Margin to Overloaded Lives.” It’s seriously changing my life and I don’t usually feel that way about small group studies. Check it out: http://www.amazon.com/Restoring-Margin-Overloaded-Lives-Workbook/dp/1576831841/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269997458&sr=8-1

By: Bump

Bump — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:05:06 +0000

[...] J. Moore of Shrinking the Camel wondered how to get it all done, with no clear solutions for dealing with the family-work conflict: [...]

By: shrinkingthecamel

shrinkingthecamel — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 01:38:16 +0000

Thanks Deb.

By: Jose@Christian Business

Jose@Christian Business — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:03:19 +0000

Thanks Bradley for this useful post. It reminds me of the basics in time management.

You said “Maybe I expect too much?”. Sometimes, that’s my problem too.

But when I pray and give my best then there should not be anymore reason for me to worry.

When we have so many things to do, perhaps this one from Ed Silvoso would be of help:

“The more I prayed, the more God’s hand showed up at work. The more He intervened, the better each project turned out.”

God bless.

Jose

By: deb

deb — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:54:24 +0000

I squeezed some prayer time in for your situation. Barely.

I haven’t decided yet whether or not “being still” for a week has left my husband and I refreshed or feeling even more overwhelmed. I suppose it has something to do with all the looming spring clean home repair lists, graduating and/or job hunting or on spring break kids, health issues with extended family , a new work promotion that is fabulous but promises more wheel spinning but less travel, and less to do with the fact that we have a good track record or things working out okay and we need to just trust. Not easy, because I can’t just cross that off the list as something finished.

appreciate your vulnerability here. Thank you.

By: L.L. Barkat

L.L. Barkat — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:49:09 +0000

Edging ever closer. Glad to find it in my comment box…

you have every reason to set your words on the main table. Loved it.

By: Andrew Turner

Andrew Turner — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:30:16 +0000

I always found it interesting that Christ and every other great figure in the Bible took special, regular time alone with God. I’ve also been told that when you serve God according to the model he’s given, to let the chips fall where they may and he does the rest. Because I think it would be realistic to say that the work never stops, yet the Lord demands a sabbath rest as much as he commands us to not murder or steal, yet it’s often ignored as an anachronism or a mild suggestion.

That said, the one point that I rely on is to simply take one day a week to suspend activity and rest.

By: shrinkingthecamel

shrinkingthecamel — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:08:42 +0000

Thanks so much, Al!

By: annkroeker

annkroeker — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:05:55 +0000

You might enjoy slipping over to read LL Barkat’s post at Seedlings in Stone about the need to trim her schedule.

I’ve let opportunities fill up my weekly schedule so full that I need to trim it down in order to be more effective at the things that matter most.

But if I find that I can’t trim anything, then your conclusion sounds like a wise alternative: to accept the loose ends and rest in God’s grace.

By: David@RedLetterBelievers

David@RedLetterBelievers — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:46:53 +0000

It seems the more I manage my time, the more project come my way because … i manage my time so well.
“Oh, you’re caught up, here’s more!”
Ugh. The time death spiral!