Here is another thing I did when I still had loads of schoolwork piled up. My buddy’s media company was participating in the 48 Hour Film Project, and called me up to write original music for their short film. As the weekend progressed, I ended up doing a little more than I had expected, but it was a lot of fun and was definitely an unforgettable experience. Without further ado, here’s what we produced:
Meanwhile, remember, there’s a mountain of schoolwork floating over my head.
As a response to my blog from a few days ago, I want to give you a taste of some of the things I waste my time with when I’m putting off some school work.
When I started my online courses back in January, one of the first things I did to make “better” use of my time was toying around with GarageBand (the MacBook recording program). This what I came up with while procrastinating reading about John Smith and Jamestown:
“The Time is Now”
I named the song before I began my ranting on procrastination… Such irony…
Yesterday, it really hit me how utterly foolish it is to put off school work (or any kind of work for that matter). As I was sitting at my desk, immersed in my text books, I knew that I still had five chapters to read, a quiz to take, a final exam, and two projects that include summarizing every book of the Bible in eight to ten sentences (which, at the time, was all due last night). Not to mention that it had been two weeks before that I had only just begun to delve into my eight week course which consisted of three text books totaling 1000 pages, seven quizzes, a final exam, and two projects. That fact that I only have two-thirds of the projects remaining and a 96 average so far is great. Thankfully, Liberty University’s internet provider is having problems so they extended all classes till Wednesday this week.
But! I came to the conclusion that if I keep doing this, if I keep procrastinating these online courses (which leads to other areas of work as well), I will surely die of heart failure by the time I’m thirty. My heart is still throbbing with pain from the stress of yesterday’s load of school work plus staff meeting with Aletheia and band practice that night. I think I only managed to eat a bagel and some pretzels the whole day, too.
So I came to this conclusion (one that I’ve come to many a time but that I pray will stick this time):
That rest can only exist after work is done; without work, there could never be rest.
As Jason Pelt has pointed out by first putting me on probation then by completely removing my name from his blog roll, I haven’t blogged in quite some time. I feel as if I have disgraced the blogging community in which we find ourselves. To those, and Mr. Jason Pelt, I apologize.
But it was for good reason. I have been in Florida visiting my family and friends that I have not seen in several months. It was a very encouraging and relaxing time for me and a time that I felt was necessary. God really used it to teach me and confirm His faithfulness to me.
The more and more time I spend away from my family, the more I grow to appreciate them. It reminds me to thank the Lord for this nourishing institution of family He has created.
So, to stay true to the purpose of this blog, I want to leave you with a thought:
Cherish your family. To those still under your parents’ roof, honor your parents. To those going off to college, honor your parents and keep in touch with them while you’re away. To those already married or on your own, give your parents a call and tell them how much you love them and appreciate them in your lives. To those who don’t have or no longer have immediate family, God is good. He is our Father and we have brothers and sisters in Christ. Family is awesome.
