Health:
• A minimum of seven hours of sleep a night (unless it’s a necessity to do otherwise).
• Eat better (which means actually eating meals instead of skipping them).
• Continue to exercise reasonably.
Family:
• Make them all feel the specialness that they are in reality to me.
• Take time to look each of them in the eye to listen and talk to them.
• Make intentional, spiritual investments in them.
• Slow down and observe the uniqueness of their person as image bearers.
• Do my best to not be drained when I get home and give them leftovers.
Electronic:
• Keep alerts off the phone (except text and phone call).
• Have scheduled email/social media times.
Reading:
• Keep up with my personal reading schedule for personal development.
• Continue to read one fiction book per month.
• Read newspaper regularly.
Work:
• As much as I can, try to end the day at the end of the day. Don’t bring it home.
• Cast cares upon the Lord and rejoice in his triumphs of grace.
• Get some administrative help.
• Give it everything I’ve got in between the lines (the work day).
• Sow gospel seeds deep into the ground by discipling people.
• Pray. Pray. Pray. This is the Lord’s work. The arm of flesh can do nothing.
• Be patient, the Lord is steering the ship.
• Run like it’s a marathon not a sprint.
Some of these things have been in place but not working together in view of finishing at a good clip. In other words, there were other things that were draining their effectiveness. Perhaps you run really hard and have reasonable restrictions as I did, but are also feeling the fatigue. In this case I would encourage you to look at the big picture of what you are doing in light of the long-run, the marathon of life. Can you finish at this clip? Or will this thing finish you?
