The Gift of Time

Saturday, August 27, 2005

The Gift of Time

There are two things that disrupt the rhythm of our lives. Hurry and Procrastination.

-Eugene Peterson

One month.

30 days before I start my adventure as a fitness instructor trainee. The gym will be undergoing renovations at the moment.

The sense of restlessness is creeping slowly. It results in an increasing tendency to indulge in my peccadillo of sloth, marked by rising failed attempts to begin doing something that has meaning or purpose. All too many times I want to start something that is sparked by some embryonic grand idea in my head, only to succumb to distractions and ultimately overcomed by my dilatory nature. I want to do everything, only to end up doing nothing. I knew this would happen, predictably so. (Romans 7:19) Yet when push comes to shove, willpower becomes nugatory.

Time to make good choices. Utterly inspired by the 30-day Artist. (thanks deadpo8t) The bold strokes, the reckless plunge into his cavern of creativity and a huge heart to go through a period in his life whose tales could be passed on to his children's children. That's how I perceive adventure nowadays. You never know what would come out of a single step of courageous abandonment. You never really can tell what's on the other side of the cliff until you jumped over it. Sure there are careers to be build, families to be raised and bills to be paid. But weren't we are told once upon a time that we are allowed to dream? And not just that, but dream big? Thank God for those youth conferences. We are after all, only young once.

I shall list down some 30-day things to do. PLEASE help me add to em. From there, I shall choose what I shall embark on.

1. Start drawing comics and caricatures. (I can produce some decent sketches)

2. Practice piano/guitar/trumpet 2 hours a day. (scales, arpeggios, tone)

3. Read a philosophy series from some author. eg. Nietzsche, Michael Polanyi, Popper

4. Make 500 jumpers a day every morning (basketball if you wondering)

5. Do sprint work on top of my 5K run. (necessary for marathon running)

6. Take mandarin classes.

7. Swim 10 laps a day.

8. Exegetical Study on Genesis.

9. Cook one dish a week from Jamie's Recipes.

10. One Spiritual Discipline. (Simplicity, Prayer, Meditation)

11. One good deed for family a day. (this is not as easy as you think)

12. One good deed for a stranger.

13. Keep a plant or a small animal. (i'm in the creation-keeping mode now)

14. Crossword puzzles?

Help me with ideas. You guys have large hearts and big minds. Remember, it's me doing this. Don't ask me to draw some engineering plan of the next tallest building, though I got skills for that. You know how I hate engineering.

G

Something that the artist wrote which made me welled up and go, "Oh yeah."

Posted at 06:38 pm by jyg2


	winn August 31, 2005 10:47 AM PDT haha! choose. Not do all! :P I think the cooking one is really good! So by the time i go back, you can cook up a feast....=) Yipeeee


	g August 29, 2005 05:57 PM PDT no no... you miss my point. i want more creative ideas. this is not a must-do list. it's a suggestion list. again... CHOOSE from the list, not do em all. (read kam!) Probably four la.


	alex August 29, 2005 03:05 PM PDT my point: how many things do you expect to be able to do? your list is fricken long already, more than enough for you to start right now without needing to add to it! =)


	deadpo8t August 29, 2005 10:59 AM PDT thanks for the pitch on 30dayartist! there'll be a new 30days by the initiator of the idea: www.ming-art.com =) your list looks like a handful already...but I like #3 and #9: Nietzsche is a good start, can consider AynRand too? and to cook a dish a week from JO? nice one! Godspeed, mate!


	chaiyen August 28, 2005 11:49 PM PDT 1. give me 10 surprises a day :) 2. start a cell group - gathering your fella friends yuchun, sophia, jon, keith and me. so you spend the rest of the week planning for our cell and make all of us and inspired again. oh yah and make all of us happy after all our drain out week. 3. remove a bad habit a week. eg: leaving your cup at the sink after you use it 4. help me to solve the blue chamber ok.. enough i shall go back to my work.


	soph August 28, 2005 10:59 AM PDT watch desperate housewives, learn sign language, plan your Boston marathon trip =)


	agung August 28, 2005 09:59 AM PDT choose how many from a list?


	g August 28, 2005 04:26 AM PDT yeah of course. i did say i'll choose from the list, didn't I?


	alex August 28, 2005 12:45 AM PDT One. Step. At. A. Time.

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