Balance
I'm still here. I haven't forgotten my friends in the blogworld. I have just been doing some thinking...
It's not so much that life has me busy (though we do have a lot going on in the next couple of weeks) as much as it is I feel convicted about my computer time. My kids have made a couple of comments recently that made me realize how often they see me sitting at the computer. I love blogging - and plan to continue - but I need to scale back and show my family that they are the priority in my life.
Life is good and the Lord has been good to us. We got through a round of stomach flu that went through 4 of us. We had an amazing trip to the GA mtns this weekend for hiking, resting, enjoying one another's company. I'm just trying to figure out where blogging - and even email - fits into family life in a way that's productive and doesn't leave me mindlessly saying for the 5th time, "yes...honey...i'll be there in a minute..." (which inevitably turns into 10 minutes)
So bear with my while I find the balance between computer, family, school, church, and so on. Anyone else feeling this tension?
It's not so much that life has me busy (though we do have a lot going on in the next couple of weeks) as much as it is I feel convicted about my computer time. My kids have made a couple of comments recently that made me realize how often they see me sitting at the computer. I love blogging - and plan to continue - but I need to scale back and show my family that they are the priority in my life.
Life is good and the Lord has been good to us. We got through a round of stomach flu that went through 4 of us. We had an amazing trip to the GA mtns this weekend for hiking, resting, enjoying one another's company. I'm just trying to figure out where blogging - and even email - fits into family life in a way that's productive and doesn't leave me mindlessly saying for the 5th time, "yes...honey...i'll be there in a minute..." (which inevitably turns into 10 minutes)So bear with my while I find the balance between computer, family, school, church, and so on. Anyone else feeling this tension?
Comments
I think a lot of blogging will go by the wayside as I have to redo an entire house and begin homeschooling officially in the fall. (ever heard of winters promise....no, I'll never stop asking you questions...*wink)
Yes, I feel the tension somedays when I find myself sneaking down to the computer for just a few minutes. I am thinking it needs to be somewhere inconvenient in the next house so it doesn't "stare" at me all day.
In the meantime, I should be doing bills right now!
This is something I could NEVER stand about my software designing dh (one of the few things that bug me) - watching the kids stare at his back while he sits at the computer. And yet since I've started blogging, I've found myself in that position! Such a lesson for me for sure!
Yes - the family must come first! But I think that if we are faithful to GOd in making this our priority, then He may allow us to have some fun in blog time, huh?
;-D
Andrea (off to get off the computer now...really...)
I'm so glad everyone is healthy now and you are enjoying some time together! I missed hearing from you, but definitely understand. :)
We had our 6th graders keep a media log for Sunday school and I did it too. An eye-opener! I too am trying to cut back and also to use the computer mostly when I can't be with my family - naptime or night.
Balance is like reformation...a dynamic thing... a verb...always happening!
-Charlotte