Bored

Proverb for the day:

Intelligent people are always open to new ideas. In fact, they look for them. Prov 18:15

Thought for the day:

I've been thinking today about how to live deliberately. Maybe it is my preferred word for when living a "purpose driven life" seems scary and/or too much hard work.

Over the past week I've had a bunch of meetings that I didn't necessarily choose.... they were just a part of my general work responsibilities. And there's nothing wrong with going to some meetings. But last night I wasn't really sure of what to do with myself when I wasn't being pulled from one thing to another. Instead, I just kinda wandered aimlessly from the couch to the fridge to the guitar to the bookshelf to the coffee pot. Bored. And annoyed at myself for being bored.

So today I spent an hour or so thinking about how I can live deliberately. I hope this next week to work productively, exercise, eat good food and make time to study Khmer. I plan to journal, pray and make spaces for interruptions in order to talk with friends and strangers. I'll see how it all goes, but I'm confident that it will be more fun than 5 hours of Wednesday night TV.