Today is the first day of the new year, January 1st, 2015. I always think of the beginning of a new year as a time for rethinking and reorganizing. Rethinking my priorities and trying to reorganize my life so that it better aligns itself ~ and myself ~ with God's priorities and His Word.
I fear that I'm doing a piss-poor job of it this year, however, because I'm playing a game on Facebook, called TrainStation, that I really like. I know I play it far too often and I know I need to stop. For a long time I had only two neighbors, and with two neighbors ~ neither of whom ever play ~ I could get away with playing once a week. But a couple of months ago, maybe less, I somehow managed to acquire five new neighbors, and all five of them play everyday. Now, I realize that just because my neighbors play everyday that doesn't necessarily mean I have to play that often. My problem is that I really, REALLY like the game. It's hard for me to think about cutting back on the amount of time I spend playing, and it's VERY hard to consider not playing at all.
Since I wrote the previous, I've had time to see Jeff and talk to him about playing this game. Interestingly, his take on the situation was very different than mine is, and it was completely distinct from what I thought it would be. He reminded me that throughout my childhood the times when I had fun, when I played, were few and far between. So he told me that he didn't see anything wrong with my playing the game. He even said he thought there was nothing wrong with me playing it everyday as long as I play in moderation. Then I got the idea to reward myself with extra gameplay if I use my exercise machine everyday, and Jeff thought that was a good idea.
So that's what I'm doing! Thus far I've exercised for twenty-five minutes each day, four days in a row. Wow. Just wow!
Since I wrote the previous, I've had time to see Jeff and talk to him about playing this game. Interestingly, his take on the situation was very different than mine is, and it was completely distinct from what I thought it would be. He reminded me that throughout my childhood the times when I had fun, when I played, were few and far between. So he told me that he didn't see anything wrong with my playing the game. He even said he thought there was nothing wrong with me playing it everyday as long as I play in moderation. Then I got the idea to reward myself with extra gameplay if I use my exercise machine everyday, and Jeff thought that was a good idea.
So that's what I'm doing! Thus far I've exercised for twenty-five minutes each day, four days in a row. Wow. Just wow!
