Procrastination makes nothin' happen

[tinpra]

So I'm working on the "Biblical Marriage vs. Marriage in the Bible" posts, starting with putting in the gobs of missing hyperlinks from the posts I've already done, followed by finishing the next installment in the series. And it's amazingly hard to do! The distraction factor is high (hello, livejournal) and event though I need the internet for the links, I kinda despise it because I keep wanting to do anything else. There are so many k-dramas I could be watching, fic I could be catching up on, and of course the current novel I'm reading.

I had this same issue when I was working on the responses to lieueitak and others on our HP board regarding homosexuality and the Bible. The crazy thing is, I like to study. Once I get into it, I'm up for hours with my notebook or laptop, Bibles and online commentaries pulling stuff together, finding out things I'd not known or re-learning stuff I had forgotten.

But getting started! Ugh! What a pain. We carry on, however. Have to. Yesterday, after a particularly wasteful morning (like repentably, oh God I'm sorry I was a waste of space) I listened to a podcast by Pastor Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church, in which he stressed the need to to feel the urgency of reaching out to the world in anticipation of Jesus' return. He asked whether there's be anything you (the audience/congregation) would feel guilty about not having done or pursued or finished if Jesus came back to day. Well this is one of mine. There have been some things I've been faithful to through hard times, in spite of wanting to walk away, and sometimes looking for an excuse to do so, and I did it until the end. And there's stuff like this that I feel called to but I allow to languish by the wayside.

That's not cool. And that's why I'm going back to work. Because I have no officially written more about not being able to write, and found more links to back that up, than I've written or worked on.

Saaaaaad sad sadsadsad!

Comments

[jaguarx13.livejournal.com]

I think you're being too hard on yourself, bebe. Sometimes, things just slow down or you need a break to recharge. It could even be the summer/fall/summeragain/nowaitfallImeanitthistime/ weather stuff. I know you'll get back into the swing of things. *hugs*

So here, have some Forge.

[tinpra.livejournal.com]

I haven't told your lately or often enough how much I love you :)