motivation from procrastination

I'm procrastinating procrastinating procrastinating...yeeees I am...

Sooo, I have the GRE coming up on May 29th and I have been really unmotivated to study lately. But I will get on it...right after this procrastination post (yeah right I will...he).

I've been thinking lately about how doing the small things and making the everyday, boring, right choices (i.e. choosing to study instead of procrastinate and waste hours on the internet) is really important in the long run. However, I've also realized the flip side that sometimes when you mess up in the everyday and you get all bent out of shape about it then you are focusing too much on the small things and it would behoove you to consider the bigger picture.

So you got a C in the Biology class? BIG deal, chances are one C on your Sophomore, winter term grades won't even be remembered by you a few years down the line. Besides, though you sometimes don't do as well as you would like on subjects that are not your expertise you have great relationships with the people around you and all in all it's okay because you've got Christ.

When we zoom in and get bent out of shape by unimportant minutae we can always recenter ourselves and bring us back to reality when we go back to truth: Life is in Christ and nothing else really matters...everything is an opportunity in Christ to grow.

So whether you're having a bad day, a bad minute, a bad season of life remember that it's all small stuff because God's giving you a great big bear hug right where you are and He's telling you that in all your iniquities and flaws He still loves you greatly.

Sooo, it's good to find a balance between, on one end, focusing too much on the small things to the point of ignoring the bigger picture, and on the other hand, neglecting the small things so much so that the bigger picture gets ruined (after all the bigger picture is just the summation of all the details).

Finally a note of caution: it's all too easy to use the excuse "I'm focusing on the big picture" when we continually repeat the same mistakes over and over without improving. And it's also all too easy to cop out behind: "I'm being attentive to the details, and after all, it's the little things that do make a difference" when we are losing site of the bigger picture and getting caught up in minutae.

If we use these two excuses often enough we run the risk of losing sight of the small things that matter and losing sight of the bigger picture. In the end it's all about--it's always about balance and moderation.

...okay enough procrastination...it's time for me to hit the books.