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I haven’t had this many posts in one month since August of last year.
My New Job
After leaving UPS, I now find myself working at the CIRCA Help Desk. This is the wonderful world where I get paid to do such things as answer phones, learn more about computers, do homework, chat on AIM, and even write web posts… basically anything but play computer games. I know, it’s sad, I no longer get to throw boxes into trucks or cram them inside mini-vans, and I’ve also had to leave the other undue stresses of UPS… [cough...sarcasm], but sometimes we have to say goodbye. The previous post on Efficiency and Focus was spawned as a result of my new job (as well as written while at my new job – as is this post); hopefully I’ll now be able to finish the bulk of my homework on the job as well as do other things like post new entries and read up on some stuff on the internet. Oh, and earn money too. So, hopefully anyone who may read this page will see more posts in the near future, but to be fair it will take some time to get back in the knack of posting, it takes a certain focus to be able to recognize things to post on and then generate posts for them. Hope to see ya soon.
Efficiency and Focus
Two things have come to my attention recently that I think could greatly improve my life: The first is focus, and the latter is efficiency.
Focus: If I had one direct focus in my life which everything went towards, I could be a rocket scientist by now. I mean, think about it, how much time do I spend doing irrelevant, needless things? If I knew where I was supposed to be going I could take classes that would further me in that direction, read informative books, and take the necessary steps to head in that direction. As of right now I’m more like a sphere in my abilities, which does not bode well in a specialized society.
Efficiency: How many milliseconds do I waste each day? If every second was used, what would my day look like? I’d like to work on this: keeping myself accountable to the smallest increment of time possible. If I spent all my “wasted” minutes doing homework or reading a book, how much would I get accomplished? When I was in middle school I used to read a book a week; I’d read the book on the bus to and from school, I’d read the book before and after class, and I’d read the book during lunch. Sometimes, if I had homework, I’d do that instead, and before school was over I’d have all my homework done. Now, I have no idea what I do before or after class or during lunch, and I don’t have to ride a bus anymore to school, but I still have these spare moments and I’d like to see how much I could do with them, maybe even getting all my homework done before I leave school for the day.
A Spirit of Thanks
So recently I’ve been really discouraged. In fact, I don’t know if I’ve ever really felt so discouraged before. Last night, and as of late, it’s been so bad that it’s seemed as if I could think of nothing encouraging at all. Everything was discouraging: I could only think bad things about myself and I could only see the bad side of things, could only see my problems.
Well, this morning, with no particular impetus, I just decided to start thanking God for the many things in life: I mean it’s a beautiful day outside today; when I woke up this morning I felt good; all the good friends I have; the sun, plants, and nature; colors; and for love. It’s strange, but I think this is exactly what I needed. It didn’t stop there though; I started thanking God for the things I had been praying about/for recently. They hadn’t been answered yet, but in a way they had. For instance, I’ve been praying to find some really good friends, but instead I was thankful for the friends I have already.
So, the point of this message: next time you (or I) am down and out, sit back and just start being thankful for what we have, not what we have not.
