also, http://mypoppet.com.au/2013/04/upcycle-style-braided-t-shirt-rug.html is such a good idea to put my old clothes to use! Might try it one day when i have time.
https://www.relevantmagazine.com/life/whole-life/features/25956-11-things-to-know-at-25ish
with the nearing of mid-twenties and impending graduation, a lot of thoughts about life often takes place in my head. i think at 23, im starting to accept myself and appreciate where im at a lot more. im starting to understand myself better - what i like, what i dislike, what i can deal with and what i cant, whats best for me and whats not so good for me, what challenges me, whats easy for me. this helps me put things into perspective, i used to always have an "ideal" that i would like to work towards or become, while that isnt wrong, ive learnt to appeciate my current standing in this season of life and be contented. ive learnt not to compare myself with others and ive learnt that its okay to be different. God has created each and every one of us different, i have my own journey to walk and so do other people.
11 DON’T GET STUCK
This is the thing: When you hit 28 or 30, everything begins to divide. You can see very clearly two kinds of people. On one side, people who have used their 20s to learn and grow, to find God and themselves and their dreams, people who know what works and what doesn’t, who have pushed through to become real live adults. Then there’s the other kind, who are hanging onto college, or high school even, with all their might. They’ve stayed in jobs they hate, because they’re too scared to get another one. They’ve stayed with men or women who are good but not great, because they don’t want to be lonely. They mean to find a church, they mean to develop intimate friendships, they mean to stop drinking like life is one big frat party. But they don’t do those things, so they live in an extended adolescence, no closer to adulthood than when they graduated.
Don’t be like that. Don’t get stuck. Move, travel, take a class, take a risk. There is a season for wildness and a season for settledness, and this is neither. This season is about becoming. Don’t lose yourself at happy hour, but don’t lose yourself on the corporate ladder either. Stop every once in a while and go out to coffee or climb in bed with your journal.
Ask yourself some good questions like: “Am I proud of the life I’m living? What have I tried this month? What have I learned about God this year? What parts of my childhood faith am I leaving behind, and what parts am I choosing to keep? Do the people I’m spending time with give me life, or make me feel small? Is there any brokenness in my life that’s keeping me from moving forward?”
Now is your time. Walk closely with people you love, and with people who believe God is good and life is a grand adventure. Don’t get stuck in the past, and don’t try to fast-forward yourself into a future you haven’t yet earned.
Give today all the love and intensity and courage you can, and keep traveling honestly along life’s path.
This is a time to grow, and to find a rhythmn of spiritual disciplines. One thing I'm also learning is to be patient and not rush into decision making, not to allow my bursts of passion to take over me. One thing Ive found hard to live with is with a cloud of indecision above me, i need to know whats going to be coming up, if i want to do something, i want to do it now. but im learning to wait for the right timing, to wait for the opportunities, and to slowly wait for things to develop. and yes, im loving being in my 20s!
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