Life can be split into three different tasks types: elephants, monkeys and ants. We have spent the last week doing management training. It seems strange to define tasks as monkeys, ants and elephants. However, I have found it quite an effective medium for time management. In the last week, I have had one monkey, several ants and one elephant. Monkeys are defined as distractions. Monkeys swing into town and distract you from work. We were offered to go out on Thursday night. However, I aimed to get my novel finished and sent off by Friday. That was my ant–ants need to be stamped on! Another ant was booking my rail ticket back to Leeds.
Now elephants are the most important things–family life, church life. They are a constant in our lives. Fortunately as a single man I don’t have many elephants. Although all that is about to change–youth work, fund raising, evangelism and not to mention the writing. I am going from none to a herd. Although a saying I heard today seemed relevant “I have so much to do today, I will have to pray for at least three hours to ensure I finish it all.” Organisation, was always a weakness for me. Fortunately the being I work for organised the entire universe, organises times and places for people to be saved, knows the numbers of hairs on our heads. I need some of that!!! So yeah just thought I would share that tip with you before I got distracted by a monkey. It’s been an awesome week seen God move for the people of Hartlepool although I got pinned by a spiritualist for half an hour! The spiritual battle taking to the streets, of course I won, although I am not exactly sure what I won... All support appreciated if you want to be added to the mailing list for “Nowhere to be Found”. My email is josephturner567@hotmail.co.uk, just drop me an email and I will let you know when it is published.
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