Wednesday, December 26, 2012

I love the library!  Not only do they have books to read and movies to watch, they have e-books and audio books.  HALLELUJAH! Now I can listen to books while I am doing other things. 

What does this mean, it means I will look for the audio before I look for a hard copy.  I know nothing is like holding a book, I love reading a hard copy when I have time.  But when I don’t have time, reading is the thing that gets left behind. 
Let's get to what am I listening to and anyone who knows me will laugh.  I'm listening to: The Now Habit. A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play. 

(You can stop laughing now.)    
The basic idea of the book is this-procrastination is not a character flaw, but a learned protective reaction to pressure.  Feeling overwhelmed from the pressure of failure or success.  And if the underlying fears can be diminished then the learned reaction (procrastination) can be unlearned. I thought the book would give steps to avoid procrastination, but it looks at why you procrastinate and how to overcome.   Very interesting!  Stop procrastinating and check it out.  It's worth your time.
 
The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play.   Author Neil Fiore, PhD.

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Like alot of you I grew up watching the Jetson's.  And I will have to say I'm a little disappointed that we are still driving cars on the road and not flying through the air.  Another disappointed is I don't have a "Rosie" robot to clean my house.  Heavens knows I need her! 

Sometime, it seems like using an IPhone is somewhat Jetson like.  What is funny is that we walk around with something smaller than a deck of cards not tethered to anything- that we can talk on, watch, or listen to and then complain that it is to slow.

All of that to bring me to the book I am reading.  I say book-is it still a book if it is on your phone?  Olive Tree had 3 free books to download; all of which are written by Francis Chan.  I just started "Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit"   I'm only in chapter 1, but it is very interesting.  Chan makes this statement "He (God) is infinite and we are finite..."  Humbling isn't it.  i can't wait to read more.  I'll update you periodically.