Finding fun in a busy life

Now that college has a really free schedule compared to high school, it is often hard to motivate myself to study early and prepare for the exams that are far far away. The habit of procrastinating never went away since it has grown on me over the past 4 years of high school.. :P


Because of this bad habit of procrastinating, I often find myself busy cramming for exams a week before and when the exams come I usually don't do too well.. at least on the exams I've taken so far I didn't. Now I try to study with my study group every time the prof finishes teaching one lesson. Hopefully this way I'll be able to reduce the stress of workload before exams..


In a way I guess it's also because I load myself with a lot of activities like dancing, singing, and other random stuff. People might suggest that taking out those activities can reduce stress and give me more time to study. But I beg to differ. I NEED those stuff in my life to have fun. Yes I'll be busy and stressed but without those fun things to look forward to, college would be only about studying and that's one boring life I do NOT want to have. Sure, we should study hard and get good grades to prepare for our future. After all, in four years we will be heading out to the real world and probably join the workforce if we don't continue to grad school immediately. But I know that these opportunities to have fun are there for me to take.


I will try my best to balance fun and work, but I'll never give up either one because they are both equally important.


Are you a workaholic or someone who neglects work and only plays around?
I'm neither, but I kinda wish I could do both equally well.. :P

Everyone has a purpose

Today, Davy Liu came to speak at our church service. After listening to his testimony, I felt this long-gone but oh so familiar feeling of warmth in my heart. It was like the feeling I felt when I first attended Vida Nueva more than two years ago. God was speaking to me today.

(For more information about who Davy Liu is, visit his website: http://www.davyliu.com)


Ever since I got back to Taiwan and started college, I feel like my faith has been going quite unstable. It felt like I've been living everyday without a clear purpose really. Everyday was basically spent trying to get through classes, finish homework, play play play. And it feels like I'm just not as good as some people here because my grades aren't looking so pretty and it seems like everyone is so talented. It's as if I'm a cheap little glass bead. What happened to the passion I had back in high school?

I forgot.
In God's eyes, we are all special and valuable diamonds. Everyone has a purpose in life, even if we don't see it at the moment. God has gifted each one of us a unique gift. Why should we limit ourselves to fit in the standards of society? Bad grades doesn't mean you are useless, it just means perhaps getting good grades is not the gift that God gave you and wanted you to use for His glory. As long as we live our life to the fullest, we are honoring God.

I'm not saying I don't need to care about studying anymore, but so long as I know I've tried my best, no matter what grades I get, I won't be letting myself down, or letting God down. There must be something else God wants me to do to glorify Him, and what I need to do is to find that purpose by following Him.

God is good, all the time!
All the time, God is good!