Time Spent and Time Saved

So, I've come to realize over the past few weeks something profound about myself. I need rest. Kind of obvious huh? It hasn't been so obvious to me. The way I usually operate is I work early, take a nap about every other day to catch up on sleep (that's just me), get homework done, read the Word, and then decide whether or not I have time to hang out with peeps. My whole operation shifted this past few weeks. Here's how:

I decided that in every aspect of my life "I am on full-on mission"(which is totally awesome and true), at work, at school, at the grocery store etc. I decided to just squeeze quiet times in other places. I pray(ed) out loud in my car the mornings that I open, I read my Bible on my lunch break, and in my quick spare times between classes I would read one of my books. However, any time that I had free I had been quickly filling up with a bunch of 'let's hang out's. This has been awesome, I LOVE getting to know every one of you guys better and it brings me so much joy hearing your successes and areas where you need prayer. I just forgot one small thing in all of this confusion. I did not leave time for me, not one minute.

Things that I thought were just me wasting away time and were pointless like watching tv, listening to music, and shooting BB guns were actually really cathartic for me. I realized that I NEED these activities for myself so that I can rejuvenate and once again go out  to BE on mission. I am realizing in myself that I am an introvert. Interesting. I need my times alone, and I get drained by being around others for too long. This realization has brought new life to me! I am taking time out of my day to sit and watch tv again, to play with my puppy, to read a book, to play drums. I feel alive again, and all it took was some good old-fashioned vegging out.