Joshua’s Cape Rants, raves and insights from the kid who loved his cape.

I don’t have time for this.

Or anything else this week that's not on my to-do list, as a matter of fact. Yet, here I am.

There is so much going on this week. I have a lot to accomplish. For the first time in my life, I'm finding calendars and task lists to be useful. I used to balk at people who had that much to do, now I've become one of them

Historically, I'm terrible at time-management. But it seems like the more I have on my plate, the better I am at it. I'm good at getting things done, the only variable is how much stress I allow myself to encounter while getting the things done. Having a to-do list to organize my day, and break the week down into smaller, much more manageable goals and tasks gives me purpose, and the pleasure I get from checking things off a to-do list (like Google Tasks, which draws a line through finished things, like this) gives me additional motivation.

I talked last week in our college group about the difference between short-term and long-term goals, and that short-term goals usually have a much smaller scope than the long-term ones do. It's funny how I'm eating my own words this week, or rather reflecting on them. I love how God will give me a word that not only speaks to other people, but will relate to me usually later that same week. Even just thinking about that idea has helped me to organize my week. And yet here I am doing something that wasn't on my to-do list.

I wrote myself a 'future mail' to remind me to renew my domain name. I wrote it the beginning of November and I threw in the little note 'good luck with the wedding planning.' Of course, I knew I was going to be planning a wedding at this time, but it was funny reading that little email from myself from a few months ago. At that time, my fiance didn't know that I was planning on proposing when I did. That made me laugh.

I heard the song 'Every little thing' by Hawk Nelson this morning on my way to work. In that moment, I realized just how amazing it is that I'm marrying this girl who, before I ever realized it had 'every little thing I wanted.' And even more importantly, every little thing I needed. I know it's easy for me to sit here and say 'it's totally worth it to wait' and someone out there, much like I was just a short time ago, who doesn't have someone that they're in a relationship with is gonna balk at me and say 'oh yeah, I'm sure.' But really. God has the right person, just wait for his delivery.

I'm going to build a website for the wedding, but as I've made clear, I haven't had time yet. I'll let you know when it's up.

Hope everyone is having a blessed week.