I Feel 100% Motivated Today!

Okay, so this morning I decided to try to work on my passive challenges every day from 5AM to 1PM, then I would have the rest of the day free to work on my active challenges like blogging, checking out college AI programs, finding more social events to add to my calendar, finding other social circles to get involved in, and so on. I wanted to watch this video on how to choose a laptop to buy, but decided it was a active challenge and would have to wait until I'm done working on my passive challenges! 💪💯🥇🙏✝️ I need to want to get through my passive challenges as quickly and efficiently as possible so I have as much time for fun, active challenges as possible every single day! 

I am learning to surrender my illusion of control to God. But, at the same time, by taking on more active challenges I feel more in control of my life. A paradox. Well, a paradox is simply a problem awaiting an epiphany to resolve it. So how can I surrender my illusion of control while feeling more in control of my life? Well, I don’t precisely know but I suppose it would have to do with one's circle of influence versus one's circle of concern. I should ask one of the pastors for their take on it, and provide my thoughts. Damn, wish I could have made Coffee and Prayers this morning at 6:30AM but I didn't get up early enough. Ugh, that sucks. I didn't really have the time for it though, albeit, it would have given me more energy from the positive social interactions but I have plenty of positive energy built up right now. 

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is such an underrated book. It should be required reading. It is where the term "win-win" originated, but most people don't know what "win-win or no deal" means and how to use that approach, which is a shame. Albeit, it was actually this video by Dr. K, professor of psychology at Yale University and host of the Twitch stream "Healthy Gamer"that taught me how to get unstuck from feeling overwhelmed by doing more, not less. Albeit, I should re-read the chapter on "sharpening the saw" since it likely has that wisdom in there somewhere.