On Busy-ness

One of my friends from college texted me yesterday, asking when she'd see me again. My response was... well, my typical response. Yeah, hopefully soon. I've been crazy busy. Which, if you know me, is very much the truth. In fact, I think I enjoy keeping extremely, insanely busy. But why? I don't quite know if it's the fact that I actually enjoy being busy so much as I enjoy having things to do and I always have a ton of goals. I'm always looking for ways to push myself, get myself out of my comfort zone, and keep growing in general. I don't think I really like being stressed, that's for sure. In fact, I sometimes wonder if I can be too willing to keep myself occupied with things that I'd like to do that I don't leave enough time for the things that I absolutely should be doing. Things like doing devotions, reading books to gain a broader knowledge base, cleaning up my room that somehow seems to really obey the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics to a T. In my ideal world, I'd have time to keep up with friends on Facebook, get 7.5 hours of sleep, hang out with family and friends, complete all my apps for med school, get all my studying/homework in for my orgo class, work 40+ hours a week, and still have time left over for keeping up with my favorite TV shows, decorating my room, getting involved with a small group at church, and go running/work out. As I'm sure you're thinking by the length of that list, it's very much impossible. Well, at least with 2+ hours of commuting each day. So, something, somewhere must go. And someone, right here must organize. And get back to being disciplined. Because if I don't, I won't be able to get everything that I consider critical on that list finished when it needs to be complete. Back to the college schedule of ignoring all other activities when it's bedtime. When the clock says it's bedtime. Bedtime it is. And when the clock says it's time for devotions, that time it is. And when my working hours should be complete, they must be. For otherwise, there simply isn't enough of me, however busy I am, to get it all done.