of time and time again

My plan for my day off:

0000: Administrative tasks for ministry

0200: Sleep

0800: Wake up

0900: Do stuff

0000: Sleep

But this was how it turned out:

0000: Administrative tasks for ministry

0200: Sleep

0800: Wakes up

0900: Repairs light bulbs

1000: More administrative tasks for ministry

1200: Drive back Melbourne

1400: Meeting to discuss friend's concert

1500: Look at books

1600: Cut hair

1700: Take tripod from Melbourne home

1730: Drone sighting and discussion (and it's awesome!)

1830: Nap

1900: Asian grocery shopping 

1945: Costco for dinner and shopping with best friend

2030: Drive best friend home

2110: Takes photos of friends playing badminton

2200: Leave for Bendigo

0000: Arrives Bendigo

Favorite picture of the day.
It's not just about badminton. It's the community.

We often race against time, as though we have a competition against it.

We schedule in things in our lives to maximize our time, which is fair, because our time is limited. Time is money, yes? But today, I had the opportunity to schedule nothing, and to just go with the flow. Even with 4 hours of pure driving, I was doing my usual praise sessions in the car (read: screaming melodies and lyrics with some air drumming I'm pretty sure), so that was time well-spent in my opinion.

But the point is this: this is the beauty of scheduling nothing.

Because I have let inspiration hit me from different places.

Sometimes, we need to take a break from schedules, and just go with the flow. I may have scheduled out my next 3 weeks practically until my annual leave, but I'll remember to save some time for nothingness next time, because I have found that today is an amazing day.

For now, let's rest this physically exhausted body.