Tips for conquering a reading slump

August 13, 2015 • Reading

Reading is such a big part of my life; there is never a time where I’m not in the middle of a book. However, as much as I love reading, I have so many times where I suffer from a reading slump¹. Currently, I’m suffering from a major one that’s been going on for about a month or two.

I’ve learned some tips and tricks over the past couple of years that have helped me to get out of one. Sometimes methods that typically might work don’t always work for me, so it’s something you just have to try and see what works for you.

Getting things done

August 6, 2015 • Life

I've never really been the 'to-do' list kind of person. Mostly because I just never feel like I have enough to do that I need a list to keep track. I always wish I did though because I just love having a lot to do. Recently, there has been things that have been drawing my attention that have needed to be done for quite some time.

Since I finished school in about mid-July, I've had a lot of time to myself, especially since I had a bit of time before I have school and work to worry about. I've decided since I have about a week and a half left to myself, might as well take advantage of it and be productive. Although all these things are just so time-consuming and when it comes to doing them, I just don't want to. But I do have times where I'm really in the mood to do some "spring cleaning" and I like to take advantage of it while I can.

Good in goodbye

August 4, 2015 • Life, Love, Robert

Having your heart broken is never fun or easy. Especially when you lose someone who you genuinely thought was the love of your life. I know I’ve been there, and it was one of the hardest times of my life. But had I never been through that experience, I wouldn’t be where I am today. That experience helped me to grow so much stronger and learn so much about who I am and what I want.

While I couldn’t see anything good about losing someone so important in my life at the time, now I see it so much differently. Had I still been with this person, I wouldn’t be engaged to Robert and living the life I’m living now. Despite the fact that this person hurt me, I’m so thankful they let me go. I’m so glad that they didn’t let things go on and let me believe that they cared more than they did.

It’s all about God’s timing

July 31, 2015 • Faith, Life, Robert

I think the biggest thing when it comes to the Christian faith is trust. It's based simply on trusting in Jesus payment on the cross and God's faithfulness to save you. You have to learn to completely trust in God for everything. And I can tell you from first hand experience that it isn't easy. I think one of the main reasons is because we think we can do it all on our own and we don't want to have to rely on others. We want to think we have it all figured out. We want what we want when we want it. However, God's timing is always perfect. That's something I've been realizing lately.

Since Rob and I got engaged back in January of 2014, we've been so antsy and impatient to finally get married. Although, things just haven't worked out that way for us. There is just so much that we have to figure out and it just became so overwhelming and nothing was going the way we needed it to. I had to just keep reminding both him and myself that things would work out when they were meant to, but that didn't mean it was any easier. I still continued to feel like things were just never going to work out and we were never going to get married.

But God is faithful.

Living a life of faith

March 30, 2015 • Faith

Something I’ve struggled a lot with is the concept of faith. What is faith? How is it different from belief? How do I know I have enough? It’s something I’ve prayed about a lot lately. Something I’ve been seeking the answer to.

Now I’ve finally at least begun to understand.

The first thing I’ve learned is that faith and belief mean two different things. Belief is the acceptance that a statement is true or something exists. Faith is an attitude of trust in something for the purpose of enabling it to do something for you. You can believe pretty much anything, like a thought or an idea. But with faith, it has to actually be in an object. You can’t just simply have faith. Just like love, you can’t just be in love. Love has to have an object. Belief is required to have faith, but you don’t need faith to have belief.