Editing

I have noticed that I have some knack at editing.  I am not perfect but I seem to see things that others don't.  Like I will see an extra space in a sentence on someones resume and I will tell them about it.  Or I will read through a document and words misspelled with a red underline will get my attention and I use the Control-Click combination to select the right word.  Doing so is almost impulsive.  Sometimes the words on the overheads at church will be misspelled and I want to get into the sound booth and correct them.  There is a local park that recently was updated with new placards but those displays had many misspellings on them.  It really irritates me that people could not have done a better job at getting the words right.

It is important to me that words are spelled correctly and sentences look orderly.  Something is triggered inside me to do something about words that are not quite right.  Editing then is something I believe I can do for others as I can work quietly on the computer and it is something I enjoy.

Do you know some place that could use my editing skills?

Is "giving your all" really a formula for success?

The advise, "Give it your all" seems on first hearing it like a reasonable demand for winning and being the best.  However, giving it all in any one area of life will quickly lead to imbalance and lots of failure in other important areas of life.  If I were to "give my all" to being good at financial management when would I have time to actually earn money?  Or if I were to "give my all" to my physical well being, when would I have time to spend with my family?  In the same way, giving my all at work or giving my all for my career only leads to imbalance in other areas of life.  At first, it seems so right.  But when did career become the most important thing?  Why is our job the one area of life were we can spend an inordinate amount of time and yet still have people's admiration and approval?  Work is just work and our jobs are just our jobs.  They will come and go, as will the title and the money.  I don't believe that giving my all means I have to give away my entire time to my career.  In fact, I think I can be very productive in a short period of time and free up even more time for those other areas of life that tend to get overlooked.

Have you noticed an imbalance when you have "given it your all" to one area of you life?

People I don't like to be around

I find it is difficult to be around some people because they take a lot of energy out of me.  My senses are constantly aware of all sorts of things in them, like their words, actions, and attitudes, due to how I monitor and observe.  People who constantly swear, who have poor speaking habits, who do not care about their appearance, who habitually blame others, putting others down, not telling the truth, and not taking responsibility for their own lives are examples of people who are draining.  I don't like being around people who only talk about wild times, parties, drugs consumed, and beverages drank.  Excessive talk about sports and sport stars can also be tiresome.  Someone who is in need of always being number one and keeping a packed schedule can make me feeling little and this feels tiresome too.

Who do you not like to be around?

Cooling off to LinkedIn

Over the last week or so I have noticed that I have been cooling off to LinkedIn.  In the past, I kept a tab open for LinkedIn and refreshed the page every few hours or when I noticed an update.  Now, I get on LinkedIn, check the few things I always do, and close the page for the day.  I think I am growing weary of the site because many of the people on there are way too put together.  They are corporate, they have the titles, and the amazing picture.  Competing with them is nearly impossible.  The other thought is that I have joined an on-line group called Free Agent Academy and they emphasized independent business ownership.  I find owning a micro-business very attractive and inspiring.  LinkedIn emphasizes the traditional job.  Linear income is not what I am after.  I much prefer residual income.  A last reason that LinkedIn has become boring to me is that other people do not update their profiles.  They do not add a picture, their job history is out of date, and they never join in conversation.  I wish more people would get themselves involved and be pro-active about their on-line professional profile.

I have spent a lot of hours on this website.  I have updated my profile and I have tried to jump in and provide some help for others.  Now maybe the time to let it go as it is not providing the return that I was looking for.

Are you using LinkedIn?

Attendance at church

I believe attending services at a Bible church very important.  For one reason, God has told us to.  In Hebrews 4:24-25 it says "Let us not forsake the assembling of ourselves together".  When we obey God we are living our lives in a manner that says that we love Him.  Later in verse 25 it mentions we are to come together for "exhorting one another".  Exhorting is to strongly encourage someone.  We can't do that on our own.  We are also to come together as a group to present ourselves to the Lord.  It is also a public testimony of our faith in God.  We vote with our feet after all.  We also praise the Lord through song corporately, we have the chance to give out of our increase, and we can grow in our faith by hearing the Word preached.

It bothers me how people who attend church for a while will just drop out and never say anything to me.  I am left wondering if they are no longer believers (in that case, I should warn them) or if they are assembling with believers elsewhere.  It also bothers me when people leave church for petty reasons.  Someone supposedly said something that miffed them or the pastor got hot under the collar at a board meeting.  Aren't we suppose to love people through their faults and forgive them?

Attending church on a regular basis is of high importance to me.  When others attend my church it boosters my faith and I am encouraged.  People need to realized that their presents and absence does have an affect on me.

Do you attend church?  Why or why not?