When keeping up is killing you...

So, this whole might have bitten off more than I can chew thing is NOT getting me down. It is however causing me to re-evaluate things a wee bit. There are soooooo many things I want to do and feel I need to do and think I have to do - but in reality, there are a lot of things that I can do differently to make time for other things.

This week, I'm taking a break from blogging my bible studies. I sat down with my book and my Bible and a highlighter pen. I read my book, opened my smaller bible with it's pretty color coded tabs and got down to business. I realized in trying to tackle it this way instead of on the computer several things will be different.

1. I will grow familiar with the layout of the Bible... perhaps even remembering where to find things in the physical one so that I can get a little faster when I do have to follow along in church.
2. I will be able to highlight my Bible as I go, that way when I read on my own I can connect it with my lessons.
3. I won't type out questions and answers - which could mean I don't remember things as well, but I hope that isn't the case.
4. I will have to trust that when I talk in study - the words will come out right - even though I haven't written out everything I want to say beforehand.
5. It will take more back and forth time and I might get frustrated more because of too many books to go through, but in the short term it actually seems faster.

So... now that I have finished my studies - 5 hours later - (not bad for doing two!) I am going to work on my Christmas Gifts.