Christmas vacation review...
It's the end of the Christmas vacation, and it's time to evaluate what exactly did I do during this long period of time.
I'll start with the sad thing: I still haven't decided on a subject to study for the PhD. I'm still a bit interested in everything, and that's causing too much trouble right now. I prayed a lot (I think), and a lot of people prayed as well. I guess I just need to wait a bit more...
I scanned 4 out of 11 stacks of pictures. I did two yesterday, and two the day before. How about that for procrastination? Two more stacks are in the processing labs, and should be available soon. Each stack takes around 1.5 hours to scan, edit, and upload, so I should expect around 13.5 more hours of work on this... Time to consider digicam? Nah...I'll wait until my mom breaks this camera.
Having my sister here had its pluses and minuses. On the plus side, I get out of my room more often, and travel to many places. More people talk to me when my sister's here. On the minus side, I think it somewhat delayed my work here. Also, I was (and still am) in a very deep spiritual low, so it wasn't really pleasant to pretend everything's all right.
I think I have bonded with the brothers more now. I feel that I can really talk to many of these people freely. That's a good thing, I think. Too bad I still have difficulty bringing up Christian topics when in conversation. Not even one tiny bit...
Having read a good portion of the book Authentic Faith had really reminded me of many difficult aspects of being a Christian. I think at many points I just go, well, I might considering quitting... But no, that's not going to happen. Also today's sermon has something to do with it as well. I am once again reminded how the past month or so have been really heavily "flesh-pleasing" rather than "spirit-pleasing"... Need to get back to the basics of Christianity, I think. Fast.
I'll start with the sad thing: I still haven't decided on a subject to study for the PhD. I'm still a bit interested in everything, and that's causing too much trouble right now. I prayed a lot (I think), and a lot of people prayed as well. I guess I just need to wait a bit more...
I scanned 4 out of 11 stacks of pictures. I did two yesterday, and two the day before. How about that for procrastination? Two more stacks are in the processing labs, and should be available soon. Each stack takes around 1.5 hours to scan, edit, and upload, so I should expect around 13.5 more hours of work on this... Time to consider digicam? Nah...I'll wait until my mom breaks this camera.
Having my sister here had its pluses and minuses. On the plus side, I get out of my room more often, and travel to many places. More people talk to me when my sister's here. On the minus side, I think it somewhat delayed my work here. Also, I was (and still am) in a very deep spiritual low, so it wasn't really pleasant to pretend everything's all right.
I think I have bonded with the brothers more now. I feel that I can really talk to many of these people freely. That's a good thing, I think. Too bad I still have difficulty bringing up Christian topics when in conversation. Not even one tiny bit...
Having read a good portion of the book Authentic Faith had really reminded me of many difficult aspects of being a Christian. I think at many points I just go, well, I might considering quitting... But no, that's not going to happen. Also today's sermon has something to do with it as well. I am once again reminded how the past month or so have been really heavily "flesh-pleasing" rather than "spirit-pleasing"... Need to get back to the basics of Christianity, I think. Fast.
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