Endless Grace: How Jesus Uncovers the Why Before Trying to Fix the What
Learning to Stop Beating Myself Up I am currently in what many believers call a "busy season." There's lots of big things on the horizon for me, and they are all going to take a lot of work and preparation to go smoothly. One of them was a big test that I would have to study for. I had to take this test in order to graduate with my AA. But instead of feeling excited, I started to feel anxiousness, fear, and dread. Instead of rolling up my sleeves, locking in, and being ready to get to work, I got lazy and fell into a trap of consistent procrastination; falling short of things that needed to be done, frequently ignoring the tasks on my to-do list, and I started to spiral into guilt because of it. I knew I needed to do better, pick myself up, and start making the right decisions, but I lacked the will. I would tell myself, tomorrow I'd do better, but I would wake up the next morning only for the cycle to continue, and the clock was still ticking. The deadlines were eve...
