I'll Whistle While I Work

I arrived at work nearly an hour and a half early this morning.  Why?  Thanks to the incredibly supportive man in my life, I fell asleep on the couch at 7pm last night and slept right through, besides being woken to go to bed.  This morning I feel COMPLETELY refreshed, alert and ready to go.  That feeling in itself is refreshing.  When I fall asleep at 7, however, I start waking up around 3am, wondering when the alarm is going to go off.  By 5am I gave up sleeping and decided to make it an early day at work.

When I arrived, the first email I saw was K-Love's Encouraging Word of the Day, and how completely appropriate it was, for me at least...

"Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people." ~Colossians 3:23

I must admit, I've become lazy.  At work, at home, in life in general.  And I need to change that.  I don't focus on what I don't have, but when I'm not completely satisfied with what I do have (my job, despite loving the people and being great at it), I put it on the side or back burner and choose to focus on other things.

But maybe that's why I'm not being presented with an opportunity that I would enjoy more.  Perhaps it's because I'm not working as hard as I can at what I do have, and making the most of it.  Perhaps I need to "whistle while I work" and that will be the key to opening more doors.

Besides work, I have been exploring other opportunities.  Dave will be starting school in the next couple of weeks (going for his Bachelors in Game Art and Design!), and hearing him talk about it makes me think about going back myself to finish my Bachelors in Graphic Design.  No, the thought of taking out more student loans does NOT excite me, however at least payment on my current loans would stop until I wrapped up the next degree.  And where I live now is not an interior design mecca.  Besides doing free-lance work, I do not see myself finding a job in the field I was formerly educated in. 

Today I believe I'll focus on doing the best I can at everything I do, and stop being lazy and avoiding what I don't particularly want to do.