They say that if you do anything consistently every day for at least 21 days, it becomes a habit. So, I’m going to try it for 31 days… the whole month of March. These are my very belated New Year’s Resolutions, that I’m going to stick to:
- Wake up at 7:00 a.m. and go to bed by 11:00 p.m. (latest by midnight)
- Do basic exercises and quiet time in the morning, before work. (I’ve decided that the gym is a little impractical… the point is to make it easy and convenient for me to exercise, otherwise I’ll never do it.)
- Restrict myself to only 3 hours entertainment per day, total. This includes playing games, reading fiction, reading manga, watching anime or other shows on YouTube.
- Write at least one blog entry every day.
I’ve come to realise that indulgence is to the spirit what drugs are to the body… it dulls the senses and activity, lets you sink into a pleasant torpor. Unlike sin/iniquity, which is more akin to spiritual poison, indulgence doesn’t provoke a nasty reaction or guilt burden. It instead lulls you into complacency, then ignorance, then insensitivity and numbness. Which is equally bad. The Christian walk, I realised, is a constant battle – not against circumstances in the outside world, but instead the inner world – the temptations and trials which “war against our soul”. Changed character, not changed circumstances, are the mark of a true Christian who has found victory in Christ. I always only relied on God whenever outside circumstances pressed me so hard that I was thrown back to Him for help and comfort. But now I realise that I will need to depend on Him every day in order to do the most difficult and slippery task of all – taming myself.
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