One of the ‘mantras’ that I try to live my life by is the motto Don’t Waste Your Life.

“I’ve wasted it! I’ve wasted it!”
I never, ever want to come to the end of my life and say that.

My post yesterday about how to (not) succeed at school was a wake-up call. Recently, and on this blog in particular, I’ve been wasting my life. I’m going to try spending less time on stuff that doesn’t matter.

3 ways to waste a life:

• Wasting it in the little things – frittering away time minute by minute. Watching just one more youtube video or pressing the snooze button one more time. I don’t think there is anything bad about these things, but there is the potential and temptation to let them soak up your life. (How to stop)
• Wasting it in the big things – A career, an organisation, a sporting team, a family, friends, and relationships. Have any of these amounted to anything? Did you suck the most juice out of every opportunity at school? When you are with friends, do you spend more time discussing lotto results than important stuff?
• Wasting Jesus – Of all three, this will be the one you disagree with.
  If Jesus was who he said he was, the other two ways are of no importance compared to the tragedy of ignoring him. It is worth it to check him out. (Contact me if you don’t know where to start)
  (Disagree? Leave a comment.)

I don’t claim to be perfect in any of these. I find the temptation to waste life in the little things the hardest to resist and the easiest to forget. Procrastinating is dumb – do the stupid assignment and then get out and enjoy life. (Preaching to myself on this one.)

What do you think? Do you ever catch yourself wasting your life? Disagree with me completely? Leave a comment.