{"id":8804,"date":"2023-10-01T19:30:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T23:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/?p=8804"},"modified":"2023-10-01T19:30:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T23:30:16","slug":"365276-am-i-doing-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/365276-am-i-doing-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"365+#276: Am I Doing Enough?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don\u2019t know about you, but occasionally I get into a \u201cDepression Funk.\u201d It goes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Days-365226-sad-emoticon.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7442\" src=\"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Days-365226-sad-emoticon.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"52\" height=\"52\" \/><\/a> something like this:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I\u2019m tired. I\u2019ve already taken a nap, but I don\u2019t feel like tackling another thing on my <em>To Do<\/em><\/li>\n<li>I\u2019m tired of trying to save the world.<\/li>\n<li>Global Warming is way bigger and more complicated than what I can solve. Let somebody else do it.<\/li>\n<li>If not me, who else is going to take care of this problem?<\/li>\n<li>I\u2019m tired.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Perhaps some of my funk is natural for a person in their mid-70s. But, I\u2019m in good health. I no longer have a regular paid job, but I do have enough income that I don\u2019t have to worry about being hungry, unclothed, or homeless. What I do have is the gift of TIME. How should I be using it? After all, people like Pope Francis or the President of the USA are older than me and haven\u2019t given up on being a useful member of the human race. So\u2026am I doing enough?<\/p>\n<p>I recently relistened to a 6\u00bd minute video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=A0qnCbA9lNo\">7 Daily Habits to Change Your life Forever<\/a>. The author, Joshua Becker, proposes 7 daily acts to focus one\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Make a list of the 3 most important tasks I need to do this day. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Days-365-93-contra-dance.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3931\" src=\"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Days-365-93-contra-dance-295x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"147\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Days-365-93-contra-dance-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Days-365-93-contra-dance-1007x1024.jpg 1007w, https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Days-365-93-contra-dance.jpg 1215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Exercise<\/li>\n<li>Turn off the TV<\/li>\n<li>Practice Gratitude<a href=\"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Days-365-85-Thank-you-card.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3804\" src=\"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Days-365-85-Thank-you-card-300x281.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"97\" height=\"91\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Write something down<a href=\"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Days-365+53-To-Do-List.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Days-365+53-To-Do-List.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"65\" height=\"69\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Reset your kitchen<\/li>\n<li>Eat together<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>This list moved me past <em>Am I Doing Enough? <\/em>because I realized, \u201cHey, I\u2019m already doing most of these. I don\u2019t need to beat myself up, but neither am I free to just slink into old age and vegetate. The only thing I would add is:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/praying-hands.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7429\" src=\"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/praying-hands-268x300.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"107\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ol start=\"8\">\n<li>Take it to prayer<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Maybe, since my daily life has a pretty functional rhythm for my current circumstances, I should let go of the guilt and focus on balancing my 3 priorities of:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Personal life (Keep in touch with family + reduce Single Use Plastics at home)<a href=\"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Beggar.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-4286\" src=\"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Beggar-226x300.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Service to my local community (Make sure my life regularly includes some hands on, physical service to those in need.)<\/li>\n<li>Influencing those beyond my home (Seek at least one way to impact systemic change beyond my home.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Wrap all of these in a humble, faith-filled spirituality, i.e. Pray and discern!<\/p>\n<p>Easy to write. Hard to do on a regular basis.<br \/>\nWhat helps you balance your personal well-being with the needs of those hurting among us and the future of the universe?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don\u2019t know about you, but occasionally I get into a \u201cDepression Funk.\u201d It goes something like this: I\u2019m tired. I\u2019ve already taken a nap, but I don\u2019t feel like tackling another thing on my To Do I\u2019m tired of trying to save the world. Global Warming is way bigger and more complicated than what [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[30,49],"class_list":["post-8804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-days-365","tag-faith","tag-time"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8804"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8834,"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8804\/revisions\/8834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}