Author: Andrew Coody

My Life’s been a bit rustic lately…well over the last 4+ months (4 that i remember, at least). Anyway, It seems that I’ve gone down the beat path of becoming lazy. That of which I never wanted to be nor was taught to be growing up. I’ve been suggested to take it “Verrrrrrrrrrrrry little at a time” I konw the advice is good but i’ve tried it and it doesnt work.

My life’s become fast-paced. If it cant be done (or results dont show) quickly, I dont care to do it or  I do it with a lot of carelessness and not to the best that it could be done at.

As stated, i wasnt raised this way and it pisses me off thinking of how i have so much i’ve lost b/c of becoming lazy.

Some examples:

+70+ books on relational studies that i enjoy……..3 of which i have read alltogether
+A $1500 online program about A+ and Network+ certificaiton…wasting away
+A free Cisco Systems, Inc. course that could easily make me more money if I became certified…….sifting away.
+My 4 personal companies have lost prospective clients and my skill levels have dropped b/c i didnt stay up and learn about the growing changes.
+i’ve got a good job that could be better (product knowledge wise) but i’m not doing good at it b/c i’m too lazy to try or do right.

Well that’s just a touch of what i can remember right now. Almost everything is lazy in my life now and i DONT want to be this way. To make it easy for you to understand when I DONT want to be lazy i just become more lazy……IDK its hard to understand.

I just need to know if this is a “me thing” or if it is happening to other teenagers my age or something. Its really going to pull my down to the bottom if i dont change soon or find some solution.

Happy new year,

andrew

Sunday the 14th the Lord moved me to speak to Ken, our Music Minister @ church and talked for about 2.5 hours that afternoon about work/jobs, logistics and fairness in choir practice, and other stuff. Then, Monday I talked to Jeff, my manager/boss and we talked about havin’ Wednesdays opened up more thru Christmas and the future for church availabilty. He made me realize that its not 100% work’s “fault” that I don’t go to church on Wed. It has mainly been my fault, I’ve been lost to the old routine i use to have. But I went back this Wed. and it felt great! Kudos there to Jeff and Ken for gettin’ me outta my pit in life!!!

All in all since I’ve graduated in May I have been in the next “stage” of my life (which is Work/Job, College, & Career stage). and I’ve kinda “floated” through the past 5 or so months tossin up college…I KNOW ya gotta have college to get pretty much anywhere nowadays but still it was a tossup and the Lord and I needed time to make an just decision.

Well a fellow employee and I were closing the other evening and he mentioned to me Atlanta Christian College (acc.edu) and I’ve always blown it off thinkin it was low level not-so-good-for-much of a college but turns out I’ve set my sights tooooo high and far into and on West GA that I got down and out about my SAT/ACT but truth is they don’t require a minimum score, just that you ‘take’ one or the other. Which I’ve done and that you ahve a 2.5 GPA, which I’ve gotta 3.sumthin. YAYness!

So I’m doin some prayer on this to see if I can get financial aid and if its the right move for me. I was debating on whether I should go for the possible promotion coming up either the end of this/beginning of next year but i was tired of “retail experience” but I’m thinkin it may be the right move to do “IF” I can get it. The pay will definitely bring my worry in my mind about my finances back up to parr and help pay for college and other goodies.

While talkin to another associate @ work we covered lots of topics in our lives such as male temptations, females/relationships and the good ol’ days. It felt good knowin someone was there who related to me on a very similar level. So after we got all that out in the open we realized a cool way too look @ life and our situations: You’re a child for only so long to where you grow up and you are in the “”real world”” and have bills, college, work, etc. Well, looking at marriage/relationships you can say the same concept. You’re only single for so long (Lord willing) so enjoy and embrace it, yes it will hurt and tempt you even more, but once you’re in a relat./marriage then you cant easily go back. So yeah, thats cool to look @ it that way.

Well, I think that’s all for right now. I’m actually happy for once. Sigh, thats a relief. haha. Peace y’all

well i just re-read all my blogs and i can see how my life has progressed since the postings.

with work, i stil feel the same way, i dont think of it too much as a “ministry” anymore rather than a “job”. I have random days that are good (or even great) but it use to be the other way around, random bad days. I’m not liking this now. IF i get another promotion, then it’ll be a totally different aspect. Money isnt or shouldnt be a key factor when it comes to your happiness and im keeping that in mind.

However, i went bowling w/ Booger last friday and we had an AWESOME time. Spent 3.5 hours and bowled 12 games. I was worn out afterwards haha. But it was fun and he doubted it in the beginning but was thankful for the relief of “the world” for those few hours.
So me and the rents went last night on Columbus day and bowled for a couple hours (bout 4 or 5 games.) They got pooped near the end so i bowled 2 games by myself and I could feel it was SO AWESOME. they, too said they enjoyed the time away from “life” and  enjoyed doing “something different” for a change.
So i see how bowling has positive effects. Its negatives are just as important, it makes you sore and it costs a lot of money to just bowl or to invest in your own gear.

But again, money shouldnt be key factor in happiness or even a job/career. I’d love to bowl forever b/c its SO FUN and i love how its not always the same every time you bowl. 90% of the people who r bowling around you are nice to talk to. So all in all i’d love to bowl professionally, if i could.

Relationships area…blah. sucks like normal. kalem and i talked, and hes not doing well in this area. John (booger), joseph at work and TUNS other guy friends i know have this issue and most of it is b/c we’re at our prime (17-24) where hormones get the best of us and it stinks not havin someone there with you. Thats not the point, im basing my relat. area of life on two things: 1. That God will provide for me and 2 i will follow this advise. “Look for a g/f as a marriage partner, not “just” as a g/f” I will live by this and so you or anyone who reads this could keep it in mind as well. (this goes for girls, too). There’s plenty of fish in the sea.

Well that’s all for now. Gotta follow-up dentist appt 2morrow. so im off and i’ll chill for once. Gotta watch the finances right now, kinda tight squeeze on the benjamins. hahaha j/k. maybe the washingtons. 😀

 Later

Andrew