Okay, I know I was finished and all that, but I need to mention one more thing. This is what I'd like to talk to my counselor about tomorrow; this entry covers the topics I have decided need attention in my life right now.

I've decided that the activites I enjoy that include television, movies, writing in my diaries, organizing files on my computer, blogging, and other things like that which take time but aren't COMPLETELY necessary, ARE important to my life. So, I do need to keep them a part of my life. However, I'm not doing well at balancing them with the other necessary parts of my life. I need to make sure to balance them! The part about balancing would get more specific, but generally, the idea is that I need to assign specific hours during the day to activities in order to become more balanced--either written down, in my head, or automatically--the solution is still undecided depending on which is the best thing--but regardless, it is important that I start doing this. I knew this already, but I didn't really clarify it to this point, so now is the point where I've actually realized it.

Since I have to go now, because I am imbalanced with activities right now :), I don't need to create any details for this idea yet. However, I will hint at some to get me started when it is time to look into this....

In the mornings, I can spend time blogging AND/OR working out. I don't have a lot of time in my life to blog, so I'll just have to learn how to be more concise. This is obviously essential, since I ALSO want my morning periods to productively lose weight with regular workouts, and I ALSO want to use that time for devotionals with prayer and the Bible, although I could combine that with blogging, since devotionals will likely be almost as idea-inspiring. So, for the summer, I could stop blogging when I feel it's necessary just because I have some sort of idea that I'm about to lose--and continue on with my studies, because otherwise, I will never get them done-- just because I've had an epiphany! I'll keep a notebook to CONCISELY jot down ideas, but continue on with my homework, and use mornings to write concisely, workout, and do devotionals. This is necessary, otherwise I will never learn to balance my life. After overcoming addiction through admitting my actions are the results of the bad things that happen in my life that I could have had control over, I now need to accept that I like the things that might be considered to "waste time" are actually not a waste, but are useful, as long as I don't take time to enjoy those things more than I do other things, like studying, maintaining relationships, working, exercising, and sleeping. BALANCING is my MAIN issue, I think!

And there you have it. That's what I want to explain to my counselor tomorrow; plus, I want to talk about the issue of my choosing when to listen to others' opinions and when to ignore them and pursue the actions I know I need to take.