How do you spend your time?

Well I'm back from our vacation. It was a little chilly on the Panhandle of Florida and I actually missed my dog like crazy but it was a great time to reconnect with Joylene and to just be for 7 days.

One thought that would rise to the surface as I was "being" was Time Management and how I use my time during the weeks when I'm home doing ministry. I get asked this questions a lot by others... many naively believing I just sit around and play Xbox with college students. So how do I spend my time...

I spend a good portion of it learning. I learn prior to teaching at One, I learn prior to teaching my Monday Night Guys Small Group, and lately I'm learning about fund raising/friend raising as well as learning to use Gimp and CSS style sheets for Wordpress as a CMS (tech stuff for those readers that are unaware).

I spend another good amount of time sitting across or next to another person. This falls into three basic categories: Partners in Ministry, Leadership, and Mentorees. I spend perhaps 20 plus hours a week sitting across from a potential ministry partner raising support and casting vision, casting vision and getting on the same page with co-leaders and team members, and finally the largest portion of this time is spent pouring myself into the lives of young adults (people I'm mentoring).

Those two take up most of my time however I also find myself: event planning, doing admin tasks, I take prayer days once a month, and I do a little coaching.

I find myself wishing there was 36 hours in a day.

How do you spend your time?