Schedules and Boxed Food

         You might be thinking, "What a strange title that is for a entry!" Let me explain, though. For the past month or two, I have been really trying out an everyday schedule and noticing how "normal" people use boxed food because they are busy and not lazy. I thinking about starting to live off of boxed food and fresh fruits and veggies. Anyways, here are my explanations for both and what difference they have made in my life. I will admit too, I have had people tell me months before to use a schedule of some kind but I never stuck with it.
          Let's start with something that I am actually doing right now and how it came about. You remember that women's Bible study I was taking back a month ago? Well, that is what got me started in this whole scheduling thing. The first thing that I was reminded off was that God cares about every little details of our lives so we should too. In our Bible study book, there was a chapter on how to organized things. You would think, being the person that I am, I would have my personal life organized and down pat. Well, I don't I just like everyone else to be organized or that was how it seemed. There was an organization chart that you could fill out of your daily routines. What you had to do that day.
            It was a few weeks after the Bible study was over that I really got to thinking about it and got to where I could use that chart. Now I was just thinking about using it for the things I should be doing everyday or every other day like they are "suppose" to be used. I thought once I got my daily routine down again with new things added in then I could stop using those charts after I run out. Let me tell you that I am not going to stop using something smailiar to those chart like a daily planner and I will have it out on my table at home. Just like the charts are. I'll admit it is kind of like a child having a daily chore chart. When you look at it through God's eyes, that is exactly what it is through because we are His Children and we should shine His Light.
            I know I am getting a lot more done and it is bringing out the best in me. I like seeing everything crossed off at the end of the day. It is very rewarding. I know I sound like a child but it is true and it runs in the family in a good way. Plus today's world is just that busy where we do have to write down everything to remember it. We have so much to do in 24 hours and they can change but time can't.
            Now about the boxed food. I got to thinking about this when I here my single friends talk and even young parents or young married couples with or without children. It goes back to the fast pace of today's world and that it is only me in an apartment right now. I LOVE to cook! More then anything, I LOVE to cook WITH people. It's not as fun when you have to do it by yourself. It can also be my stress reliever in so many ways. There is a reason my degree is in FACS but it is hard cooking for just one person especially when you have grown up with 5 people in the house and had big holidays every holiday. You don't know how to cook smaller sizes. Even though, I might miss cooking at times like taking hours to cook. Mix and back sort of thing. The easy boxed food has their advantages too.
           I can cook a tray of cookies in 5 to 10 mins instead of a half a hour. I can have some unique things that I would never thought of making myself or don't know how just yet. You can make it for as many people as you want. Sometimes depending on how many you have in your family that is even way faster then making food because it comes in a big box. It just depends on your lifestyle  and career right now. I'm noticing that even though I love to bake, it is not the prefect time for me to cook. I am single and I have a job that I love but can make me sleepy and emotional at times so I need something easy to bake when I get home.
          For me, it is kind of like I have children that I take care of all day and then I come home and cook something fast for me. It would be that way if I had young children of my mine so why not get use to it now, right? It is strange how God can open your eyes to little things like these and make you see that those things make life much easier for you so you can spend more time with Him.