wow, richard's actually going to say something deep on his journal. weird, eh?
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when the pilgrims stated "cleanliness is next to godliness," this exact phrase isn't found in the bible(at least, I have yet to find it in the KJV). HOWEVER, if you look at the numerous times the Bible states for Christians to abstain from uncleanliness, I think the inference is quite clear. Of course, we know the apostle Paul did not literally mean that being messy is a sin. however, I have noticed that when you can summarize a person's habits as "neat" or "tidy" they tend to be more in control of things that are going on.
i personally, might come to realize that i don't have an exact method to which i want to approach my day written out in stone, not just listing what i want to do, but in what order i should do it, that i might end up screwing myself 10x over(see [1]).
so, in the interest of trying to change things, from now on i'm going to try to write down an entire list of what i'm going to do the next day, in that order, before i go to bed. maybe things will be different tomorrow. i pray it will.
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[1] i think for myself, my laziness tends to come from not being hard enough on myself. thanks for all the support and advice people have given me these past years of my life, but ultimately, i already know what i need to do, but if i don't feel like bringing myself to do something, i can't bring myself to do it. in order for you to keep me from doing what i don't want to do(as opposed to me keeping myself), you'd need to literally watch me 24/7 in the same room. the change, as they say, needs to come from within. i believe that i am slowly changing, making little strides, by learning what makes my mind wander or tick in moments of self-reflection, but i have much more to learn about how my mind works, and how i can bring that to usefulness, mainly, doing what i don't want to do.
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