honor the Sabbath

SO in this new version of the sabbath, I’m going to try to incorporate both Saturday and Sunday. I’ve struggled with the idea of a day of rest and a day of celebration (i.e. fun and parties). So saturday is my “do things I like” day. That could be anything from working on projects (career or non-career related) or a hearty party, watching movies, going to shows, intense stuff I can’t get to during the week. And then Sunday is my hands-off God day. And I think it might get ridiculous. I’m thinking no media of any sort, vegetarian, pre-prepared food, scripture, no alcohol, and only calming relaxing activities. Anything that might get me worked up should be avoided.

I don’t mean to sound crazy or fundamentalist, it’s just that I think it would be alright to begin the week from a sort of beginning, that on Monday, I will appreciate all of the things that I denied myself the day before. Also that I will go into itvery oriented and thoughtful. Plus everything else that comes with absolutely stopping. I don’t think I could describe it fully .

That place saves my life. I went there for a month and actually made it, working 6 days and resting one. Incredible. Felt like I didn’t even recognize myself. It was indicitave that my existence prior to that journey was more broken than it ought to be.

This has a dual meaning:
1) I must rest and do no work once every seven days.

2) I must work towards my purpose all other six days.

So it’s supposed to set up a balance. Right now, this is manifest in my homework/class schedule, that I do hw 7 hours a day but only for 6 days a week.