The week of my birthday I had requested 5 days off of work.  I requested it off because I had some plans.  Plans that all got shot starting when my car got towed.  It got towed because apparently the parking spot I had been parking in for over a month (and the guy that lives where I live now parked there for over a year!) is not a "proper" parking spot.  So without warning of any kind, they just towed it.  It cost me $250 to get it out.  I didn't have all the money at the time and so thankfully my church community was able to pay most of it, but I still had to fork out what money I had.  Because of that, I didn't have enough money to go to Sonshine festival and I missed my ride there anyway.  So I ended up spending 5 days all by myself at home. I have not felt so bored or lonely in such a long time.  I never just am at home sitting around doing nothing.  But for those 5 days I pretty much was.  I mostly sat at the computer and did a lot of website work, most of which I spent re-doing The Journey House Church Network website.  Check it out!

But even when those 5 days ended and I have began to work 40 hours a week again, I still feel disconnected.  I haven't had my triad for a week or two now.  I haven't been in touch with people very much.  Mostly I've just been going to work, coming home, sitting in front of a t.v. or computer, and then going to bed.  That's pretty much it.  The people I live with are awesome and I've been spending quite a bit of time with them, but I feel like I have been isolating myself from the outside world, and I long to break out!

I feel like I realized that most of the world lives this way.  They just go to work, come home, and sit in front of a t.v. or computer for the rest of the evening until bed time.  Then they wake up and do it all over again.  And they don't hardly get out; go for a walk outside; go to Caribou and read a book; meet a friend in the park; go golfing with buddies; sit and talk with a friend that needs encouragement; mentor a child; volunteer at a non-profit or at church.  I'm not saying that no one ever does these things.  But it just seems like most people live their own little secluded lives.  I think it's boring, and the past week I have been living this way and so I have felt very disconnected from my community and the rest of the world.  It's just a boring life to me.  Who would want to read or watch (if your life was filmed) that kind of story?  Not me.

I read a book a little wile back titled A Million Miles In A Thousand Years by Donald Miller.  I highly encourage you and suggest to you to read it.  It's a book about life story.  It's written around Don's life, but he talks about going from living a normal boring life, to an inspiring and meaningful life.  And with that, I no longer want to live a normal American life.  I want to live out of the ordinary.  I want to be radical and live a life living out my dreams and passions!  And  I want to change lives.  And I know a lot of people reading this may be thinking "Yeah right!  Good luck" but really, it's a life that I truly can live.

So, with all of that, I think it's time I get out of this slump of being disconnected that I've been in and start living again!