I am a perfectionist. I guess you could classify me as Type A. I like to plan everything out and implement everything according to my plan. Don’t get me wrong, I can be flexible but I prefer not to have to be. If things go according to plan then I don’t have to be flexible because I would have already planned for everything that could happen.

As I blogged before, I have been working on reading through the Bible in a year. It seems that as I start reading, something comes up to distract me and keep me from my “plan”. Historically, I would give up if things drifted too far from my plan and would try again another time but every time I’ve had distruptions with my self created reading plan, I get right back to it and haven’t let it deter me. I am working on my nursing research course which has taken a fair amount of time from my life. I have a couple of projects due, one of which mysteriously disappeared and I had to start from scratch on with a due date of this weekend. The second project was also due this weekend but I needed to get the other one done first as it was a group project and I wouldn’t be the only one with consequences for my portion disappearing. My professor kindly gave me an extension on the second project which I am extremely grateful for. Needless to say, I am really feeling the time pressure right now and I neglected my Bible reading all week long. But…. (there’s always a but)….

I am pleased to say that as of this morning, I have completed all of the Old Testament. I can now say that I have read the entire Bible. I have read the New Testament in the past so now I have read both but my goal is to read both in a year. I chew through the New Testament because I know the stories so I anticipate that as long as I keep pushing forward and not get discouraged by time or forgetting to read for a few days that I will actually finish according to plan and a lot of flexibility.

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