Tell me tomorrow has come

Soo, life is pretty hectic right now!
But its brilliant at the same time.

Second year of uni has been pretty refreshing so far.

I know my way around, I know who my friends are, I know where my church is, I know who I need to look out for and I know that I'm pretty darn happy with the luxury of space that I have in this student house of mine!

What I'm not so sure about is whether or not I'm dedicating my time in the right places.
I'm very busy - and most of the time its either socialising or work.

Well, in fact, its mostly just socialising!
(But I haven't had any assignments due in yet so thats probably why!)

There's one question that I can't let go of just at the moment:
Am I spending too much time in Christian activities?

Its not that I actively avoid those who aren't Christians.
And I never want to be one of 'those' people..but I do choose activities - which in the most part - involve me interacting with people who have a similar belief system to me.

At the same time as trying to balance out the of the amount of time I spend in different places I am also aware that I am committed to helping out in a number of Christian events etc.

I support a whole realm of people in my roles in various places and would be letting them down if I disappear to spend more time with other people.

I know that it is not necessarily a negative thing to spend my time as I do (if I believed they were completely negative uses of my time I would obviously not be engaging in these activities)
and that I can be a great encourager, helper, friend etc in the roles that I fill.

In essence I want to acknowledge that I spend a lot of time interacting in 'Christian circles' and a similar amount of time having down-time to keep myself energised.
....
and that i'm not so sure how to balance out my time management.

The scary thing about this whole ramble is that it links in scarily well with a branch of thinking in my degree studies/future profession about occupational balance.

As an occupational therapy student/occupational therapist of the future one of the main roles in my job is to advise people on their balance of occupations (what they spend their time doing) and how to incorporate more balance into their everyday lives.

The question that this begs is:
How on earth can I be expected to give advice on something which I am still figuring out myself?!

The answer is (apparently) to be aware of the fact that no one has figured out the perfect occupational balance in their lives and therefore any advice that I give must be respectful of that individual and acknowledge that they may disagree with my opinions on how to enhance their occupational balance.

My personal answer?
Well, I'm not convinced of my own answer yet. Maybe I'll get round to answering that in the next decade or so....cause you know, everything can be figured out if you give it enough time(!)


Ps - I have extremely proficient in the typing of the word 'occupational' over the last 12 months! Can't think why!