I'm a junkie

I had a rude awakening last weekend at Disneyland, I found myself several times moving so fast that I was easily leaving my own child in the dust so that I can get as much out of Disneyland as possible. Then my wife said it, we move to fast. We move so fast if you can't keep up we will easily leave people behind. I begin to think, if I'm doing this as a parent, what am I doing as a leader. I'm a junkie, a performance junkie, results junkie, progress junkie, I don't know how to relax. I go to sleep thinking about what could of been done better. So today I did something that I've never done for lunch, I didn't eat. I went to a local cafe, ordered a tea, sat in a comfortable chair with a good book and my Ipod and relaxed. I'm confessing my life just in case you are there too. The marketplace is an extremely volatile place today. The words buzzing around "stay busy if you wanna keep your job", "how soon can you get this update out" "whats the status of your projects?" Transitioning out of the office doesn't help when your connected by an e-mail capable device so it easily creeps into your house, parenting, dinners, ministry and leadership. So my plan moving forward is to keep my Mondays the same-Lunch at the cafe with my book and my Ipod. How crazy is it when you have to pencil rest into your calender?