Master Reset

I'm going to give away the punch line of this blog early.  Its my blog, I can break the rules if I want.  In fact, I could name my blog "Fred" if I want - its my blog.

So here it is, I was thinking about how blessed I am to get to reset things and that I get to go do things that I know I was made for.  Its a "Master Reset" to my "manufacturer's default" if you will.


So, this week I got a new phone (EVO).  So, my son Jacob got an early Christmas gift in the form of a hand me down Palm Pre (huge upgrade for him).  I had to do a master reset on that phone, and wasn't too shocked at how much faster it runs now without my insanely cluttered Outlook inbox and calendar on it.  Because of this, I  decided it would be a great idea to take ALL the recurring events off both my Outlook and Google Calendars that relate to my work as the AVL Manager at Colonial.  Mainly to keep things clean and efficient for the new phone.

All those things on my calendar had me in a constant state of panic and dread.  My phone was constantly reminding me of something I had to do...  in FIFTEEN minutes!  It was the thing that kept me from dropping all the balls I was juggling and I was thankful for that little Palm Pre keeping me organized.  But now I'm thankful for far less clutter and a lot less noise on the Google Calendar.  I'm thankful for the EVO that I got as an early Christmas present.  But as I was doing this reset, it was a reminder of what I'm REALLY thankful for...  getting to do what God wired me up for.  I mean, really, its awesome.  I'm such a music nerd.  I kind of like lights and video, but... I. am. a. music. nerd.

Back to the calendar thing.  It had really gotten to the point that I didn't look at my calendar much.  Usually the only time I viewed it was to add something to it.  And it was already more than I could really get done.  I wasn't being proactive and organizing my day much.  Instead, I was hanging on by the seat of my pants and flying to the next thing I was being reminded of.  But now, I'm really enjoying taking my life back and looking forward to putting things on my calendar for weekends like "daddy-daughter date night" or "camping with Jacob" or "visiting grandma" or "lunch with Beck".  I'm also really looking forward to adding phrases like "recording session", "mastering date at the Kitchen", and "mix" on there.  A lot.  I have a GIGANTIC smile on my face even now as I'm writing this.

Resetting everything on my phone is a nice reminder of how God is resetting everything in my life right now.  I'm thankful for this "Master Reset".