Everybody struggles with procrastination. Some not as much as others, but everyone does it. Whether it's for a project that seems a long way off or just homework that's due tomorrow, sometimes we just want to do something else instead of what needs to be done. I have been doing this a lot lately, although it hasn't been so much with doing homework, but more not going to classes. But, from what I have learned in high school and also here, the key to not procrastinating is setting your mind to doing it. If we go into it doubtful, we will fail over and over. But if we set our mind to doing it, we will do it most of the time. 

College has been a time of reevaluation for me. Back in Colorado I was content to just live in comfort and not really take responsibility. Out here, it has been a much different scenario. I didn't have the mindset that it was time to take over my life. To stop letting my parents guide me, and to really take it by the reins and go where I want to go. And, so far, it hasn't been great. I mean, I've had a good time and everything. But I haven't been nearly as responsible as I should be. But failure is not the end. When I fail, I learn from my mistake so that I won't do it a second time. I will make sure that I don't make the same mistake again. 

Tonight at devos, we talked about running the race. In 1 Corinthians 9 Paul says, "Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in sucha way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize." I have not been running in the direction that I should be. I am not running full speed toward God's prize. But there is always a chance to change direction. I am going to run toward the Lord because He is all that matters. I want to glorify Him with everything I have and everything I am.