Update on 7

Possessions month has come and gone. I did find a place #6 in which to donate. A couple that taught in China with us, now live in Cambodia as missionaries. They are setting up a community center and requested books and elementary aged teaching materials. While I don't have teaching materials, I have asked a teacher friend for help. But, I do have lots of books and can donate 7-14 of them, or 1-2 days worth. I haven't yet sent them off but will this month. The couple is in the states through the middle of August. I'm still looking for place #7, but I have a few ideas. 

It was hard to stay focused this month given that I had gone through all of my stuff back on April. Also, a couple of the places I intend to donate needed me to hold on to it for now. I did drop off my clothes at Pathways and they were very grateful! They also said they could use our baseball caps, shoes, etc, so I'll be gathering that stuff up this weekend and dropping it off next week.

This is supposed to be media month, but I've struggled with deciding what to give up. I sit at a computer all day, so giving up Facebook, internet surfing, etc just isn't very feasible, especially on days when I bring my lunch and end up sitting at my desk to eat it. I could give up the iPad/computer at home and probably will try to use it less... We also gave up cable back in January, so TV watching has been extremely limited for the past 6 months. But, that's only 2 things, I need 5 more and couldn't really come up with anything. Maybe the radio in my car...?? 

Anyway, in addition to my indecisiveness about media fasting, my Council has also gotten busy this summer and dropped out. Therefore, I've decided to suspend my 7 experiment until Jen's Bible Study comes out in December. I'm hoping to facilitate a group in doing to 7 Bible study next Spring. I'm really looking forward to the Bible study going along with the experiment and hope/pray that many more women will be interested in doing the experiment with me! It will only be 7 weeks, instead of 7 months, which is not quite as intimidating. 

So, I'll pick up this blog label next Spring! 

If anyone else has been doing this and gotten discouraged or lost focus, how did you get back on track??