Bay City, Michigan 48706
Front Page 06/09/2026 01:51 About us
www.mybaycity.com April 17, 2011
(Prior Story)   Columns ArTicle 5855   (Next Story)

Where Am I Going ???

Staying Focused

April 17, 2011       Leave a Comment
By: Julie McCallum,
Senior Staff

Printer Friendly Story View

My mind plays this game almost every Sunday . . . as I leave my house to head to Church, I drive in the same direction I would when I'm going to work.

If I don't pass the road I should turn on to go to Church, it would be almost a miracle . . .

I don't know how many times, I'm almost to the office before I realize I need to go to Church first. "WHERE AM I GOING ?"

Is my mind really always on work . . . (hence, I'm writing this at eleven o'clock at night) that is actually pretty bad, when I should be focused on God and 'The Lord's Day' (not that every day, isn't the Lord's Day)

I know I have a bad memory . . . But come on. Staying focused on the moment, not letting our mind wander, always in a rush, thinking ahead.

I learned from Chalene Johnson, (an American physical fitness expert, author, entrepreneur and the CEO of Powder Blue Productions.) that a "To-Do List" is really a good idea, just like making a grocery list, I'd forget half the things on it, if I didn't have it. Write it down! I write everything down so I don't forget.

I find having a list of things you need or want to get accomplished makes for more of a productive day, at work or at home.

The sense of accomplishment and having a full productive day, NOT wasting time, saving time, is Huge with me!

But also taking some time to enjoy the simple pleasures of life . . . to stop, and as the saying goes, "Smell the Roses" and appreciate Life on God's earth.

Focus . . .

Where are you going ???



Printer Friendly Story View
Prior Article

March 5, 2025
by: Stephen Kent
St. Patricks Parade 2025 - IT's TIME
Next Article

February 10, 2020
by: Rachel Reh
Family Winter Fun Fest is BACC Hot Spot for 2/10/2020
Agree? or Disagree?


Julie McCallum,
Senior Staff



More from Julie McCallum,
Senior Staff

Send This Story to a Friend!       Letter to the editor       Link to this Story
Printer-Friendly Story View


--- Advertisments ---
     


0200 Nd: 06-05-2026 d 4 cpr 0






12/31/2020 P3v3-0200-Ad.cfm

SPONSORED LINKS



12/31/2020 drop ads P3v3-0200-Ad.cfm


Designed at OJ Advertising, Inc. (V3) (v3) Software by Mid-Michigan Computer Consultants
Bay City, Michigan USA
All Photographs and Content Copyright © 1998 - 2026 by OJA/MMCC. They may be used by permission only.
P3V3-0200 (1) 0   ID:Default   UserID:Default   Type:reader   R:x   PubID:mbC   NewspaperID:noPaperID
  pid:1560   pd:11-18-2012   nd:2026-06-05   ax:2026-06-09   Site:5   ArticleID:5855   MaxA: 999999   MaxAA: 999999
Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)