Working from Home

I don't know why, but I absolutely love being able to work from home.  Like I really really love it.  I love the creative flow that comes from sitting on my couch and typing away.  I love being able to spread out around the house and walk around bare foot... wait I do that in work too...  I love how I can get so much done in two hours without any interruptions. I like walking to the fridge to get a snack out without wondering who it might belong too.

Sometimes in Belfast I can work from home for a couple of hours before going to lead a session at St. Colm's high school.  The school is a ten minute walk away, so why walk 20 minutes up to YI and then 30 minutes back to St. Colms in order to walk (by now I would get a taxi) 30 minutes back up.  Sometimes working from home is a time saver!

This week, I've been reminded of the joys of working from home.  After praying and seeking wisdom from Belfast peeps, I decided that I am going to stay in the States for two extra weeks.  I was feeling incredibly anxious and overwhelmed by the amount of work and fundraising I needed to do while at the same time getting a break and spending time with my family.  God in His goodness opened up doors for me to be able to stay until the end of September.  I am able to get both a taste of summer and autumn in one visit as well as work on fundraising and spend extra time with family.  Beyond excited!

But I'm not just on holiday chilling out in the States for 4.5 weeks.  I'm literally working from home and I love it!  I have "work days" and "vacay days."  Even though I am thousands of miles away from Belfast, I can sit on my computer for a couple of hours in the morning emailing and meeting with people in YI.  It's amazing!  Then in the evenings, I can meet with prospective supporters sharing the vision of what I am doing in Belfast and inviting them to be apart of my support team.

What I love best is that I'm at home, so I can take a break step outside in the sun.  Have an afternoon nap.  Read three books at once and know that I will finish them all. Drink coffee and eat buns while chatting with my mom.  It is so restorative yet I can get the things I need to get done done.

In the midst of all of this, I am reading the book "Boundaries."  What a better way to practice boundaries then when I am working thousands of miles away and I sometimes just have to shut down the computer and say "done."  This is something I am so bad at doing yet feel like I have the grace to start practicing now.  Order-  it's a good thing especially when you can practice it in a controlled environment.  Like I said, I LOVE working from home!

You may be wondering why don't I just stay.  The thing is, I can't.  As much as I love being at home in the States, I know Belfast is where I am meant to be.  I can't just work from behind a computer or sit in my house hanging with my fam.  For now it's a season, a season in which I am incredibly grateful for but a season none the less.  In this season of "Working from Home,"  I'll enjoy my afternoon naps, walks around town, movies with my mom, meetings with locals and be restored by it all.  For when I get back to Belfast, I want to hit the ground running for that's where God has placed my mission and I can't wait to get back to my other home up at YI in the heart of Poleglass.