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Downtime is inevitable. Or, as is the condition of modernity, you're in traffic. The question isn't really as much how to avoid idle time, but what to do with it.
I was talking today with a dear friend about how I react when my plans fall through. My reaction is initial frustration, but then, joy. I dip into the backburner. I did that today - was going to help a friend with some stuff, but wound up honing my hand plane skills and doing some reading of Joel Salatin.
These hiccups happen. You're in the shop and you break the last endmill that will work to machine your part. Tough. You could, I suppose, call up your local tool rep and drive an hour to get a new one. Or, get it on order via snail mail, and turn to something else.
Or I'm designing a piece of equipment and a vendor isn't answering my phone calls, so I can't get the information to proceed on my design. I could either ballpark it (probably wrong), and have to re-do the work later. Or, I just put that part down and work on something else.
(You may notice this 'chisel' works great in conjunction with a certain 'hammer' - we'll talk about that next time.)
Whether it's [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md/), [Pocket](https://getpocket.com/en/), a [bullet journal](https://bulletjournal.com/), or a list on a sticky note, we can develop a backburner of edifying things - things that are good to do, but don't have a due date (at least, not anytime soon).
It matters what we fill our backburner with. We can load it up with inane things and vain pursuits, or with edifying things.
> But as I told you before, it is simple: Just fill up your idle time with the Prayer.
> I don't have idle time.
> Look. You drive a car, don't you? While you do that, you can neither read nor solve mathematical puzzles. Use that time to recite the Jesus Prayer. Or, while you cook, wash the floor, wait at a bus stop, recite the prayer. If you get into the habit of filling up these empty time slots with the Jesus Prayer you will experience extraordinary benefits in your heart.
We are called to redeem the time (Ephesians 5:16). Make the most of it. You will face roadblocks, waiting periods, and detours - will you take them with frustration, or with grace?