I have really liked to use the word overachiever lately. An overachiever is someone who performs better or achieves more than expected. I think I have primarily used the word in a comical way to make myself feel better about being an underachiever.

Here are some recent uses of the word for me:

• The people that you run into that have their Christmas shopping done in October.
• People that have their Christmas decorations out the day after Thanksgiving.
• People that we receive a Christmas card from the day after Thanksgiving.
• People that have their discarded Christmas trees out at the curb the day after Christmas.
• Mothers that have 7 kids and their house is completely organized and have well balanced meals prepared for their family every day.
• People that write a well written, entertaining, thought provoking blog entry every day.
• People that I'm doing a virtual walk across the country with that log twice as many miles as I do each week.

You see – we were lucky to get our Christmas tree up before Christmas and get the gifts purchased and wrapped. We were rushed to get our cards out on time and yes – our tree is still up. I do need to report, however, that there are no longer any lights or ornaments on it. The outdoor luminaries that our neighbors had put away over a week ago – well ours finally were taken down yesterday.

We have one child and yet I feel so disorganized all the time. I have to-do lists scattered about and sometimes getting good meals prepared daily is an issue.

I also am wondering how people get so many inspirational ideas for their blogs? I struggle to think of something even half way interesting to blog about once a week.

I think that all of the busyness of life is just overwhelming sometimes. I guess being an overachiever should not be all that important to me. God just wants me to be myself and to have a strong relationship with Him. He doesn’t really care when we get our Christmas tree up or how organized I am. He just wants my best for Him.