Diligent Work

I'm really glad Christmas break is here - I can sleep and read a lot. I need to make sure, though, that I spend my time on quality, soul-building things. My diligence this year towards the work I ought to do has been a little lacking - I've hit the senior doldrums. I need to pick myself up and realize that God has given me the tasks for each day. To not do them is to avoid what God has planned for my life.
Moreover, time is like money in that it can be "borrowed." By procrastinating, what I'm really doing is taking out a loan of time which will need to be paid back later when the work I have is due. I've defaulted on a couple assignments this year because I ran out of time to pay back. In my metaphor, I borrowed more time from the future than I could pay back. If I live like I should in the future (which I write for myself and no one has preordained) I won't have to default on any loans of time.

Alright - new topic. I'll just get this over with: I got a reply from Stanford that said I was deferred from the early admission pool to the regular application pool. A final decision will be administered in early April. I'm really depressed, I expected to practically sail in. I guess the only thing to do is to work diligently...