I gave a talk tonight at XLT and I think it turned out pretty well. You can listen to it <a href=”http://www.lifeteen.com/default.aspx?PageID=XLHOME&__DocumentId=44720″ target=”_blank”>here</a>.

I’m way too busy at work, and it’s breaking my spirit. This spring at the studio has been so insanely busy and I don’t think anyone understands. I know everyone likes to think they are the busiest, hardest working person they know. But realistically, I am the only person who runs lifeteen.com. The new website we launched in February is ten times the size of the old website, and I’m still the only one running it. Since we haven’t hired anyone to help me, I’ve had to put in so many extra hours to make up for it. I am getting a year-long intern starting in three weeks. That will help me quite a bit.

But I can’t help but look back over the past spring and without my heart aching. I was very overwhelmed three months ago because I realized there was not enough time in the day for me to meet all my deadlines for the spring. I asked for a temporary intern to come in and help me with all work. I was told that we couldn’t get an intern until June. I said okay because I understand that we are trying to save money. But their “not yet” meant that I would have to continue to work at a torturous pace.

If I keep on writing about this, my emotions are going to keep pumping, and I’ll end up writing things that I regret. But what I’ve learned this spring that people who work in non-profit youth ministry do not understand the demands of having a website. The rules they are used to do not work with what I do. I have to make people understand this, or I will end up going crazy.