Glory Bee Attitudes

I'm enjoying this 30 Day Challenge.  I'm glad I made it easy this time although if you asked me when I started, I would not have expected it to be this easy.  I am in Day #8 and still staring my mornings earlier, almost always beating my goal of 30 minutes.   And I'm none the worse for the wear. In fact, I have more energy and I"m more productive. Yipee!  Nothing much to blog about and I have stuff to do but I wanted to remain accountable at logging progress because that will help keep me going.

It's day 5 of the 30 day challenge to start my day a half hour early.  This is my first weekend in this new program.  I arose fairly early and by noon I had done a load of laundry, had breakfast, wiped down the counters, gone for gas and a whole load of groceries, put the groceries away, stripped the bed linens and had lunch.  Usually I'd just start moving around 11 or 12. Today I was reminded of one of my mother's sayings "Move along, Linda".  She would say that mostly on Sunday mornings when she'd see me dawdling.  How that "move along" comment would grate on me. But she was right.  We were on a time schedule and with a family of four and one bathroom, there wasn't much time to drag one's feet. Today is the birth date of that dear mama.  She's been in Heaven for since 1996 but I still miss her. I love her and I"m grateful for all she's given me. I'd love to have her here with me when I'm tempted to say one more "...

Day 4, even earlier today.  Loving this new start to the day.  More to come over the weekend.

3 Down and 27 left to go.  I continue to achieve my goal and today I overachieved. I was pulling into a parking spot at 8:15 a.m.  I left at 5 and I've been enjoying a full evening at home without feeling like a zombie. We had supper, I've been back and forth between the puter and the Orioles playoff game. I'm liking this. I swear my mood is better and my energy levels higher. Nice. Go O's.

This was Day 2 of my 30 day challenge to start my day a half hour earlier. When I awoke to go the bathroom just after midnight, I thought how hard it might be to not rely on the snooze alarm six hours later. When it was 1 a.m. and I was still awake, I worried that the challenge might be in danger so early in the game.  When my dear husband woke me up closing a window just after I'd finally fallen back to sleep I was getting discouraged. When I was wide awake at 2 a.m. and reading in order to try to tire myself, I was convinced that I'd have my first failure at my new habit. But instead I rose to the occasion, thanks to having prepared well the night before. And here I was leaving our house not at 8:15 or 8:30, but at 7:46.  Yay me. I'm celebrating my success this first day of October.  I look forward to the month ahead and all that it offers. I am honored and delighted to be living her in this place at this time. I am blessed beyond measure with friends and a small bu...

There are many areas where I'd like to change, things I want to do or not do.  I'm starting small with this 30 day challenge thing.  As Matt Cutts says, the small, sustainable changes are more likely to stick.  My first challenge is that I will start my day 30 minutes earlier. Stop laughing.  If you know me, you know I am a morning zombie. I don't do mornings. I get up and stare at a coffee cup for a long, long time (gulping in between the stares).  I play games on the computer. I watch the news. I clean the kitchen counter. Then I play another game or two or three.  I screech into work between 9 and 9:30 because I have a 45 minute commute and I can't get moving until 8:30 or so. Then I have to work later and I'm not one of those people who abruptly shuts down when my 8 hours are up. Another 45 minutes to 1 hour home and by the time I get dinner on the table and eat, I'm not good for much. I want to start my day a half hour earlier. Who knows, maybe I'll...

I I am going to embark on a 30 Day Challenge.  It will start on Sept. 30 and end on Oct. 29.  If I like the way it goes, I'll pick something else for November. I'd love it if you gave me your suggestions. I might try the novel writing in Nov. just because it sounds like a fun thing for an English Major nerd to do.