21 Days!

Today was day one of waking up and getting ready before my darling children woke up. And guess what?! I DID IT! I set my alarm 15 minutes earlier than I wanted to get out of bed.  As soon as it went off, I struggled to open my eyes. I grabbed my phone to look at social media thinking that would help, but the light from my phone was blinding! Lol. I wanted so badly to just curl up and go back to sleep, but I thought about my goal and how the day might go if I don't do this. That really helped me stay focused and I got up! I did it. I was out of bed and vertical and I can do this! I went downstairs and opened the curtains and blinds to let the morning light in...because the morning sunshine always makes me feel happy.  Something about a nice lit, quiet house is really calming and rejuvenating in the morning...I think I can get use to this. After making things a little brighter, I went into the bathroom and got ready for my day. I even shaved my legs AND curled my hair! Whoop whoop! I was completely ready when I heard the baby stir and was so proud of myself for doing this. Now I was able to just focus on the morning with the kids instead of trying to figure out how to squeeze my getting ready time in with all the kid stuff.  It was so nice.

So "they" say 21 days makes or breaks a habit. Today is day one.  I'm going to try very, VERY hard to keep this up.  I am also going to keep up with picking up after myself and putting things away after I take them out.  Those two things are not hard but will require some effort on my part if I really want to make this change. It will go so good in the long run to be able to wake up early AND to pick up as you go (instead of creating a huge mess and spending hours cleaning it). Hopefully you can set yourself a small, manageable goal and start at it. 21 days isn't that long. If I can conquer these things, my next goal will be to start some sort of exercise routine! One step at a time. I know I can do this.

I love this saying. I tell it to my kids often and need to tell it to myself more. If I believe I can do something, I CAN!