I’ve been putting off going to the gym for MONTHS! Exercise is always on my never ending “To Do” list. Today I woke up early and as I was planning how to use my extra time (study, get kids ready for school, bake, catch up on TV, blog post), I said to myself, “SELF, ENOUGH WITH THE EXCUSES, just do it!” There is always something on the list that was higher priority than exercise. I know that as the day flies by my chances of exercising diminish!
I woke the kids up, Lyss was first, “Morning Lyss, wanna go for an early morning walk?” “Ok”, as she rolls over and goes back to sleep. “Hi JJ, don’t you wanna get up and go walking with mommy?” “NO, I wanna stay sleep” he rolls over. So I turn on the lights and say “ok JJ, Lyss and I are gonna go without you!” (I would never leave my 8 year old in the house unattended but I knew this would do the trick) He sits up and says, “Are you guys really gonna leave me?” I said “no silly, get up and get dressed.”
FINALLY, we are all up and dressed, even got the puppy dressed and we were out the door! I had to be persistent, there were many opportunites to say nevermind, but I pressed on.
After 5 minutes of walking, the kids were awake and alert and my little sleepy heads were having a blast. We got home, washed up a bit and they were on the bus and off to school! Then I showered and was off to work!
The morning walk was simple but profound! I was so proud of myself!
Now it’s your turn! What have you been putting off? Get on it! Enough with the excuses!
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