Love Sleep?

If you love sleep, you will end in poverty.
Keep your eyes open, and there will be plenty to eat! (Proverbs 20:13 NLT)


As a door swings back and forth on its hinges,
so the lazy person turns over in bed. (Prov26.14.NLT)

For a while now, or maybe it's been lifelong, I have not been a morning person.  I am aiming to be a morning person, as I want to maximize my time during the day.  Morning is so awesome-the sun is rising, birds are singing and all in the house are sleeping.  I can take advantage of that time.  That is a goal.  These are some scriptures that helped me out and I actually put the Proverbs 26:14 scripture in the "name" of my alarm for the mornings.  So when the alarm goes off, that is what I see. 

Inspired to Action has helped me begin to see why mornings are important in the Hello Mornings challenges.  I want to press on and really be proactive now in this, I will share next week how it went this week in waking earlier and what changes I start to see happening.

(Photo credit:  Microsoft Clipart)

Are YOU a morning person?  Do you have any tips for me or anyone who isn't, but wants to be and who wants to start taking advantage of those sweet morning hours?  Please share...

More later...Love to you!
Kim :)

Discipline...Me?

Proverbs 21:5 (NLT) Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.

I realize right now that in order to be more fruitful and enjoy my life more I have to instill some discipline and boundaries into my heart and life.  Step out in faith and do GOOD what God has put in my path right now.  Pick a few things and have fun with it, really work on it, dig deep in those areas and "garden."  What would those look like?  Do any of these sound familiar to you:

• Wake up earlier for quiet time and exercise to start the day
• Make a simple, but clear, cleaning schedule for the week/each day
• Set exercise goals
• Be a good manager of my time so it is not wasted away (especially in front of the computer)
• Go to bed at a decent hour

Well some people may look at discipline or boundaries like this picture below:

I am starting to realize more and more that THAT is not true at. all.  

Lately I have read several things about how you can spend the same amount of time/work wasting time as you can being productive. Well you say how can I do that?  Ok, well the more I waste time, sit around, play on internet, and procrastinate...the more time I have to spend fixing all I didn't do to begin with, regular cleaning and maintenance of house and cars, catching up on finances that may get unorganized and out of order, chaos happens, more time spent bringing structure back into the children's day so that there is less chaos with them and their lives...the list goes on and effects all areas of our life.

So now I bring into my journey...3 IN 30!

To finish up the month of February here are my goals I am going to write down.  Then I will follow up with a post on how I did on those goals.  I have prayerfully considered what I will work on with God's help and will concentrate on these three things.  Ever heard of the phrase....bloom where you are planted?  That is what I am going to do.  Sit still and dig into the things I know I already need to be doing and stop looking for more things to do.  

1. Wake up at 5:30am when alarm goes off, hit the floor with my feet, and enjoy exercise, quiet time and shower before children wake up. (If exercising after children are at school, then quiet time and shower and wear my good exercise clothes to feel refreshed!)
2. Plan my day in the morning so that I have structure through the day.
3. Do at least 15-minutes (set timer) Monday through Friday cleaning tasks: Monday-Kitchen, Tuesday-Bathrooms, Wednesdays-Living Room, Thursdays-Bedrooms, Fridays-Clean van and some outdoor tasks...also daily 1, 2, 3's which are one load of laundry, do the dishes, and set timer for 10 minutes and declutter.

So I put it in writing.  These are my goals for the rest of the month, granted its not a full 30 days, but close to it.  Maybe I will continue these goals for my March 3 in 30 as well.

That's all folks.  Do you want to join me in working prayerfully towards 3 goals the rest of the month of February, and not waste anymore time?

More later...Love to you!

Kim :)

Rise and Shine!

So the last year or so I have been going through a challenge, well since last Summer and three rounds of challenges, called Maximize Your Mornings, or Hello Mornings, that inspires women to rise earlier in the morning to have quiet time with God, exercise and do some planning to start the day.  This has been a struggle for me because I have long-time been a friend of the "snooze" button.

Things are changing though!  I have risen earlier more this year, 2012, than I have the past 2 years probably.  It is so beneficial to start the day on a good foot, instead of stumbling out of bed, late, with kids waking me up and being all frazzled.  Totally not prepared to face the day ahead.

Take a click.  It is accountability for each week day to sign into my group and just say I'm up, or read encouragement or prayer requests, praises, and tips.  These are new habits being built.  

Right now, the main goal and thing I am working on is getting out of bed and putting my feet on the floor, when the clock goes off!  

More later...Love to you!

Kim :)