Good Morning my friends. Today is the second working day for the start of 2021. Kids are officially back in school and really did so well waking up in the morning, having their breakfast, getting ready and logging on to virtual learning 5 mins before class start. I am always so impressed and proud of them. They seem to so easily just go with the flow and while I am sure they would love to sleep in, they understand that its time to put the long winter break behind and get back to the routine.
I have settled back into work, well somewhat. It is a busy time for me and will be over the next couple of weeks but I also know that if I focus and keep my eyes on the task at hand, it will get done and while its tedious, its really not that bad.
I did also try to switch my work out time yesterday. I usually go in the mornings but decided to try the evening class. While it was a lot of fun, I had a hard time getting a restful sleep in the night and woke up early this morning. I did decide that I am totally a morning person and prefer to get my workout done early so I can work and play with the kids later in the evening.
It felt really good to get my heart rate up this morning. Although that meant not doing my meditation or writing, I know that I will be able to find time to do it. I am certainly not going to beat myself up over it or for some of the days where I know I will miss my workout and meditation.
I look at it as building myself up. Rather than beating myself up for not having my meditation complete or write in my journal, I am choosing to focus on building my habits up. Building it up by ensuring that I assign myself the time slot that I will be doing all the important things.
Building is laying the brick, a small brick or think of it as a small step that will help make the foundation for this year and the rest of my life. Focusing on what am I going to build today and asking that question every single morning. What can you think about building today?
For me, that looks like finishing this post, meditating and writing in my journal. That's all for this morning and every single morning for as long as I am able to. To break it down even further, for my meditation life brick, I may not do the whole 20 mins but maybe 10 today and than try to work towards the 20 minutes goal daily. It always begins with one right brick that will fit.
You know when you are a shoe store or a clothing store and you try on many different sizes, styles and brands to see what looks and feels the best, well finding the right brick to build your life takes many tries and many returns. The point is we usually don't mind trying 50 different pairs of shoes and I never have seen anyone beating themselves up over trying the shoes either or mind moving on to a different style or store for that matter. We keep at it till we find what are looking for.
Similarly, keep building your life and don't beat up on yourself for anything that you do or experience. Always ask, what can I do now to build again.
Remember stop beating and keep building. Try just one thing today and note how it makes you feel.
Wishing you peace and love my friends, from my heart to yours.
Peace,
Monita
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