Thank God for new mercies and new grace every morning! I really needed to regroup after yesterday. Feeling overwhelmed with organizing my business, plus staying motivated to do work at my full-time job, slowing down long enough to enjoy my daughter in the evening and not be focused on tasks- bath, comb hair, read at least 2 books, snack, lunch for tomorrow or not, gym clothes in bag, clothes ironed for work, business materials to carry just in case, and business tasks to complete during breaks at my full-time job. Also making time to pray not on the run but sit and actually praise God and make my requests known. All I kept thinking was Lord, how will I get everything done and not be exhausted. It hit me this morning around 4:40am, so what if I am exhausted? That is what sleep is for: to rest! Duh! So last night after my daughter finally went to bed, I decided to go strong the next two hours by working on my business with no TV or phone interruptions. It was a very productive two hours I will say so myself. Completed information sheets for people to fill out that attend my seminars, inputted a test clients' info into a sample budget sheet and started praying for God to show me how to make it work, added some items to my business plan which were suggestions from BrownEnglishMuffin, checked business and personal emails, plus did a handout on 10 Tips for Prioritizing Your Expenses When Money Is Short. I thought I was dog tired when I was done but I managed to watch 30 min of TV plus eat about 20 mini Vanilla wafers with peanutbutter before going to bed.
From this experience I realized that exhaustion can be a good thing. At least for me. I slept good last night until I heard my daughter call my name because her blanket fell off. She could have reached and pulled it back on herself but no, I had to get up and go do it for her before she would go back to sleep. I appreciate doing it now because there will be a time that she will not need or want me to do these small things so it was worth interrupting my sleep.
So since I went to bed later than usual, I did not get up when my alarm went off at 3:30am. Well I did get up and walk into the bathroom where my alarm is located, turn it off and go back to bed. I planned to sleep in anyway! I got up at 4:20am and remembered all the things I needed to do before work that I did not do the night before: pack books to give to a co-worker's nephews, iron clothes for work, pack clothes for gym, find clothes for my daughter that don't need ironing, make lunch- didn't happen, eat breakfast- grab Chick-Fil-A minis on the way, gather a few task to complete during breaks at full-time job for business and straighten up the living room from junk mail on the table to flash cards on the floor and barrettes on the counter.
While I enter this post, I am exhausted but look forward to working out at the gym today, completing the few tasks from my business I bought to work on at my full-time job, completing a report for my full-time job, praising God all day long and sowing a seed into a friend by paying her cell phone bill. Yes, I have bills I could use it for or I could put the $50 into my savings, but God gave me excess so I will give it away. I am exhausted mentally and physically right now, but it is a good thing!
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Since I've known you, you've always woken up at the crack of dawn.
I mean before the roaster even crows...heck before the roaster even hits the snooze button on HIS alarms clock.
I mean I know you body is used to it by now but it still amazes me...I've only seen 3AM and 4AM either because I had a flight to catch or because I have to breastfeed but besides that I've never seen that hour of the day.
What time do you even go to bed to wake up at that hour.
I know I need to try waking up that time if I EVER want to get ANYTHING done now that we have a new bundle of joy in our life. When she sleeps I sleep so NOTHING gets done!!
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