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#21DayMorningChallenge

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How are your mornings? Mine are literally as unpredictable as unpredictable can be. I sleep really late [naturally] and I wake up early [naturally]. This means that my morning routine is all over the place. I want to have something steady going in the morning instead of my usual organized chaos.

Last week I found Happily Hedy’s post encouraging others to participate in a 21-day morning challenge. I knew I had to participate in this challenge because it will force me to commit to doing something in the morning that will change me for the better physically.

I didn’t want to commit to doing too much. I thought about what I can do and what will be great for me every single morning. This challenge is from the 11th of August to the 31st. My challenge is to do the following:

Here are some extras that I may not get to do in the morning but I definitely need to do at some point during the day.

You guys are more than welcome to join me! Use #21daymorningchallenge on social media to spread the word.

Here are the bloggers that I know are participating in this challenge.

Hedy.Zhou
Annie Elizabeth
Annie
Real Nelle Blog
Kate’s Moving Mountains
Roxy

Feel free to add us. 😊

“Nothing is done overnight. Change happens with time. Have patience and allow change to happen.”

Day 1: 11 Aug

Day 2: 12 Aug

Today is probably more likely going to be there norm for me. I don’t sleep much so this is my life. I saw that a fellow blogger is using a journal and I think I might start documenting things in my journal as well.

Day 3: 13 Aug

This is the day that I normally go to the gym and take my three classes. I haven’t been consistent with taking the three classes. For the most part I’ve been taking two classes. These last six weeks have been really busy. I’m trying to change that.

Day 4: 14 Aug

Today was a little more difficult because I had fallen asleep at around 11 p.m. and woke up at 3 a.m. . I was unable to go back to sleep fully. I tried for about an hour from 5 am to 6 am. I had an appointment at 8:30 am so I just gave up and got out of bed around 6:30 am.

Day 5: 15 Aug

Day 6: 16 Aug

Today I’m doing nothing.

Day 7: 17 Aug

Today is day one of the Style Saves event. I’m thrilled about the event but I’m questioning my sanity because today will definitely be a long day. I work from 9-4 and then again from 7:30-10. Pray for me everyone. Lol!

Day 8: 18 Aug

Today was day 2 of the Style Saves event and so I am completely worn out. I am mentally and physically exhausted so it was harder to actually get it done today. I was able to complete everything.

Day 9: 19 Aug

Today I am completely worn out. I need a day to rest.

Day 10: 20 Aug

I don’t have the energy to do the crunches today.

Day 11: 21 Aug

I spent today doing paperwork and a whole bunch of other errands. #ADULTING

Day 12: 22 Aug

Day 13: 23 Aug

I’m finally off today! Thank God!

Day 14: 24 Aug

Day 15: 25 Aug

I spent today preparing for my interview tomorrow. I have so much I need to go over.

Day 16: 26 Aug

I went to bed late because I had an interview today. I pretty much didn’t get any sleep.

Day 17: 27 Aug

I feel like doing nothing and I think that’s what I’m going to do.

Day 18: 28 Aug

Looks like we have a hurricane coming. I spent the whole day preparing and doing paperwork. This weekend is Labor Day weekend which means that I will be working non-stop. I didn’t have time to get up and execute my crunches.

Day 19: 29 Aug

Hurricane Dorian looks really bad! It’s a Cat 5 like Hurricane Andrew. I don’t wish that type of storm on anyone. The rain today was so bad and the storm hasn’t even reached us yet.

Day 20: 30 Aug

Woke up tired. 😴

Day 21: 31 Aug

Today is the last day of the challenge. To be quite honest, I didn’t even realize that today was the last day. I’d that I’m proud and I’m disappointed. I was able to commit to doing this in the beginning but somewhere in the middle of this challenge I lost my way. I got so busy with work that I just ran out of time. I wasn’t able do the challenge. I wish that there were more hours in the day because realistically that was why I wasn’t able to complete it on some days. I ended up completing the challenge today but not in the morning.

Conclusions

If I were to do this again, then I would not limit the time period of execution to only the morning. I would make it a daily challenge instead. I would also give myself a few options. Instead of only the tea, water and crunches I would add 2 more options. I will then commit to doing only 3 out of the 5. Two of the options will be mandatory and the last act will consist of 3 choices. Overall the #21daychallenge was amazing. I learned that I was able to commit to actually doing stuff in the morning. Usually I am not physically active unless I’m going to the gym. I also forget about my tea all of the time. It was nice to remember to take it almost daily.

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