Well, I'm trying to wake up early and be a morning person. Trying. I used to be so good at this, and then I started working at FBC. We like late nights, late mornings...I like my sleep.
However, I've woken up before 7:30 the past 3 mornings! What!? And be impressed, because this goal was set to start on my birthday, but I actually started waking up early the day before. Now, Friday was a surprise, as I intended to sleep in. But a certain little brother who needed a ride had other plans. I ended up reading a whole book with all the extra time I had while I wasn't sleeping in. It was quite nice.
I woke up at 7:30 on my own Saturday, and then had to get ready to meet someone for coffee and a wedding shower. So that wasn't half bad. I will say, I was falling asleep by about 10:30 last night though. We party hard here.
This morning, I woke up at 6:15 and ran to Walmart. I meant to go last night but torrential rains prevented it. So I woke up early. Slowly but surely I'll be a morning person.
This is what I learned at 6:30 at Walmart:
1. No one is at Frisco's Walmart that early...
2. The sunrise happens if you get up early enough to see it. (:
3. People are way happier early in the morning! I had pleasant conversations with about four people who were either working or just out doing the same thing I was. And they were FRIENDLY. In my pre-coffee state, I wasn't sure I could formulate any real words, but it was as if we all shared a bond because we were up and out before 7. Walmart man, it's the place to make friends!
4. By 4:30 I was in much need of a short nap! So that's what I did in the lovely porch sun...until my dog stepped on my face...classic.
In all seriousness, it is worth thinking about. The people I encountered early in the morning were almost friendlier and more open to a conversation than many other people I encountered throughout the rest of my day. Is it that they realize that being awake allows you to savor more of the day? Do they spend more time filling with the moments the Lord gives them? Does it allow more time to breathe in a day, as opposed to just rushing through?
Sunday, April 19, 2015
Sunday, April 12, 2015
45 By 30...The Beginnings
In a week I turn 25. And I know that seems young, but with each passing year I realize that I have the tendency to become complacent. I want to do big things with my life; I want to be used in big ways. And so I made a list. It's a bucket list of sorts to hold me accountable to dreams and hopes. In five years, I hope to do more with my life. So here's to it!
"The moment you leave who you were is the moment you begin the epic search to find out who you really are."Mark Twain once said, "twenty years from now I will be more disappointed by the things I didn’t do, than the things I did do."
1.
Be at my ideal weight
2.
Plant a tree - Check! Brady and I planted a dogwood tree for my grandmother Spring Break 2017
3.
Train for and run a marathon
4.
Finish grad school - Check! Graduated Dec. 2015!
5.
Journal every week
6.
Speak to groups (girls retreats,
schools, etc.)
7.
Write blog/book
8. Make the photography hobby a paid gig
9.
Speak at OBU
10.
Write 5 Bible studies for teen girls - (Joseph, John, ___, ___, ___)
11.
Buy a car - Check! Bought a Jeep Cherokee April 2015.
12.
Take a trip to Chicago while Kelly
(and Nate) is still there
13.
Get married
14.
Take a trip to Africa
15.
Take a trip with Dad to Ghana &
Nigeria
16.
Become a fan – soccer/football
17.
Share the Gospel in meaningful
conversations with 30 people
18.
Visit the Beans in Miami
19.
Meet my neighbors
20.
Become a morning person
21.
Study teenage culture/development
22.
Study leadership skills
23.
Relearn Spanish - check! thanks duolingo!
24.
Make someone else’s day
25.
Read the news regularly
26.
Become a partner with a ministry
overseas and in Dallas
27.
Learn to make pizza from an Italian
28.
Put a photo in a contest
29.
Ride an animal larger than a horse
30.
Shower in a waterfall
31.
Have dinners with a family of a
different culture
32.
Make a family cookbook
33.
Write a letter to someone important - check. DC Trip 2016.
34.
Participate in National Novel
Writers Month (Nov.)
35.
Write a letter to the five people who
most impacted your life
36.
Begin to learn another language
(Italian, Farsi, Greek, Arabic?)
37.
Have the parents over for dinner
38.
Become proficient at yoga
39.
Read 100 new books – keep list (BBC
top 100, Bonhoeffer’s biography, all of C.S. Lewis’ books)
40.
Read the entire Bible a few times
41.
Start a children’s book
42.
Send a postcard on every trip I go
on.
43.
Publish an e-book
44.
Learn to fast
45.
Save $3,000/year. & give money
away.
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