Discipline at 7 AM or 8......

For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

Hebrews 12:11

This morning my alarm went off at 7 AM it was still dark out, raining here in Pittsburgh and my 12:30 bed time did not help with this new "discipline" thing I am going for. I have never been one for "New Years Resolutions" but I do think there is something refreshing about starting a new year with some new goals and practices in mind.

The past few months as many of you know I have started a home decor blog, and really have started to pursue this passion of mine! Sometimes I feel like I have all the creative ideas in the world and others times I don't post for 2 weeks straight. I can't necessarily seem to really stick to it and I want to be more disciplined with posting, creating, and asking the Lord what this looks like moving forward.

The reality is that today I woke up at 7 AM, I hit snooze twice and didn't get out of bed till 8 AM. I didn't open my bible till 8:30 because coffee doesn't hit me the minute I sip it. I could say that day one of starting the hard work, discipline it takes, and dream chasing was super successful, but that isn't the reality.

Day 1: was a struggle.... probably because I wasn't disciplined in my night time routine. The next 30 days might be a struggle, but in 30 more days hopefully it will be such a routine that I am not writing a blog post about how much of a struggle it was. I don't ever want to make it seem like my life is all put together, just like you I am hitting that snooze.

January 3 even though I hit snooze, already looks like a win to me. I woke up earlier than I have in weeks on a Sunday, I am writing a blog post, and I am chasing after this dream I have of mine. I don't want to spend 2021 sitting on the couch, scrolling and thinking wow that girls home is gorgeous, she is so creative, I wish I would have followed through. I want to continue to chase after my dreams and do it fearlessly.

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