I started on September 1st. It seemed a good time to start. It was the day after I attended a conference. Perfectly the first day of a new month. It was also the first of a month that was going to be extremely busy and altering for me. Whether or not I had intention in this month of September, this month was going to be a doozy.
I knew that before I started, so what better time to be mindful and intentional in certain things? Most of all with myself, my business and, most of all, God. I determined, quickly, to work up a list of things to be focused on and came up with a few.
How many days though? One month? A month of 30 days? Seemed pretty doable and nice. A perfect, round number that isn’t too long and where you can see the end. But I felt I needed more. With 30 days I would be able to see the light at the end up the tunnel and perhaps not focus so much on each individual day as much as getting to the end of the month. When I found the option on the YouVersion Bible app to read the Bible in 90 days, I took it as another sign. 90 it is.
The Bible in 90 days. It takes about 45 minutes to read the daily chunk. Then I have fitness. I’m pretty good with working out. I like doing it. But I’ve never been good about seeing many challenges through to the end.
For a bit of physical self-discipline, I’m doing all three of Blogilates 100 reps challenges. The abs, the glutes and the squats. All my muscles are aching right now. I’m on day 8.
Then there is journaling. I have set my goal to journal everyday and to be more intentional about it. That hasn’t worked as well as I hoped. A lot of thing got in my way this last week. I had a bunch of house things come up with workmen coming in and out and helping me fix stuff. I had a guest in my house, I had an oops on my journal that I needed to fix pronto which, of course, took way longer than it should of, and then I had all the mom stuff to do. But I have journaled every day. Just not as intentionally as I wish to.
I’m also making daily lists to keep me motivated and help me remember stuff. Because, seriously, I forget things if I don’t write them down. Plus, I like checking off the boxes.
The hardest thing is to not be on YouTube. I’m a YouTube junkie. I love getting my news there, I love the original shows by just normal people. There are some hilarious things and great music and interesting conversations and interviews. In short, I love it. But I spend too much time there. And I start thinking that I can do two things at once, which I can’t. I shouldn’t. Part of this intentionality is coming from the idea that part of met thinks I can do a million things at once and then I start feeling crazy and I forget the things that I need to get done.
It’s hard being disciplined. And life is still crazy. I had to run around today and be at church for about three hours and still cook and still get homework done and I’m trying to sell some of our stuff before we move and I need my kids ready for school and my husband needs to get ready for yet another business trip and …..etc. Which is why I need these 90 days.