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Changing Bad Habits into Good Ones!

Bad habits are setting in again! When I wrote my post on how I accomplish Peaceful Mornings I was actually following through with my good intentions. I was going to bed at a regular time. I was starting to not relay on coffee to get me through my mornings. I was enjoying my time as a homemaker almost every moment because I was taking care of myself. I was getting enough sleep. I was waking up naturally and I wasn't still sleepy. We were doing school regularly. My house was cleaner because I had the energy to get everything done daily. 
I'm a natural night owl. I can stay up until early am hours and still be wide awake. But in order to function the next day I have to be able to sleep in. Well having Hubby rising early for work and two boys who wake up with the sun, sleeping in isn't an option. So then my days drag on, the boys fight more because I'm not fully on top of things, school doesn't get done, dirty dishes pile up because I'm too tired to put them in the dishwasher, and my reading slacks off. Keeping up with my reading through the Bible with my friend is slacking. Finishing Trim Healthy Mama so I can be fully on plan is non-existent. I won't pick up extra reading books until I'm caught up with my Bible reading. You know put God first and all. 

I don't really have any special tips to make this stop happening. It's part of life. But I will tell you how I make changes back to my good habits. 
  • Admit that I'm following back or back into habits that do not make me successful. This can be hard. I have known for about 2 weeks that I'm slipping and I just didn't want to admit but it's time now. I see myself getting further and further from the person I'm called to be.
  • Start small to move back into good habits. Through one week choose something to change every day until I'm back on track.
  • Set a goal. I'm setting a goal to be back on track by March 1st. That gives me a few days to get my life back together. By the beginning of next week things should be running smoothly again.
  • JUST DO IT! There really isn't much else to say but to just make the tough changes back. Breaking habits can be really hard depending on what they are. Choosing to go to bed earlier and maybe even laying there wide awake can be frustraing. Cleaning the kitchen mess that's been sitting isn't fun but it has to be done to be able to make me successful again so I just have to suck it up and do it.
  • Make restrictions on time sucking activities, such as Facebook and TV. The two things I struggle with the most. So if you see a decline of social media from me you will know why. My plan is to do more scheduled posts so that why I'm not getting on line all the time trying to post new things because that always adds up to more time then just quickly posting something. 
With all that I should probably get back to my work. I have now spent much of the morning writing this instead of doing the work that I need to do. I have accomplished washing quite a bit of clothes but my kitchen is still looking pretty awful. Time to get to work to get back on track and make the changes I need to be the person God has called me to be!

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