Don’t Be Average It easy to go with the flow, it is hard to be different. To be different takes commitment, effort, sacrifice and persistence. You don’t change overnight but overtime. Some of the days are harder than others and on those hard days is where your true strength is revealed. You can settle and […]

Start Your Day with an Eternal Mindset Do you regularly count your blessings? Do you take time to really be appreciative for all you have, your family, your health, your friends?  When you get up early and you can sit and be still you can have time to get your mindset right. Get focused on […]

Share with Someone Today This is the last week of this challenge and I have been pleasantly surprised at how much I have enjoyed getting up early. By getting up early I have been able to workout each morning before my day starts. I have also found it is so nice to be up in […]

Invite Someone to Rise Early with You Have you been doing this challenge all on your own? If you have todays the day to invite your spouse or a friend to join you in getting up early. I had someone with me today during my quiet time but it wasn’t my husband. Our cat joined […]

  Smile When You Get Up Early Why should you smile when you get up early? Because you have gotten a jump on your day. Your day is not driving you but you are driving it. Instead of just falling out of bed and into whatever your day has to bring, you have met the […]

 Quiet Quiet, that is the first thing I noticed on the first day of this challenge. When I was the only one up in the morning the silence was so loud. There was no noise in the house, none except the air rushing through the vents to warm the room. Some people don’t like silence. […]

Are you a victim of your day or do you take control of your day, Think about the last week. What were your days like? Were you running your day or was your day running you? If you are a victim of your day you may feel your day is out of control. You are […]

  Weekend Catch Up and Building One Decision at a Time Since I don’t do the challenge over the weekend I am getting caught up today as I don’t want to miss one day of the challenge. So for day sixteen Andy talks about getting to bed early to help you get up early. Have […]

  Don’t let past failure determine your future Is getting up early something hard for you to do? Maybe you have told yourself I am not a morning person. Maybe you have tried getting up early and after a few days of trying just forgot about getting up early and went back to your old […]

Do you just go with the flow? Before starting this challenge I was definitely a go with the flow type person. I would just go with what I needed to do for the day. Sometimes not eating breakfast until after 10 am and running around trying to get everything done without slowing down at all. […]

 Changing the World I’m playing catch up from over the weekend. I read through three days today as I took the weekend off. I like how in day 9, Andy address the real goal of this challenge is a better you and me. I also like that he said not to be legalistic as that […]