Smart Habit Saturday

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I'm going to be out of town next week so I will do the drawing when I get back around the first of June.

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I've been thinking about this new early morning study schedule that I've been working on. What I've decided is that it's a series of habits and I'm never going to get it right unless I start at the beginning.

1. I have to have a habit of being home in time for the kids to start getting ready for bed by 7:00 and lights out at 9:00.


2. I have to get to bed by 9:00 and lights out at 10:30.


3. I have to stop eating sugar (yes, that again!) because sugar makes me tired and require more sleep.


4. I have to darken Lovely's window so she doesn't wake up before me! As the sun rises earlier so does she. All winter she was sleeping until 8:30 and now she's getting up before 7:00.


5. I have to remember that I really am a morning person even though Stranger has spent 11 years turning me into a night owl.

I'm pretty good at getting home early if we don't have an event we're going to. If the kids get to bed on time then I can usually get to bed on time. I don't even want to talk about the sugar thing because it's too depressing. I will work on the girls' window coverings when I get home from my trip. I dont' know about that last one yet. We'll see how that goes.

Here are the other habits I have been working on this year. Some of them are already habits and some of them still need a lot of work but all of them have improved my life!

Getting to bed early, again - still working on it
Crafts with kids - Working on it.
Using Crock Pot - Great and loving it!
Paperwork, again, and again - failing
Have lunch ready by Noon - Ok
Turn Off Computer during chores - Good
Become a Dresser - Good
Playing games with my kids - Terrible
Reading my Church Magazine - Habit
Kitchen and studio clutter free - Good
Clear Counters - Great
Clear Desk - Good
Review Planner - Habit
Daily Prayer - Habit
Clean Toilet - Not great

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