I stayed up late last night so I set my alarm for 7:30 instead of 5:30 and since it is Sunday this is doable. Huge win: I did my 25 minutes of the elliptical. Listening to Domestic Monastery now for the 3rd time. It is such a short book with only like 50 minutes long of an audiobook. Since we are on a no-buy, I will keep listening to this until I can check out a new book in October. I did not think this through when I started this challenge but it is a fabulous book and it will be good to get this content into my heart with the repetition.

Today was definitely a typical momming day. I was reminded of what I listened to in the Domestic Monastery. So in a monastery the church bells toll at specific hours throughout the day. Upon hearing the bells, the monks or nuns are to stop whatever they are doing and to go to the chapel and pray. So it is said they grow so much spiritually as they learn that their time is not their own but to be used as God would lead them. The author argues that a full-time parent also knows the feeling of time not being their own and how it is often given away to the needs of their children. Today was one of those days where I had to recount what happened since at 9:45pm I felt spent but really had no clue what I even did. So much of my time was given to my childrens’ needs. So it makes sense that I modified the 75HARD for myself as a mom. Full-time parents do not always have the luxury to spend two 45 minute blocks exercising. I had to make this doable and today felt like the little I did set out to do- I could not do. And that is ok.

I did not finish my bottle of water.

I did not use any weights after using the bathroom.

I did not take my probiotic.

But I did exercise and listen to a book that is encouraging me. I am winning at momming as I was there for my kids. So today was a win even if my self imposed challenge had some losses. In the grand scheme of things- today was a win.