Okay today is already off to a better start and it is only 8am. I got up early. I did not do my usual walk outside because there is an air alert warning due to the smoke of a nearby wildfire. But I did do some work inside with a 15 minute core workout from NTC app and then some stretching with 5 minutes of yoga. As I have gotten older, just sleeping makes me sore. So it is quite necessary to stretch sometime soon after I wake up.

Then I made my bed. This is not part of this challenge but it is a life skill habit I have been trying to develop. There is something magical about walking into a room and seeing a nicely made bed. It is inspiring to keep adding peace to other places in my home.

I read some Bible verses from a daily devotional called Jesus Calling. Then I like to journal. I first write out the grace for the day (that one thing that I am hoping for the day). This helps to bring into focus what I am asking God for the day. There are many things often weighing on my heart but it is good to narrow it down for what I need for just today.

After that morning habit of reading and reflection, I hop on my laptop and write a blogpost. It is said that if you are a writer then act like one. So I remind myself, “I am a writer” and then I write. I do not know the harvest it will bring in my life but I will keep planting seeds of love and hope in the world. I hope and pray that my writing can encourage many and an extra bonus if I could get paid to do a thing that I love. So I will keep writing and hoping for those 2 outcomes.

I drink my 25 ounces of water.

Eating according to a diabetic plan is hard. So more work to do there.