Happy Monday, all you wonderful people you. 🙂
Well, it’s 11:00 p.m., on the dot, and I’m beat. It’s been a long long day. I did get up at 6:30, which is about 30 minutes later than I have been getting up. I was so looking forward to getting to bed earlier today so I could finally get back up at 5 and do so having gotten a full night’s sleep, but no such luck.
It’s crazy. One day I choose to stay up later, and then get up a little later because I was up later, and that turned into… a month? A month and a half so far of not getting up at my designated time, not getting my morning routine consistently done…
Yikes. It’s so hard to get going, but it’s so easy to fall off the wagon completely.
Anyway, I’m up beat, though. 🙂 I choose happiness. Why bother with anything else? (easier said than done, of course 🙃, but I’ll say it today because I’m successful today. I might not be so keen on the phrase tomorrow. But… there’s only today right now, so that’s what we’ve got. 🙂
Got off to a slow start this morning. I got to my first job a little after 10, and David ran into issues as well. First AutoZone screwed up some orders. Then his truck ran out of gas right after he filled it. Apparently, they put the money he paid on the wrong pump, and he didn’t realize it. So he ran out of gas and had to deal with that, making it so he didn’t get done with his first job, which was a pretty quick one, until after 11.
So we were running behind all day.
But that’s okay. 🙂 Bring it on. How else will I learn to be okay with everything if I don’t have the opportunities to face it and choose to be okay with it?
Today, I was thinking a little bit about wanting to make sure I take advantage of all my opportunities for growth. Every time something is hard, that means growth opportunity. And when things are super easy. That also means growth opportunity, but of the more deliberate nature, not quite the kind that is obvious.
Anyway, I want to live my life such that I’m taking advantage of all the opportunities for growth that I have.
That’ll be a monumental plate to eat, but… one bite at a time. 🙂
Let’s see… what else. So I ended up doing 7 cars today. 😶 Four up in Rogers/Bentonville area and three in Fayetteville because David wasn’t able to get to everything because of how the day started off. He ended up doing 4 cars, and I didn’t get home until around… 9:30-10ish? I don’t remember.
Dinner included whole wheat spaghetti, an avocado, and probably about a third of a pound?
Mmmmm… good.
#1. I’m grateful to have been able to get so many cars done!
#2. I’m grateful to have my sister call me tonight when I was triggered late tonight. Thanks!!!
#3. I’m grateful to have been able to have happy customers today. 🙂
#4. I’m grateful to be upbeat when today could have been super super super super stressful, and I could have chosen to be angry, etc. I did… really well today. 🙂
#5. I’m grateful for mom for having made food that I could eat when I just got home. Thanks, Mom!
Thought of the Day: “Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people.” ― Roy T. Bennett
Loves and hugs to all y’all! 😊
Lift the World.
~ stephen
p.s. 29 days sober. I choose love today. 😊
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