Fired up!

Fired up!

I set out each and every day with great intentions. At the end of most days, I have completed my targeted daily goals.  Let us keep it real for a moment...on the days that I do not, I always go back and ask myself “why?” Now do not misunderstand, I don’t mentally attack myself for not being able to get it all done but I keep it real and ask myself questions that make me laugh. I’ll ask myself things like, “Did you scroll through IG too much?” Maybe I shouldn’t have talked to one of my sisters for two hours but, they are my favorite girls and when we get going our mouths do not stop!  It’s probably why most days we text but, again being real we will text for 30 minutes straight. 

Whatever the issue, I find it hard to get myself fired up some days, no matter how quick I get out the bed and work out. At times, I just cannot be productive. Even as I write this blog my baby sister sent me a text and I happily stopped writing to see what was up. 

In that moment I have learned to retreat and do something else productive. I realized it’s okay to switch my Monday goals to Tuesday goals if I don’t have a critical deadline.  I am more responsible than that. The thing is, I have given myself permission to wait until my heart and spirit are fired up about something to proceed.  So, in the interim, I will go bake instead of writing. Today I am supposed to be filming two “Tipping Tuesdays” segments and I decided to say “forget about it.”  Instead, I parked myself near one of the most intriguing spots in my house, the fireplace and relaxed. At that moment it hit me! Let me do what I can, not what I want. At that moment I was in the mood to write and suddenly I was fired up and writing.  

We must give ourselves permission to not always move on a 1,000 percent. It’s OK to sit and change your script. Do not force what is not in God’s timing for you.  Go with what has you fired up now and you will be more inspired to do it better and not begrudgingly.