Hard Cover

It’s Tuesday. Alarm goes off at 5:00am. I hit snooze and go back to sleep. It’s Wednesday. Alarm goes off at 5:00am. I use the bathroom and go back to sleep. It’s Thursday. Alarm goes off at 5:00am. I hit snooze and go on social media before going back to sleep. See the pattern? I would set my alarm in hopes of going to the gym. However, I struggled hard when it came time to actually get up and put in the work. I knew what the reward was if I made this a habit. Fit body, confidence wearing certain clothes, healthy lifestyle, taking off my shirt by the pool. I was ready to get to where I wanted to be. Thing is there are no short cut to this marathon.
Have you ever been told to read a book that may have a positive impact to your life? People all the time would share book recommendations with me. I would buy a book online and feel thrilled to read it. Guess what, that book was bought for two reasons which was to collect dust and be used as good decor when people came to visit. Sure people thought I read books but I knew the truth. They never knew…well until now when they read this. The hardest part to reading a book is opening the cover. Similar to working out, the hard part is getting in the car. We are quick to want results yet fail to celebrate the small wins. This is truly a marathon. There are two differences you should know before you start. First, this marathon is you versus you. They say once you make a decision to do something, you have five seconds to act or the odds of getting it done drops by 50%. Fight the urge of waiting another day to get it done. Each day that goes by is another day we lose. The second is this marathon…..last FOREVER! It never ends. There’s no such thing as perfection or complete. Here’s the reward, the more we do it, the easier it becomes and eventually becomes apart of our lives. It’s a habit built into who we are and that is how we not only open the cover to our book, but write a beautiful story for people to enjoy.