1/2 hour resolutions of a recovering sluggard
Discipline is something that I have been developing in my life over the last year. It is a constant struggle for me, as I realize that being a sluggard is much easier.
Here are my resolutions:
To consistently wake up at 6:00 AM
1/2 hour of prayer and bible study
1/2 hour of working out
1/2 hour of writing
1/2 hour of deep cleaning the house
This means that by 8:00 I am either ready to start the day with my kids or get out the door for work.
This means that 1/2 hour at a time I will be on track spiritually, physically, creatively and environmentally. If it takes 30 days to make a habit, in one month I will be prayed up, toned up, up to speed with beginning a daily writer's discipline and cleaned up so that when we do put our house on the market it won't be such a hassle.
This is so simple it could actually work.
Micah Girl6 Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!7 It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,8 yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.9 How long will you lie there, you sluggard?
When will you get up from your sleep?10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
11 and poverty will come on you like a bandit
a little folding of the hands to rest-
and scarcity like an armed man.
Proverbs 6: 6-11