The army used to have the slogan, "We do more before 8 a.m. than most people do all day."** I was thinking about this saying the other day when I was trying to get everything done BEFORE I leave for work at 8. Sometimes I get discouraged that I don't get enough done during the day, so to make me feel better, here is a list of what I get done BEFORE 8 a.m. (most days :)
*Personal prayers
*Personal scripture study
*Run 4-6 miles
*Lift weights or do toning exercises
*Make breakfast
*Clean up breakfast
*Family prayer
*Family scripture study
*Do laundry
*Tidy the house
*Make bed
*Shower, dress, hair, make-up
*Mop kitchen floor
*Run vacuum over traffic areas
*Wipe down bathrooms
*Read with Luke
*Help Luke with piano
And on a REALLY good day *Start something in the crockpot for dinner.
All right, I feel better now. That's pretty much an entire day's work all before 8 a.m. I guess the discouragment comes from the fact that I just have more than "an entire day's work" that needs to be completed daily.
With that thought in mind, maybe I should end this post with the rest of the words to the post title:
"You're in the army now.
You're not behind the plow.
You'll dig in a ditch.
You'll never get rich.
You're in the army now."
**OK I googled it, and the army's slogan was actually "We do more before 9 a.m. than most people do all day. So BAM! I'm showing up the army with my morning routine!
(View the 1981 army commerical below)
Kay, you are just way too awesome! It makes me exhausted just reading your list of what you accomplish, but I sure could relate to the post!
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