I also took it a litle easier than normal because I have a BAD cold and as much as I am gung-ho (never spelled this out before!) for this new life of discipline, I do need to learn to give myself a break~and today was one of those days.
A note to those of you who might be considering making up your own schedule to follow: Especially if you have young children (my youngest is 1 years old)--sometimes the timing or the order of things need to be changed in the moment to take care of the IMMEDIATE and URGENT needs of your children. I had to change things up quite a bit this morning --but the main thing was that everything important got done. Tomorrow we have to change our schedule as well, because of some last minute needs of my daycare provider and because of two of our kiddos having doctors appointments. I do have the tendency to get stressed out when the schedule is ALREADY having to be arranged, changed, whatever--but all it took today was for me to BREATHE ,think it through and come up with alternatives that met all of our needs for the day and still stayed within the spirit of the disciplined schedule.
I learned today that part of becoming a disciplined person is to control what you can control and make the best out of the rest!!!! ~I also remembered to pray when the challenges arose. This makes a huge difference in gaining peace and wisdom to modify the plan.
So far, so good!! Thanks to whoever created blogging--it works for me! And to all of you who are supporting me with comments here and through my email. I am encouraged. I can use all of the positive thoughts and prayers I can get! My husband has been very helpful as well--having someone to come alongside you in the thick of it -helps a lot!
"Tomorrow is a new day, with no mistakes in it!" From Anne of Green Gables
