I had a very rocky childhood. No two days were ever alike in my childhood. My Mom, a socialite, and always on the roll going to parties or having parties. Nice parties. Weekends were full of people spending time together having a party. We had a pool in the house of my teen yrs. People sat in the sun, swam in the pool and partied into the night. Not consistent and I need consistent.
Then there were the mornings. I remember in my teen years having to get up at the crack of dawn for high school. I would shuffle out and my Mom, she would be up and sitting with coffee in the quiet of the morning. The parties had slowed down, way down by this point. She studied at dawn for Ins. tests. She sat quietly by herself at dawn with her coffee probably gathering herself before trying to wake my sister who never slept. Prying her from bed was an all out attack on the quietness of dawn.
I am a dawn person, who finds herself in a season of working into the evenings. Sleep comes a bit later, and my dawn is a bit later.
It is here I gather myself before my day takes me away. My routine includes a check list of what I need that will help me meet my goals. I know this is basic and many will roll their eyes. But others look back at me with a blank stare when I share this little tidbit about getting organized to be successful. I’ve been blinked at in the gym a million times. Maybe you stay up that little bit later and THEN you go over your mental list of things that must happen to meet your goals.
In life, I’ve got to pack it up and take it with me, because my goals? They will require new attitudes, new skills, and consistent routine. I cannot get to where I am going, with out a lot of thought, and preparation. Crack of dawn or last thing at night, it’s a must. Things just don’t happen by accident.
But I am a dawn girl, a morning person, a Rise n Shine kind girl. I take pictures of sunrise, not moonscapes. My plans come alive with the dawn!





