The 100% Challenge

 So, I’ve not exactly been my usual chipper, positive, (newly calm), laid back self in the last two days.  I know this is because I haven’t been getting my “Amy Time” in the last week or so.  Okay, a little here and there, but as it relates to “Amy Time”, I am very high maintenance.  I like it, I love it, and I ALWAYS want some more of it!  J

So, for one thing, I was thinking, “I should read my blog for a quick fix.  That’ll make me feel better!”  Which I didn’t do, but it did make me happy to think that perhaps that would get me back to feeling myself again.  If I thought it may help me, then maybe it has helped someone else out there.  That’d be good!

But most importantly, I finally did stop this morning and try to clear the cobwebs.  It helped tremendously.  But, as I accepted the fact that I have failed to give this to myself on a daily basis, I just wondered, “Why?”  “Why can’t I do this every single day of my life?  Why can’t I devote one hour solely to myself, for myself, every day?”  Because the kids wake me up at 5am?  Probably.  But really?  What about naptime?  What about after they are in bed?  Because I’m so tired, I need to sleep then too?  Probably.  But, in all reality, if it was that important to me, and it is, I would make time for it.  Even if it comes in the form of 5 minute increments throughout the day, I need this.  Without it, I feel like I am running on about 60%.  Giving my husband, children, family, friends and the world 60% of me - getting back 60% from the world.  That’s just not good enough for me.

So here’s the challenge:  The 100% challenge!  I challenge you, as I challenge myself, to make sure you are giving 100% of yourself every day.  Show up for life.  Operate at 100% all the time.  Whatever that looks like for you, whatever that means for you, and however you get there.  Only you know that.  I know exactly what it means for me.  And I am committed to it.