August's Habit: 15 Minutes Outside

Southwestern Michigan is a beautiful place.  There is Lake Michigan, rivers, streams, other lakes, fruit orchards, old growth forests, sand dunes, ponds, meadows, nature reserves, etc.  Summer is a hot commodity around here.  I always intend to enjoy it to it's fullest.  So it is frustrating when I look back on a day and realize I haven't been outside at all.  It is almost sacrilegious.  Especially because my house is surrounded by almost 4 acres of green land and a very nice lake.  So I am going to make an effort this month to make sure that I get outside for 15 minutes every day.  Preferably with the girls but I'm not going to hold myself to that!

Sunset over Lake Michigan (photo taken from The Great Waters Facebook page)

July's End: I Suck

No I am not full of self loathing.  But I am a bit disappointed in myself for not sticking to my new habit much at all last month.  There were some extenuating circumstances but for the most part it was just laziness and/or distractions.  I am all for doing what works however, so I have decided to change things around to see if I can do better with a different schedule.  11pm is the time to beat.  And 7am is my wake up call.  We will see if that works better.

I have also fallen off the bandwagon on my other habits too.  I met my water goal only half the days of the month, I took one week off working out, I missed journaling about half the days as well.  Let look at this in a more positive light though.

I drank a lot more water than I otherwise would have!
I worked out regularly for 3 whole weeks!
I journaled a lot more than I did last year at this time!
I got up earlier this month in general than I usually do!

See that?  I'm awesome.