Don't give up... Don't give in...

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There have been days where I just want to give up.  Days that I think, "wow, I just can't do that, that is way too hard for me to do".  Have you had one of those days?  When you just want to throw in the towel and crawl into bed?

Well, Don't!  I mean it.  Don't give up.  Even if you think it would be easier burying your head under the covers.  Don't just give in.  What is the point of even starting anything if you don't finish it?

I signed up for a boot camp class every Tuesday and Thursday mornings for 6 weeks.  I couldn't make it to the first one, do to a procedure I had, but was there that following Thursday, up and ready to go for the 6am start time.  (Did I mention I am not an early morning person?)   So to me, a 5:20am alarm clock blaring in my ears is like the equivalent of sticking pins in my eyes (well not really, but you know what I mean).   The next week, Tuesday came and I was up and ready to go. Okay, so I wasn't up and ready, it was more like, I was laying in bed talking to myself and saying, "Do I really want to go? Yes, Get up.  Really?  My bed is so warm.  Yes, it is, but Get up!  I'm happy in my bed".  Well, I did finally drag myself out of bed to go and was happy when I got home.  Happy that I didn't give in to myself.

The next week was a battle.  My son had been sick, I was hardly sleeping and I had to be up to go to boot camp, I got up Tuesday of that week, but not Thursday.  It happened again the week after, I got up Tuesday, but stayed in bed Thursday.  What was I doing?  I paid for this, I had to get up.  Not to mention, I know the boot camp instructor and he sent me a message on Facebook asking where I have been?  Wow, did I feel like a loser!  I can hear you now, "Really Alyssa?  Really?  You can't even make it to a boot camp class that is only 2 days a week?  You are pathetic".  And yes, I deserve that!

So here is my point,  get up, when you don't want to.  Realize that giving up and giving in are not options. They are more like a last resort.

Your reason for staying in bed could be much more different than mine, but trust me, no matter what the reason, you should get up.  Face the world with a Can Do attitude!  Make the most of every minute you have.  And when all else fails remember, every minute you spend telling yourself not to do something, is a minute wasted on things you could be doing for yourself that mean a lot.

Don't Give Up and Don't Give In!  Push yourself to be the best for yourself, for your family, for the world.  What's stopping you?!?!