One Day? Or Day One...

Well here we are...
Day 1 of the GPM 12 week sprint.
Day 1 of 84, I believe it is...

Today I am starting a journey I have put off more times than I can count. Something I keep telling myself I will do and I will be great at - but one I have yet to step into. No one to blame but me...!

Right now I feel flustered. I feel confused and a little stupid to be honest. My life is so chaotic right now - why the hell would I think its a good idea to start a 12 week sprint?! But when is a good time? I always seem to be tired or busy or cooking or cleaning or working...! So let's set the scene for Day 1 of the GPM 12 week sprint - 17.03.2025...

I currently work full-time - AND part-time. I manage the local Surf Club during the day, and I teach dancing 2 afternoons a week. I have three kids and a dog, which seems like another full-time job in itself (my favourite job in the entire World!)... My husband also works full-time, and then we have all the normal stuff like cooking, cleaning, washing, shopping, mowing the lawn etc. So yeah - life is a little busy.

We recently started getting back into our excercise after our 6 week European Christmas holiday! Which was full of hot chocolates, croissants, Sunday roasts and plenty of celebratory drinks and just bloody incredible!... So that gets us up at 5am... and we would probably get an hour (MAX) before the kids wake up...! But this has become a non-negotiable in our household. 💪

So let's pretend know what I am doing and let's make a plan of how the *eff I am going to manage the next 12 weeks...

5am - wake up and excercise (Wake up Beauty, it's time to BEAST!)
6am - walk
7am - breakfast and get ready for work/school
7.45am - out the door...
8am - 1.55pm - work
2pm - pick up kiddos
2.10pm - snack lady & homework dragon
3pm - try and clean the house *TRY *
3.30pm - probably a little nap? 20 minute power nap 😴
4pm - after-school activities / dance teaching
6pm - dinner
7pm - getting kiddos ready for bed
7.30pm - kids bed time
8pm - try and clean up a little more... (or home time if teaching!!)
9pm - 12 Week Sprint. (hence why we are here at 10.21pm...)

I kinda feel exhausted just looking at it - and the nap in the middle of the day seems justified...! (I wish!)

BUT - I am here to be uncomfortable.
I am here to push my boundaries.
I am here to forgo Netflix for 12 weeks, and build a legacy for me and my family.
12 weeks is going to go by whether I commit to the challenge or not, so I might as well try my hardest and give it everything I have got!

My dream is just to be present with the kids, without the distraction of an office job... I want to work from home during the day, on MY business, while the kids are at school, and be present with them after I pick them up each day. I want to travel during the school holidays - and I want to show them that hard work pays off, but you don't have to be a slave to the system...

Having typed this brain dump out - I feel quite a bit better about this challenge already...
Ready to smash this 12 weeks...! 84 days doesn't seem that long!

See you tomorrow!

H. x ✌️