 Hey everyone, how are you today? I'm Lauren from Lauren learns drinking this delicious peach pear Lacroix That my husband says tastes like the soda machine ran out of syrup, but he can go pound sand so today I want to talk to you about waking up early and While a lot of you are like, I'm not a morning person. I think this is why you should do it so it's been proven that we're the most productive when we wake up early and That that level of productivity goes down as the day goes on and into the evening So I mean, I'm sure a lot of us can attest that at the at the end of the day We just want to watch TV or play on our phone and we're not super up for doing anything fun or productive But turn that around and do all the most important things at the beginning of your day Wouldn't you want to do that? I sure would I found this guy Jaco willing so yeah, Jaco preaches why everyone should get up at 4 30 in the morning and He gives lots of reasons and steps to get there and so I just really come to be inspired by him And he's an excellent x maybe seal really cool guy. Okay, so this is what my morning routine looks like My alarm class starts going off at about 4 30 and it's not like with noise It's with light and so it's a gradual light that starts to admit about 4 30 and every couple minutes It gets brighter and then at 5 eventually it's at its brightest and it Sounds these little birdie chirp noises and you feel like you're waking up to spring time It's lovely. So the first thing I like to do when I get out of bed is drink a giant glass of water and then I do my workout Usually it's on YouTube and like these days. It's on YouTube and I use Sydney Cummings. She's an awesome youtuber You should go check her out. She does a new YouTube video every single day for working out So after I do my workout, I like get so sweaty when I do her stuff. It's awesome What a hit training and I earned my shower that way and I feel like I've got my blood pumping for the day Which is so helpful so so helpful like I can focus so I take my shower and then my favorite part of the day is Some like sometimes I'll make some coffee sometimes. I won't and I'll just sit down with my Bible and Spend some time with Jesus telling him about how I feel downloading what I need to to be encouraged from God's word and really just feeling like Like I know knowing I'm not alone in my day and knowing that he's equipped me to get Done what's needed and he's equipped me to have a good attitude and pour it out into the people around me And because I know that I'm here to encourage and love others So that that spite that time I spend with Jesus is so important and the time I spend working out is so important And honestly, it's like it's a spiritual and a physical workout on my morning to get started And I love I love that time before my family gets up There was no chance that I could have gotten to this Gotten this type of routine going a couple of years ago when my kids were still a lot of the night so now that they're four and six I'm able to kind of see the light the end of the tunnel and Some days are not all perfect at that way either like there are some nights where they still wake up and need me so I just give myself grace and on those days I try to get my workout in somewhere else and Try to pray throughout my day instead. It's just it's just it looks different But on the days that I'm able to swing it. Oh my gosh It just sets me up for success and I get so thankful. So that's what I'm learning So the reason I'm posting about it today because I have been doing it the last couple months, but I'm learning Keyword that it's imperative because the last couple weeks my husband and I took turns being sick and it really disrupted my morning routine and it showed me even more so how how I can get ugly mommy really fast when I don't get my morning workout in and I don't like being impatient with my kids I don't like snapping at them and like let's face it every parent does it But I like we have to do we have to do better by our kids So I have to get in that workout. I have to get time in prayer to for me to be the best parent that I can be and I'm learning just how important it is for me specifically to get that to get that in for myself so that I'm not starting my day empty and That's that's what's going on. So I just want to share that with you guys share my peach pear liqueur I flavor with you and Just remind all of you in the game of life that you're doing a great job that you matter that you're loved and valued especially by God but The more that I hear from you guys reaching out to me I'm like especially by me So I just appreciate all of you that are watching watching this channel and feeling encouraged in that you're like learning something Along with me. I really appreciate that so thank you for tuning in and I cannot wait to Share with you again next week. Go get messy. Have fun and learn