“Everything’s gonna get lighter, even if it never gets better.” – Mates of State, Get Better
People who know about this project often ask me how things have changed. And with the exception of the financial category, concrete improvements are hard to come by. Even in the financial category, money still feels tight – I think it always [...]
http://www.titheyourlife.com/day-68-recap/
“I have so much to do (today) that I should spend the first three hours in prayer.” ~ Martin Luther (1546 c.e.)
Yesterday I was talking about my project and how I thought it was possible to greatly improve one’s own life in just ten percent of that individual’s given time. Then I began talking about [...]
http://www.titheyourlife.com/day-53-is-there-ever-enough-time/
“When written in Chinese the word “crisis” is composed of two characters – one represents danger and the other represents opportunity.” ~John F. Kennedy
I had a few misconceptions about my life before P90X: 1) I thought I was in shape. I am not. And 2) I thought I had a lot of spare time. I [...]
http://www.titheyourlife.com/day-45-p90x-has-begun/
I am going to start P90X on monday. Am I ready? I am not sure. But I am reading this book Younger Next Year and it talks about how important daily exercise is to longevity and healthy longevity that I am really working on expanding my workout regimen. Wish me luck.
http://www.titheyourlife.com/day-41-p90x-starts-monday/
“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
[Disclaimer] I am not a doctor. I am not your doctor. I can only tell you how I did it. I make no claims as to how this would work for you. [/Disclaimer]
I am writing this as [...]
http://www.titheyourlife.com/day-36-how-i-lost-70lbs-in-less-than-a-year/
“If you want something you never had, then do something you never did.”
I have to admit that I didn’t really consider how much time this tithe of time would take. The whole reason I have created and begun to live this program is that my life was broken. I wanted things I did not have [...]
http://www.titheyourlife.com/day-30/
“We can do no great things, only small things with great love.” ~Mother Teresa
At the beginning of today, I had finished with finances, family, and friendship. I simply need to finish up faith, fitness, and food. Today I worked on two of the three. Unfortunately, I went way over in the financial category and it [...]
http://www.titheyourlife.com/day-26/
“When I have money, I get rid of it quickly, lest it find a way into my heart.” ~John Wesley
I didn’t have a plan for a category to tackle today. I just thought I would live my life and see where it went. It went to me working on five of the six.
Family
Today is Ally, [...]
http://www.titheyourlife.com/day-25-piecemeal/
“I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish that He didn’t trust me so much.” ~Mother Teresa
Finishing the Race
Thank goodness I have another day to finish the week’s quotas. Today I spent the morning with Katherine and Christina thrift shopping for a ‘big-girl’ bed for Katherine. We came up [...]
http://www.titheyourlife.com/day-20-finishing-up-week-3/
“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” ~Henry Ford
Time to rebuild the project. I have been to lackadaisical about when and what days I do my ‘tithe’. While my sister was here – she left this morning – I was still working on the project, but it [...]
http://www.titheyourlife.com/day-19-falling-off-wagon/
