5 on a Friday: Things I am leaving in January

 1. Getting on the roller coaster. I am NOT participating in tween dramz in the morning, you guys. Dorothy sometimes has a hard time getting dressed and out the door, and that is HER problem, not mine. I am going to stay away from the big emotions or at least not match them with feels of my own.

Things I am doing to make mornings smoother:

• Insisting on picking out clothes the night before
• Helping with her hair no matter what I am doing when she asks and acting like I have all of the time in the world to do it even when I really don't. 
• Banning her phone until she is fully dressed including socks
• Bringing her a hot chocolate with whipped cream if I notice she didn't eat much breakfast
• Waking her up with her favorite songs on her Alexa

Do these things always work? NO THEY DO NOT. DO I feel very angry inside when she is making me run late? YES I DO. Does getting mad and yelling ever make me feel better? NO, NEVER.

So far so good on our February mornings (from my end, anyway), and I am hoping to keep it going. 

2. INSIDE RUNNING. I am back on the pavement, and I am SO HAPPY. I even ran on Wednesday when Alexa woke me up by telling me it was NEGATIVE 2. (long underwear shirt, long sleeved T, long underwear pants, sweats, fleece jacket, hat, face cover, gloves-- and I got sweaty-- it was a delight).

3.  Too much sitting. No bad clothes, just bad weather, right??? Here I am ON THE LAKE last week between meetings

4. Not eating enough in the morning/for lunch and then just freaking out on cookies when I get home. I feel like this one is self explanatory. But! I need to eat a bigger, more satisfying breakfast and lunch and not be jonesing for sweets in the pre-dinner hour. And! If I do want something sweet, I could start with cuties and a flavored sparkling water and maybe just go from there.

5. Saving reading time for when all the work is done because IT WILL BEVER BE DONE SO I MIGHT AS WELL READ. I have especially liked taking 10 or 20 minutes when I first wake up to drink coffee and read and warm up before I start yoga/weights/running, etc.

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