To Whom It May Concern:
For the past two weeks I’ve been putting my body through this rigorous boot camp which entails going to bed between 10pm-11pm and waking up at 5am. The reason is I’m super busy (in addition to freelance writing I work full time in sales & marketing for a major television network) and I seem to never have time in the day to do all things I would like, such as writing the chapters of my book (I will tell you more about that when I can – smile) and just writing period. Working full-time and being a freelance writer is tough and only writing on my weekends wasn’t cutting it anymore. Therefore, I had to figure out a way to incorporate extra time into my work week to make my dreams a reality.
It is extremely hard to balance a full time job, relationship, popular social calendar and your personal goals. However, it can be done, but only with discipline and a clear objective of what you want. How do I know this? Because my 5am weekly wake-up’s taught me so. You see, I’m a morning person but not that early in the morning. Even though I’m most productive in the AM, it doesn’t occur until five hours later around 9am. So needless to say waking up a 5am was rough, the first week was the hardest. I would get up and begin writing and feel like my eyes were going to catch on fire from the burning. And by 3pm I was crashing big time. I was cranky, fatigue and extremely tired. Nonetheless, I survived the first week, tired yet proud of myself I accomplished a step toward my goal.
But it was the second week of my boot camp that taught me a lesson about achieving your goals. Surprisingly, by this time it wasn’t so bad hearing my alarm clock go off at 5am. My body had begun to adjust to my new schedule and I effortlessly was able to get out of bed and head to the computer. I didn’t even feel like I was crashing in the middle of the day anymore. That week taught me that if you set a goal to achieve something you really want you have to prepared and willing to endure all what it takes to reach it. It will only be your determination and passion to reach your goal that will get you through the challenges. Yet, when you overcome the obstacles (in my case the boot camp) achieving the end result gets a bit easier.
If you have a goal, dream or passion you want to pursue but find yourself saying you don’t have time, make time! Even by finding just an hour in your day can make a world of a difference in reaching your goals. Many have told me this in the past but it took me until now to really understand it and live by it. So I’m paying it forward and telling you the same.
Fabulously yours,
Rashana Hooks
For the past two weeks I’ve been putting my body through this rigorous boot camp which entails going to bed between 10pm-11pm and waking up at 5am. The reason is I’m super busy (in addition to freelance writing I work full time in sales & marketing for a major television network) and I seem to never have time in the day to do all things I would like, such as writing the chapters of my book (I will tell you more about that when I can – smile) and just writing period. Working full-time and being a freelance writer is tough and only writing on my weekends wasn’t cutting it anymore. Therefore, I had to figure out a way to incorporate extra time into my work week to make my dreams a reality.
It is extremely hard to balance a full time job, relationship, popular social calendar and your personal goals. However, it can be done, but only with discipline and a clear objective of what you want. How do I know this? Because my 5am weekly wake-up’s taught me so. You see, I’m a morning person but not that early in the morning. Even though I’m most productive in the AM, it doesn’t occur until five hours later around 9am. So needless to say waking up a 5am was rough, the first week was the hardest. I would get up and begin writing and feel like my eyes were going to catch on fire from the burning. And by 3pm I was crashing big time. I was cranky, fatigue and extremely tired. Nonetheless, I survived the first week, tired yet proud of myself I accomplished a step toward my goal.
But it was the second week of my boot camp that taught me a lesson about achieving your goals. Surprisingly, by this time it wasn’t so bad hearing my alarm clock go off at 5am. My body had begun to adjust to my new schedule and I effortlessly was able to get out of bed and head to the computer. I didn’t even feel like I was crashing in the middle of the day anymore. That week taught me that if you set a goal to achieve something you really want you have to prepared and willing to endure all what it takes to reach it. It will only be your determination and passion to reach your goal that will get you through the challenges. Yet, when you overcome the obstacles (in my case the boot camp) achieving the end result gets a bit easier.
If you have a goal, dream or passion you want to pursue but find yourself saying you don’t have time, make time! Even by finding just an hour in your day can make a world of a difference in reaching your goals. Many have told me this in the past but it took me until now to really understand it and live by it. So I’m paying it forward and telling you the same.
Fabulously yours,
Rashana Hooks
1 comments:
Congrats on finding your balance! That's wonderful. I was working full-time and doing freelance writing on the side for years, so I totally understand. I got my ish together when I put myself on a schedule and stuck to it. I spent at least 3 hours a day writing by carving out an hour in the morning, using my lunch hour for writing and one hour for writing before bed. :) A few months ago, I began freelance writing full-time. Fun and scary at the same time, but I wouldn't trade it for the world.
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