what is your why?

Written By TaraLeigh Inman

๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘”๐‘–๐‘“๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘“ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘š ๐‘Ž ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’ & ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’? โฃ
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That question rung around my head for a while once. You see, we all have those things we crave in life, the things we feel the deepest compelling to do, the things we believe we were placed on this earth to accomplish. โฃ
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But real life still happens. And babies have to be fed & marriages need attention & bills still need to be paid. โฃ
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For me, if writing & exercising were going to happen, the spaces in the margins of my days needed to be utilized better. Finding a set quiet time that doesnโ€™t include children asking for snacks or a dog wanting to be walked or even the distractions of laundry & dishes. โฃ
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๐€๐ง๐ ๐š๐ญ 5๐š๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž & ๐‰๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š ๐ค๐ž๐ฒ๐›๐จ๐š๐ซ๐- ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘กโ€™๐‘  ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘ฆ. โฃ
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๐‘‚โ„Ž...๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘›? โฃ
Oh goodness, no. I look for every excuse under the sun to press the snooze bar. (honest truth) โฃ โฃ

๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘˜ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›โ€™๐‘ก ๐‘‘๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘“? โฃ
I thought the very same, looked for other spaces in the day, & couldnโ€™t find another time that worked for myself & my people. Your best time for your why could be totally different & still be absolutely perfect for you.โฃ
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๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐, ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฒ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ ๐ž; ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ก๐š๐›๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ & ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ & ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ . โฃ โฃ

5am feels really early most days to me still, but itโ€™s also feels life-giving. So, tonight Iโ€™ll set out my running shoes and Iโ€™ll get the coffee pot ready for the morn. โฃ

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๐ด๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐ผ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘ง๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘ก 5๐‘Ž๐‘š, ๐ผโ€™๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘š๐‘ฆ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘“ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐ผโ€™๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘˜ ๐ฝ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ. โฃ
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