Friday Favorites

Im starting a series called "Friday Favorites" where I will be posting some of my favorite things.  Today I am posting my 4 favorite blogs: 

MaggieWhitley:  Maggie writes about motherhood and life in such an uplifting way and she also started writing about her running journey.  She also has the two cutest kids ever and a bright and cheerful apartment that I adore.  Im so encouraged by her to get moving and looking at life on the bright side. 

Mamawatters:  Amanda writes on motherhood, natural living and just life.  Amanda motivates me to live simply...and c'mon just look at her beautiful home and cutest baby bump.   

BecomingJolie: Jolie has an amazing sense of humor and writes exactly how it is. I also love her sense of  fashion and home decor, and she is also AMAZING at thrift shopping. 

valmariepaper:  Valerie is such an inspiration to me, she writes on accomplishing goals, and staying focused in her life. I love how she lists her goals every month, it has really motivated me to write my goals down every month.  She also has some amazing journals that Im looking forward to purchasing. 

What are your favorite blogs to read? 

Photo credit: Maggie Whitley & Valmariepaper 

//FOCUS//

I've been feeling convicted about how I've been spending my time lately, so I've decided to do something about it.  I'm not the best planner/organizer, but when I saw that Crystal Paine from Money Saving Mom was doing a course called "Make Over Your Morning" I decided to take the plunge!

I'm on day 3 and its been amazing, I've been learning how to prioritize my mornings and listing what the important things are that I want to fill up my day with instead of the day taking over and feeling like I did a million things but can't think of what they were.  I'm super excited about taking this course and getting a better hold of my days and what they will look like.

So far:

+ I started to wake up at 5:00 a.m. so I can get some alone time in the mornings to pray, read my bible and exercise.  I know not every mom can do this, specially if you have little ones waking you up throughout the night.  

+ I've been preparing my day starting the night before, getting my kitchen clean so that when I wake up my kitchen is not a mess and I can cook without having to do tons of dishes before.

+ Laying out my clothes so I can change for the day, this has been hard for since becoming a mom...specially a stay at home mom.  I would feel like I had no one to dress for and I was bound to get your clothes messy from Peanut Butter and Jelly, or dirt and mud.  I decided that I should be dressing for the people I love and since I've started getting ready in the mornings I feel like I have more energy for the day, like I'm ready to tackle our day! and not just sit and binge watch on Netflix....Oops did I just say that aloud? 

So if you feel like your mornings look like a bunch of craziness, check out "Make Over Your Mornings" it has helped me so much!

What is the hardest part of your day?  

This is my personal opinion, I did not "review" this product.