One Step

I love to sleep.

Well, actually I love that time in the morning when I wake up before the alarm goes off and realize that I have the luxury of lying there in my warm, cozy bed for another hour or more, that I can go back to sleep, that the lovely dream I was having might come back.  It's the absolute comfort of being under the covers with a soft pillow under my head - with no demands on my time yet - with no outside world crashing in.

So, when I decided that getting up early in the morning to exercise was something I needed to do, I wasn't sure if I could give up that lovely morning comfort.  When the first morning came, and the alarm buzzed its irritating buzz, I hesitated (after slamming the snooze button first). Did I really want to get up at this ungodly hour, on purpose, to put on tennis shoes, turn on the DVR and sweat before breakfast? 

Then I discovered something very surprising.
Once I actually sat up, put my feet on the floor and stood up, the rest of it wasn't hard.  I didn't feel an uncontrollable pull back to the bed.  The 20 minute "walk a mile in your living room" video went by very quickly and I felt energized. After that, breakfast, dressing, hair, make-up and an early departure for work - I felt like Superwoman! 

How many other things have I avoided because I thought they would be difficult or uncomfortable or inconvenient?  Hmmm..... What else can I change in just one step?  I think it is time to revisit my life goals and really make some choices about what I want to accomplish and figure out what the "one step" is to make those dreams begin to come true.