On the grind!

Hello! So it's 6:37 AM where I'm at and I am already ready for my day of school and work. My alarm went off 5 minutes ago, I woke up at 5:45 and felt hungry...I was physically hungry. Also felt more awake than I've felt in weeks when waking up, with only 5 hours and 45 minutes of sleep in me. While showering, I fell into deep thought. I felt more motivated today, mentally hungry for a challenge. Mentally hungry to do something different or better today. 

Today, I will redefine the grind. I will make today a better and more productive day than I've had in a while. Successful people go with the hours, we only have so many hours in the day to do what we need to do. Time is the most precious commodity of all and it's sickening to see others throw it away. This is our time to move forward, to challenge ourselves, to push ourselves to failure. 

"A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions." -Confucious

5 hours and 45 minutes of sleep sounds pretty good to most of you reading this. I exercise 7 days a week, twice a day when I can, and weight lift 5 days a week AT LEAST. My body "needs" a minimum of 8 hours of sleep to grow at its best. I'm willing to sacrifice that extra 45 minutes that I could have gotten to grind on some homework.

 My education is very important to me and I set a goal of obtaining straight A's this semester as my first semester with straight A's in all of the years I've been in school. This is my 3rd year in community college and I'm transferring to a 4-year university next fall. I graduated high school with a 1.81 academic GPA...what's your excuse? Why aren't you doing something that you should be doing today? Why aren't you pushing yourself to your limits? Maybe it's time to do a little self-reflection and a re-evaluation of yourself. 

Hope everyone has a positive, productive, and overall awesome day! :)

We're all human

Hey everyone, I've been very busy lately and haven't had much time to post. In all honesty, I've kind of been struggling with life. I may have created this blog to be positive and inspirational but I want everyone that reads this to know that we're all human and it's not rainbows and sunshine 100% of the time.

I worked about 20 hours this weekend, worked out 4 or 5 times, and am just pooped. I'm going into this week with a positive outlook though. The quote of my week is:

"If you're going through hell, keep going." by Winston Churchill

This quote is so true, I feel that I've faced some hardships this weekend and have a very tough week ahead of me. I'm going to keep going through it, Hell. Have my first astronomy exam on Thursday as well as a quiz tomorrow in the same class.

As stated in an earlier post, I'm shooting for my first semester in ALL of my school years for straight A's and this semester I just so happen to have 6 classes for 16 units, the toughest semester yet. I'm also transferring to a university next fall so I NEED the GPA boost badly.

All in all, if you're going through something tough then just keep going. You'll get through it, don't accept no
for an answer. Redefine the grind, prove to yourself that you're much stronger than you once thought. This is going to be a great week, I can feel it. Have an awesome day everyone and a great week if I can't get to the computer for another post this week! :)