30 days

I’m on day 25 of the Whole 30 diet. No added sugars. No dairy. No legumes. No hazelnut creamer in my coffee or glass of wine at night. No birthday cake or quesadillas (a Grubb house staple), for 30 days.

This is my 2nd time doing this reset in the past 2 years and the mental, physical and emotional benefits make it worth the discomfort of saying no for a little while. What I envision for myself 30 days from day 1, 20 days from day 10, and now 5 days from day 25 keep me going.

Have you thought about what motivates you? Are you in a rut and can’t seem to pause long enough to pull yourself out, or don’t have the strength or the desire to?

I want to run a 1/2 marathon with my son. I want to backpack in Oregon with my daughter. I want to hike the Camino de Santiago with my husband. I’m preparing today for what I want to do tomorrow and a year from now and 5 years from now and 10 years from now. And I am finding a new sense of contentment and peace in my life as I make a ton small choices everyday with these goals in mind.

Some goals need to be longer than 30 days (like the ones I mentioned above). But if I start today I am one step, one day closer to my goal.

Take a moment and write down where you’d like to be in 30 days. It can be a goal around health, a habit you’re trying to create or one you’re trying to break, it can be relational, vocational, spiritual, simple. A lot can happen in 30 days.

The Bible says ‘What you sow is what you’ll reap’, Galatians 6:7. We plant today for a harvest that will take time to mature. Some seeds sprout quickly and grow fruit fast. While others take years to produce a harvest.

But the principle remains. ‘What you sow is what you’ll reap’. May we plant well today. You can grow a lot in 30 days.