NEW 40 day challenge! Become the HIGHEST, HOLIEST, HEALTHIEST version of YOU!

good morning you guys so I thought the best way to get this information out was to make this in video form I am putting this on my YouTube channel and I'm going to be putting it in a few other places but if you're watching this on YouTube you guys already know how much I love a challenge and so me and Bobby have been discussing a 40-day challenge for quite some time last year we were talking about starting in January with a 40-day challenge and the timing is crazy because the other day we were looking at our calendars and we were thinking okay maybe we should start this on March 1st I'm actually going to be telling you the date we are starting and there's a purpose behind it again I don't think the timing could be more perfect for what the whole purpose of this challenge is all right so if you are here from YouTube and you watched or you were a part of my whole six-month Journey where I documented every single day as I was on that Journey now here's what I know the joy is found in the journey the Fulfillment comes from the process as exciting as it is to get to the very end of your journey or your challenge and maybe see results that you were hoping to get I feel like the magic happens along the way and so when we decided to start this journey I honestly excited for that day one day two day three the whole process I know how fulfilling it is to be in the midst of the process and also if you are holding yourself accountable with other people doing this with them there's so much joy in that as well now the purpose of this challenge is that by the end of it you are a higher healthier Holier version of yourself on my six-month Journey there was this phrase that I kept seeing and I feel like this is what really helped me stick to my plan and it was imagine the highest version of yourself and start showing up as her and it really got me thinking and pondering about that question like who am I at my highest self who is the highest version of Ashley right and just asking that question alone I knew all of the areas in my life that I needed to work on I know the highest version of me is not lazy I don't just lay around in bed all day I don't let my house just get full of clutter I don't just eat whatever the heck I want whenever I want I don't live uncomfortably in my body the highest version of me is operating at the highest level the thing is to do that I believe you need the Lord in your life you need his strength because you cannot be doing this on your own and it's really hard to stick to because you might be motivated for one single day but when you wake up on day two and you are feeling like crap you're sore and you don't want to get out of bed you need to rely on the strength of the Lord to help you do that so we are involving him big time on this challenge in fact I would say that this challenge I'm dedicating it to the Lord because I know when I have my checklist what I'm going to be doing every day is okay this is what I'm promising that I'm going to do I'm promising this to you Lord and so if it gets to 9:00 or 10 p.m. and I noticed there's some things I haven't done on my checklist I'm not just holding myself accountable right I put this before the Lord and he is expecting this of me when I want to hit snooze on my alarm clock I'm like I can't do that because I promised the Lord I was going to wake up early and I was going to start my day with him so let's jump into the checklist and I'm going to go through each items that are on the checklist and why they are on the [Music] checklist the first one is wake up 30 minutes earlier than you are used to now there are a few reasons you're going to want to wake up early because as we're going through the checklist you'll see why but the main thing is it's hard it's hard to wake up early when you can sleep in an extra 30 minutes and you know that you can it is hard to get out of bed when you are so tired I think this is honestly always the hardest thing for me on my last challenge that I did for 6 months straight I woke up so much earlier than I needed to I was up at like 5:00 in the morning and I really didn't need to be up till like 7:30 that was a little extreme but for this the challenge is 30 minutes extra in the morning give yourself that time and the second one is scripture and prayer so I'm going to wck commend in this 30 minute window that that is what you are doing that you are starting your day out with the Lord because we are giving this entire challenge to him we are doing this with him 40 days growing closer with the Lord and if you start your day off with scripture and with prayer there is literal power in God's word in the scriptures if you are starting your day reading that and then praying you are starting your day with power and protection and I don't think there's a better way to start your day so if you aren't already doing your scriptures and prayers sometime in the day we're going to do that first thing in the morning in that first 30-minute window um the third one is Journal you are not going to miss one single day of journaling during this time period we are going to be offering Journal prompts in our patreon I'm going to explain this at the end of this but if you do want to do this with us as accountability partners then we will be sending out prompts if you have a hard time knowing what to journal or knowing what to write these prompts will be helpful but really I want you to be documenting your day how you are feeling all of the little subtle changes that you are noticing in yourself document this the entire time so we're journaling every single day and during that 30 minute window you could also be starting your journal entries the fourth one is do at least one 15minute prayer or meditation walk every single day so you might be thinking what the heck is a prayer walk how I like to look at a prayer walk is you're going on your regular walk but you are envisioning the Lord literally walking with you so be thinking and aware of questions that you have or concerns of your day and you're just really walking and unloading all of the worries and concerns that are on your mind also a lot of the time what I like to do is just be very very still go on my walk say a prayer as I'm starting my walk and whatever thoughts come to my mind just be quiet try to still your mind and let those thoughts come to you because as much as I like to talk to the Lord I also want him to talk to me and the only way for that to happen is if you are still and you are listening so sometimes I like to just be very still on my walk and pay attention to the thoughts and ideas that are coming to my mind we are also going to have a walk meditation so if you like to be guided through this process we are going to have that available in this challenge as well the next one is we are going to work out five times a week so this is not every single day you can pick the two days that you have off days I'm still doing the walks every single day but actually working out five times a week now again on our website we do have a bunch of different workouts if you want to do workouts from home we have hit workouts available we have a Monday through Friday I also have my entire Journey like Monday through F Friday workouts available on there as well and it's a guided workout so I'm working out with you and then Bobby has her yoga flows in there as well her yoga is actually she calls it MGA it's something very different than your regular yoga she does meditations through it and it is a very powerful experience so if you are someone who would prefer to do something more like yoga we also have videos for you as well but if you are a gym girl and you want to go to the gym by all means we just have these resources available if you need them the sixth one is to eat whole foods during this season of life I am not counting macros if you are trying to lose weight on your journey I would consider counting your Macros or doing some sort of plan where you know you are in a calorie deficit I do have some help and some resources for this specific thing again this is on our website and it's under my 6-month Journey if you need help with meal ideas and macro counting I do have an explanation of that in there I'm really focusing on fueling my body with good things so that I just feel good and if this is something again you're wanting to lose a few extra pounds even just switching out your diet and trying your best to eat whole healthy foods you're going to see a change the last item on our challenge is a 40-day fast what are you going to fast from everybody's going to have a completely different answer for this and what I recommend is if something pops in your mind right away like maybe social media came to your mind and you know I need to fast for 40 days from social media that might have been your experience but if you're having a hard time knowing what you need a fast from in fact for me right now I have not decided on what it is exactly that I'm going to be fasting from so I will be praying about this and asking for guidance as far as Lord show me what it is I need to be fasting from and here's the thing when you hear the word fast it kind of freaks you out you're like oh I have to go without something for 40 days that's a long time but truly the law of sacrifice is also the law of increase where you sacrifice you are going to find significant increase in another area in your life recently I did a 24-hour fast from food and I will tell you that whole time that whole 24-hour period I was hyper tuned in I felt like I was getting constant downloads constant ideas it was just a really cool experience to witness that firsthand and it was an immediate thing I noticed the second I started my fast immediately I could feel a difference now without being said we are starting this fast on March 5th because do you know what that day is that is Ash Wednesday and that is the perfect time because that is 40 days before Easter week so how perfect is it to be doing this Challenge and to be doing a fast during this time period and again we are going to be doing this in our patreon so if you are not a member of our patreon it's a few dollars a month this is going to be the most fun accountability group if you want to be a part of the accountability group I would highly highly suggest jumping in here with us we are going to be hosting weekly zooms where we are holding each other accountable we will be discussing any breakthroughs that's actually what I'm the most excited about is to be hearing a discussion with everyone what are the breakthroughs you guys experienced this week I am just so so so excited for that so if this is something you want to do with us bring a friend with you it might be more fun with an actual friend that's close by maybe you guys could be going on walks together every single day or of course jump in here and you can find an accountability partner if you want to like partner up with somebody you can find someone in our group together so I think it would be really fun to Buddy up with people and again you can find some accountability in our group by the end of this challenge My Hope for you is that you've had your breakthrough whatever you came into this challenge hoping to achieve that you've achieved it and by the end of this that you are a higher healthier and Holier version of yourself if if this sounds like something you want to participate in I will have the link right below this video you can jump into the group right now we will be putting information out about this here really soon so as long as you are in the group we can be sending out your emails and you can also access all of this we'll have printables in a bunch of files that you can access just directly in the group as well so that's everything hope to see you guys in the group [Music] n [Music]