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Once again, you all have blown. me. away! Thank you for your excitement about my new Make Over Your Mornings course. Your phone calls, tweets, emails, texts, comments, blog posts, and social media shares have humbled and blessed me.
You all are some of the most encouraging, kind-hearted, generous, and sweet people on the planet and I’m honored to have you as part of this community.
Thank you for believing in me, being excited about this project, and spreading the word like crazy! I am humbly grateful and in awe of you all and your love for me!
I cannot wait to announce our final totals raised for South Africa… I think that there is a very good chance we just might hit the $14,000 goal!!!
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Some of you haven’t purchased a copy of Make Over Your Mornings yet and you are on the fence about whether this is course that is right for you or not.
I totally get that and I love how you are careful and thoughtful in your purchases. I never want you to spend money on something that you can’t afford, don’t need, or that won’t be helpful for you in the season of life you’re in.
With this in mind, I wanted to share 9 reasons why I think the Make Over Your Mornings course might be a great deal for you:
1. It Will Make Your Mornings Much Smoother
I designed this 14-day course to help you have smoother, more productive, more fulfilling mornings. Throughout the course, I’ll teach you how to develop a morning routine and before bed routine that actually works—and that sets you up for amazing success!
These routines will help everyone in your family have mornings that are calmer, saner, and happier. And it will set up your whole day for success.
2. It Won’t Shame You Into Feeling You “Must” Get Up Early
Contrary to what some might think, this is not a course about getting up earlier. Instead, it’s about using your morning intentionally — whether you get up at 4:30 a.m. or at 9:00 a.m.
In this course, I emphasize the critical importance of rest, adequate sleep, and doing what works best for you and your family.
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3. It Will Help You Define Your Priorities & Live Them Out
Through the videos and handbook, I’ll teach you how to streamline your morning tasks so that the biggest priorities are accomplished first. This will set up your entire day for better efficiency, productivity, and success.
In addition, I share with you tips and suggestions on how to make to-do lists that support your day, instead of strangle your life.
4. It Only Takes 15 Minutes Each Day
You might be thinking, “I totally want to make over my mornings but I just don’t have any extra time to go through a course.”
I specifically set up this course so that each day’s assignment could be completed in 15 minutes or less. That’s it!
Each day you’ll read a short chapter in the handbook, watch a short video I’ve recorded for you with practical tips and encouragement + an inside peek in my home and family life, and you’ll have a simple but impactful project to complete.
In total, these three things were designed to be completed in 15 minutes or less. This small investment—just 15 minutes of your day—can yield potentially amazing results for yourself and your family.
5. It’s Not Just For Stay-At-Home Moms
When writing and filming this course, one of my biggest goals was to make it applicable across the board to women in a variety of circumstances and life seasons.
So whether you are a full-time working woman, a single mom, a stay-at-home mom, a part-time work-from-home grandma, or a single girl, I believe that this course will be beneficial and helpful.
Not all of the stories or applications will directly speak to your unique situation, but the principles shared can be implemented and make a big difference regardless of your current life circumstances, marital status, or work hours.
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6. It Will Give You a Peek Into Our Every Day Lives
One of the most fun parts of filming this course was filming the daily behind-the-scenes footage of our own home and lives. If you’ve ever wanted to be a fly on the wall in our home, this course gives you the opportunity to do just that!
My whole family agreed to let camera crews come in and film us going about our daily lives and routines. And I love how the final product gives you a true peek into our ordinary, real life.
You’ll see my husband, our three kids, and me working through our normal morning routines. You’ll see me going about my morning routine, planning for the day, exercise, preparing breakfast in our kitchen (still in our pajamas!), starting off the day with our chores, goal-setting with my husband, reading together, and much more.
I hope that you will be encouraged by seeing that while it’s not perfect in our household (or in anyone else’s!), the routines we have set in place really do bless our family!
7. It’s Almost Like Having Coffee With Me
I wish I could meet each of you for coffee personally. I love getting to have face-to-face time with readers and encouraging them in their endeavors.
I want you to succeed. I want you to live with intention, passion, and purpose. While I can’t sit down and personally encourage each of you in real-life, this course is one way I hope to be able to support and cheerlead you in your journey.
Every day for 14 days, you’ll get to watch a short upbeat video from me and get some practical tips, motivational ideas, as well as just a general boost to keep pressing forward.
Note: If you want to join other women around the country who are going through the course, there’s a Facebook Group started here by my friend, Caroline.
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8. It Helps Make a Big Difference in South Africa
Through midnight tonight (June 2, 2015), during our Launch Sale, we will be donating 25% of ALL direct purchases from our site to the ministry we support in South Africa.
The greatest needs right now are for a two-classroom facility and two Enviro-Loo toilets at the Reagoboka Centre (read more about our visit there here). The cost of both of these combined is $14,000.
And since I’m a big, big dreamer, I am praying that, with the sales through our site, we’ll raise $14,000 for South Africa. We are well on our way to accomplishing this and I can’t wait to share the final numbers with you tomorrow!
9. It’s a Risk-Free Purchase!
Because I want to help you use your money as wisely as possible, we are offering a 100% money-back guarantee for 30 days.
If you are still sitting on the fence right now wondering whether or not you should take the plunge and buy the Make Over Your Mornings Course, here’s why you should: it’s a risk-free purchase.
That’s right! There’s a 100% money-back guarantee on it for up to 30 days!
So if you purchase it and then decide it’s not as helpful as you’d hoped or that it’s not worth the price you paid, you can get a full refund — no questions asked.
So what are you waiting for? Click here to purchase the Make Over Your Mornings Course for just $13!
P.S. Remember, at midnight tonight, the price goes up to $17. So get in on this special price while you can!
Monica S says
Did the total raised for Africa get posted yet? I did not see the post and was wondering if I missed it!
Amanda S says
I already love your blog and your book but am now loving this 14 day program! I don’t have kids but I do work full-time at my church, part-time with Mary Kay and am a part-time grad student school. So time is something I never have enough of!! This program is great for people of all kinds! Day 1 was a very productive morning for me! Thanks so much for the encouragement and motivation!
Crystal Paine says
Yay!! I’m so grateful to hear that. Thank you so much for your sweet encouragement!
Mariah says
So, after starting this course yesterday, I wake up today at 10:30am.
Here’s why: last night I wasn’t able to get to bed until 12:30am too late for me, but my kids were having issues that needed attention. My oldest son woke up a few times after midnight and my puppy woke up 3-4 times too. My daughter was running a fever, so I checked in her a couple times. I was a half asleep mess all night. By the time 6am rolled around…I didn’t have the heart to face the day. I was miserable and almost felt defeated. Then I remembered the message of grace you said in the video. While I watched, I thought, that it wasn’t for me, we are out of baby and toddler stage. I’ve been able to wake up early fine now for awhile…but early this morning, I decided to sleep and retry the day again. I have that luxury as a stay at home mom and my kids are old enough to be home without me, so it wasn’t dangerous for them.
What do you do when mornings like this come? Do you sleep it off or try to stay awake with a happy attitude all day? (I just felt like I wasn’t able to bear anything)
Thanks for the grace message! Helped me into a better mindset today.
Crystal Paine says
If you have the luxury to sleep in, I’d take it. And then just start an abbreviated morning routine when you get up and maybe bump as much as you can to the next day. A day can still be great — even if it’s started later than you planned.
Sarah@TheOrthodoxMama says
I’m glad that you are close to making the goal! It isn’t in our budget right now, so I wasn’t able to purchase the course. I would also like to hear some reviews from working moms who have to leave the house early. I leave the house by 6:45 each morning (with my three kids in tow), and I’m just not sure how applicable it will be to me. I know that you mention there are principles that apply, but your life (and the life of any other stay at home or work at home mom) is so totally different than my reality, that I don’t want to feel discouraged or discontent with my own life or mornings. With three very small children (6, 2, 1) and our early morning schedule, I’m just not sure how much relevance there might be. Any thoughts from others?
Michele says
I think that regardless of your situation, there may be takeaways that would be beneficial. As a working, single mom with a 19 yr old college student, my reality is much different, too. I am open to learning how to better my days. Plus……I work with a majority of women in a stressful environment. As long as I connect with other women at work and in the community, this course will be relevant.
Amie says
How exciting! I hope you reach your goal. I purchased the program and just completed day 2. I just wanted to note that although I have been following this blog for a few years, and I have my own Flylady routine going, I still gleaned new insight this morning. I never really took the time to analyze what I dread about starting my mornings and now I am really excited to start a new routine. It was totally worth $7, in fact, it was a steal at that price. 🙂
Carol@simple_catholic says
Oh, I hope you reach the goal for South Africa, too. That would be so awesome!
And I am very impressed with the course so far. 🙂
Amy L says
I am so excited! This has been one of the tweaks I’ve been wanting to do this year. The timing is wonderful since I can get established in new habits while we break from home school for the summer. I, too, have a home based biz and 2 to home school and since one has Down syndrome, there is therapy and paperwork and such as well. Oh, and there’s this man of the house that feels he should get a bit of my attention…LOL!
Meg says
I so hope you make your goal! I appreciate that you honestly don’t try to push your products just to get sales! I saw in a different comment that there will likely be a a sale again at the end of the summer. I hope to be in a position to try this then! Being a sahm homeschooler with three under nine and a new one due anytime (eek!) I could certainly use help figuring out mornings, they seem to really trip me up. But hubby is a full time student currently and our little bit of wiggle room has gone to getting everything ready for baby and hubby’s books for summer second hand now instead of paying arms and legs new but put on bookstore credit. Thanks for being such an encouragment!
Sarah says
Will you be offering it at a discount any other time? It’s not in my budget right now, because of lessoned work, but I think it would really help me be more productive since I work from home and homeschool.
Crissy says
I see your reading Whole Brain Child! Love Dan and all his books ! Working on No drama Discipline and finishing up Whole Brain. Next will be Brain Storm! Maybe I will run into at church and we can chat about the books!
jb says
a little over 10 years ago, i left a piece of my heart in south africa, too, after spending a month there. so, this is SO near and dear to my heart. i can’t wait to dive in. 🙂 i also can’t wait to hear the totals of how much was raised! also, I’m very excited for you! it’s so neat to watch a high-caliber christian woman use her gifts to be such a far-reaching encouragement to others! way to go!! to God be the glory!
Jo Moreland says
Oh my goodness. SERIOUSLY! The email about this couldn’t have come at a better time for me. I purchased this morning as soon as I read the email, and did Step 1 and 2 today. Can I just say THANK YOU?!
Two of my stressors are: the kitchen not being clean (which is basically every morning) and the kids not getting to bed on time (thus stressing my evening). I had a pile of handwash only dishes sitting on the counter for the last week. I hated the idea of just getting them done tonight. But, I did it! And I feel so much better just knowing it’s done! And I sat down and wrote out a schedule of sorts for getting 3 kids ready for bed at the same time, set an alarm on my phone to remind me when it was time to start the “bedtime routine”, and rolled with it. Guess what? This is the first night in WEEKS that all 3 kids have made it in bed and tucked in by their bedtime!
I set my alarm to remind me to go to bed on time. I set my alarm to wake up in the morning (that’s going to be the REAL kicker haha), posted my before bed routine on the fridge, downloaded an app to track my achievements and keep me accountable, and look forward to waking up in the morning and doing Step 3!
I apologize for the novel. I just really want you to know how today, you have saved my feeling of spinning my tires and going nowhere. And I can’t thank you enough for that. You can guarantee I’ll be sharing this with everyone I know and then some!
Allyson @ All Our Days says
Crystal, I am LOVING this course! I’m on Day 5 and I can already see (and feel) a difference in my days. Thank you for your encouragement and for your desire for us all to succeed! And, it really is almost like we’re sitting down over coffee, although I’d still enjoy meeting you in person someday–fancy a trip to Pigeon Forge? 🙂
Jennifer says
I have to say this course is high quality! I am blown away! The quality of the videos are amazing and very well done. The workbook is very helpful and I am having mine printed and bound at an office shop as we speak! I watched up to day 4 and lots of great encouragement is given. She is such a great speaker and I enjoy hearing her ideas. I think this course is well worth it 10 fold!
Crystal Paine says
Aw, thank you so much! We invested a lot of time and $$ to create a course that was very high quality and we were so happy with how it turned out. We wanted to exceed expectations and I’m so glad to hear that you felt it did!
Kelly Cox says
Can’t wait to hear the results on the goal for South Africa. I’m so glad that everyone has reached out to you well. Your site blesses many, including me. 🙂 Like Day 1!!!!!
The Tidy Mom says
I am SO excited for you, Crystal & can’t wait to hear the final number raised for South Africa today! Thank you for sharing these exciting details with your readers!
Jennie says
Reading this post made me want to jump up and down and shout, “Yay!!!” 🙂 I hope you hit your $14,000 goal out of the ball park today. 🙂 🙂 Have a great week!
Crystal Paine says
Thank you so much. We are beyond THRILLED!
Emily says
Yeah! That would be awesome if you could make your $14,000 goal for South Africa. What a blessing that would be. 🙂
So fun that there is a facebook group for this also. It’s nice to have a community for accountability.
Grace Hurd says
I tried twice this morning when the price was still $7, but it wouldn’t let me on. Did anyone else run into that problem?
Susan says
I was able to order mine at the $7 price!
Crystal Paine says
We had a few people have issues because the site was getting slammed. Submit a ticket through the contact form and our team will be happy to refund you the price difference: http://makeoveryourmornings.com/contact/