Home Habits:
I'm dying to be a morning person. Although it's a bit like trying to fit a round peg into a square hole, I know
that this habit would help me have productive, peaceful days and would
by extension make my home much more pleasant. This month, I'm taking the
bull by the horns. If it's true that it takes 21 days to form a habit,
I'm going to have a new one soon. Here's my plan.
hours ahead of my home time. Let me tell you that I need all the help I
can get to get up early, so using the pull of jet lag to help me get into bed at an early hour has been huge. It's eliminated the morning battle with super sleepiness and that's an edge I've needed.
I don't think you have to travel for this type of effect, however.
If you're interested in starting a habit of getting up early, use any
excuse to get up early one morning (thunderstorm, bad dream, cat
scratching to be let in, the end of Daylight Saving Time in the fall)
and let that first early morning jumpstart the cycle of early-to-bed.
wrangling three little ones into socks, shoes, and jackets. If I have to
face a dirty sink and lost shoes on top of that, it's not pretty. On
the contrary, if the living room is picked up, the coffee is waiting for
one push of a button, and I know what I'm making for breakfast, it's
not as hard to yank myself out of bed to face the day.
(maybe) for morning time in which I can get important things done with
no interruption so that they don't hang over me the rest of the day. My
time in the morning seems like it's worth two of itself: I can get the
same amount done in half the time because I'm fresh and no one and
nothing else needs me when the rest of the world is sleeping. On top of
that, I start the day feeling like I can do anything. My "lost"
wind-down time in the evening is replaced by days in which I can focus
on one thing at a time because I'm not scrambling to get everything
done. Worth it, every time.
earlier than the time I'm getting up currently. But right now I'm
congratulating myself for getting up before the kids (I'm on day four!!)
with enough time to have some morning time and maybe a short stint of
work. Once this wake-up time is second nature, I can work on another
goal of shifting to an hour or so earlier. Small successes trump
multiple failures of too-lofty goals.
What are your tricks for getting up early?
I'm dying to be a morning person. Although it's a bit like trying to fit a round peg into a square hole, I know
that this habit would help me have productive, peaceful days and would
by extension make my home much more pleasant. This month, I'm taking the
bull by the horns. If it's true that it takes 21 days to form a habit,
I'm going to have a new one soon. Here's my plan.
Early to bed.
I just returned from an international trip, where the time was sixhours ahead of my home time. Let me tell you that I need all the help I
can get to get up early, so using the pull of jet lag to help me get into bed at an early hour has been huge. It's eliminated the morning battle with super sleepiness and that's an edge I've needed.
I don't think you have to travel for this type of effect, however.
If you're interested in starting a habit of getting up early, use any
excuse to get up early one morning (thunderstorm, bad dream, cat
scratching to be let in, the end of Daylight Saving Time in the fall)
and let that first early morning jumpstart the cycle of early-to-bed.
Prep ahead to make mornings as smooth as possible.
My mornings, among other things, involve packing kids' lunches, andwrangling three little ones into socks, shoes, and jackets. If I have to
face a dirty sink and lost shoes on top of that, it's not pretty. On
the contrary, if the living room is picked up, the coffee is waiting for
one push of a button, and I know what I'm making for breakfast, it's
not as hard to yank myself out of bed to face the day.
Remember what you're gaining instead of giving up.
Getting up early, for me, is an exchange of late nights watching Netflix and folding laundry(maybe) for morning time in which I can get important things done with
no interruption so that they don't hang over me the rest of the day. My
time in the morning seems like it's worth two of itself: I can get the
same amount done in half the time because I'm fresh and no one and
nothing else needs me when the rest of the world is sleeping. On top of
that, I start the day feeling like I can do anything. My "lost"
wind-down time in the evening is replaced by days in which I can focus
on one thing at a time because I'm not scrambling to get everything
done. Worth it, every time.
Start with something realistic.
I have a time in mind that I want to get up — eventually. And it'searlier than the time I'm getting up currently. But right now I'm
congratulating myself for getting up before the kids (I'm on day four!!)
with enough time to have some morning time and maybe a short stint of
work. Once this wake-up time is second nature, I can work on another
goal of shifting to an hour or so earlier. Small successes trump
multiple failures of too-lofty goals.
What are your tricks for getting up early?
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