Early to bed, Early to rise

...am getting better at this. Or at least: it’s easier to define the causes of me not going to bed on time and doing something about it (like sternly reminding myself of my bedtime). Also, knowing that I will be wanting to do yoga in the mornings really motivates me to try and get to bed on time.

Lately I’ve been working way too much. I didn’t mind, work was a blast, but this meant that I would often have to work at night and/or deal with my private stuff like e-mail or financial administration late at night. Not good! Also, my meditation practice was/is suffering. I’ll have to recommit to this goal and really limit TV and internet usage to the absolute minimum at night…

What helps is one of my other goals: learning yoga. I now go to yoga class twice a week at night. It helps me relax and when I get home, I do not switch on the TV and try to avoid using my laptop. Instead, I play some nice music, read a book, burn some incense and dim the lights. This really helps me to get to bed on time. Falling asleep is no problem; usually when I see a pillow I’m gone. But the getting to bed early part, that’s what has improved… A good thing, too, since I have to get up quite early in the morning. ;)

I will be starting a new job in February and will have to continue sleeping 8 solid hours whilst getting up earlier. I think I should try going to bed at 11 pm at the latest in order to get my biorhythm back in order- have had a couple of weeks off and immediately reverted to my “natural” rhythm which means that I am up until 2 am doing all kinds of stuff when I should be getting to bed…