get up earlier

I don’t know if this makes me a morning person, but I do know that I have accomplished this little goal. I feel ok. The crazy thing is I have been working until 1:00 in the morning and don’t feel too dazed. It is almost like I have tapped into some secret energy thing. Granted the coffee helps!

I am just SO proud of myself for trying to do this and I hope that it has now become a habit.

I have really come along way with the goal of getting up earlier. In fact, I think I have this down. I have done a few things to help: I have mostly given up watching TV, I have been keeping really busy in the evening, I have been just getting up when I wake up rather then allowing myself to fall back to sleep, and I have had real things that I wanted to do or get done in the morning. Granted, I am not YET a morning person, but I have achieved the goal to “get up earlier”. The best thing about this is that I have more energy. I guess the quantum physics people are right that energy begets energy!

Yesterday I saw a great entry by someone on 43things about getting up… and why the don’t. We commented a little back and forth and I realized that he was right. I thought I didn’t get up because I didn’t want to DO something, but really I didn’t get up because I didn’t want to FEEL something. I sleep to avoid FEELING. So, today, I just got up when I woke up. I didn’t avoid anything and I felt good.

I am doing ok… but my sparkly girl is home from governor’s school for a break and we have been staying up until midnight and that makes it MUCH harder to get up early. I guess the old adage… early to bed early to rise has some value. I have been up before 10 every morning though since I challenged myself. I just can’t get over feeling exhausted though. I wish someone would have a hint about how to feel energized all day.

What can I say… I had things I had to do really early so I got up.

Well, edging on 10, but it is Saturday. Doing pretty good!

I have been tired trying to do this, but I am hopeful that will wear off.

I have been tired trying to do this, but I am hopeful that will wear off.

Well, not terribly early, but not 10:00! I should clarify the goal is to get up before 10:00am. I know that seems silly to most folks because they, of course, get up before 10 but this isn’t easy for me. I usually go to bed at 11pm and I love a good 10 hours of sleep… it just feels yummy! So I am really working on this. My hope is to do this for 30 days and it just becomes a habit. A good habit!

Well, not as early as I wanted but better then 10:00 which is what I am trying to stop doing. I thought I might have an appointment with a client, but he ended up having to take care of personal business… so my morning wasn’t exactly the tranquil moment I want for my mornings, but it that is ok… at least is was morning and not afternoon when I got up!