After many years and many attempts at MAKING myself a morning person, I have finally come to the conclusion that I will probably NEVER jump out of bed in the morning with joy in my heart and a smile on my face.
BUT - I would like to greet my husband and children each morning with joy in my heart and a smile on my face and so. . . I simply must discipline myself to get up earlier in the morning, drink my coffee, take a shower, and prepare my heart so that I can help my family begin THEIR day with joy in their heart and smiles on their faces.
The question is: HOW? I am convinced of the necessity and of the benefits, but still - the actuality of doing it eludes me. I did come across this little article suggesting that I
1. Figure out MY time that I need to get up.
O.K. I think this would be around 7. I know that sounds really late to you early birds, but for me it would be an improvement!
2. Consider that a little bit late.
So, I'll set the alarm for 6:45.
3. Take a shower first thing and get dressed and ready for the day.
This actually sounds great. I would LOVE to be totally ready for the day before our morning routine and breakfast begin!
4. Go to bed earlier.
OUCH! This is the part I hate! I love staying up a little late (or a lot late!). I like having some time w/ my husband after the kids are in bed and then I love having some time just to think, read, or blog after he is asleep too. I have LOTS of energy late at night: I have even been known to clean the bathrooms or tackle some organizing project at 10 p.m. LOL! Let's see. . . right now it is after midnight. Hmmm. . .
I guess I'll start tomorrow.
6 comments:
Sounds like you and I are on the same schedule.
Sounds good to me. You KNOW I'm right there with you. The going to bed early part is the part that I sometimes don't have a lot of control over. I can go to bed, but not necessarily sleep. One thing that has helped is to force myself to get up very early for a morning or too. Then, but bedtime, I'm quite tired. Ugh. Its a hard discipline! But worth it.
I LOVE mornings, but RJ does not. So we spend our time together at night too. This is hard for me b/c I would rather be up early in the morning together. I actually start to feel sick if I stay up past midnight a few nights in a row. I guess I'm part pumpkin:-) Thanks for the post it is good.
OH MY GOSH, Jen. I am so with you on this. I consider getting up at 9am good for me. If Fred is home, he is fine with getting up with the kids and feeding them. I am a much happier mom if I get to sleep-in...and I am often up at midnight cleaning the kitchen and folding laundry. I am just made that way, like you.
If we are going to get any school done, though, I might have to get up at 7am, too. UGH. Just the thought makes me cringe. But I have no one to blame if we don't get things done and I got up really late, other than myself.
Hang in there.Love ya!
Oh I can so relate! I just read something today....stop trying to get out of bed and just DO IT! How profound is that!? I'll have to try it...school is starting soon!
Right there with you. I tried to go to bed "early" tonight ... at 10:30, with my husband (who has been gone for a few days). I lay there until midnight and then decided to get up and read some blogs.
I should be tired. I was up until 4:00 a.m. and got up at 10:00 this morning. And ... it was a loooong day of shopping, which usually tires me out. I thought I was tired when I went to bed. Oh well ....
:) :) :)
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