Over the past three months I have been slowly making changes to our family’s lives. They have been positive, wonderful changes which have had many knock on effects…healthy begets more healthy…so to speak.
At the beginning I (of course) went all out! I mean if getting up early is good, then getting up earlier is even gooder better, right? I had it all sussed. 4 AM was my goal. I’d worked out circadian rhythms – y’know, what time to go to bed, best time to eat and so on and so forth.
It was like a military precision exercise.
Only, let’s face it, no-one is going to want to go to bed at 830 regularly, especially since (for example) choir ends at 9.
It turns out that my body definitely didn’t want to go to bed then, and more often than not, I would be awake all night.
As a side note, I chose four because it meant Gary and I could go to the gym before he had to go to work. The gym was bliss and wonderful…and so easy at that time on account of there being no teenage boys grouping around the one machine you want to use (anyway…I digress).
Staying awake, however, was not so easy. Ask me how I know…
That said, there is one thing that waking up at four did for me, and that was utterly changing my perception of what early is!
I mean, six sounds like the wonderful lie-in it definitely isn’t.
Yet six, which is the time I have been getting up religiously for the last two months or so (yes, even on the weekends!), seems positively easy.
Oh. My. Days. (to coin my twins’ phrase)
I LOVE it! I am SO much more productive and manage to get done all those things that are important to me, but possibly not that important to my life in general.
No-one else is up. I get to spend three hours preparing for the day on my own terms.
I do devotions, complete my Noom course, walk the dog (and listen to podcasts or audio books as I go), I write my book for half an hour, clean my room, watch a TED talk or educational YouTube video, drink the most delicious coffee known to man…all at my own speed.
And most importantly, I am able to think a thought through to its own conclusion.
In short, I am ‘finding’ myself again.
Twee? Yes, absolutely. Yet, it feels so nourishing and healthy for me. I don’t think I realised how little a priority I made my own needs. Getting up early, allows me to prioritise me without de-prioritising anyone else.
I love curating my own perfect start to the day.
What about you? How do you make the beginnings of each day special and nourishing for your body and soul?
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