Is it Possible? Do Tell How...
Wow...how do people keep up with blogging every day? I'm so amazed at those who can come up with so much quality material on such a regular basis! And I'm quite grateful to them for doing so, as I benefit greatly from their writings.
Part of my current problem is that I'm trying to develop a new habit. I've tried before and failed quite miserably. (I think I know how the man felt who said, "It's easy to quit smoking. I do it all the time.") I feel like I should be a pro at this by now for as often as I've attempted and been successful...for about two days at a time! This dreadfully difficult habit? Dare I say it? I'm trying to go to bed early and get up early consistently. (Those of you who know me...quit laughing. :-) ) So, since much of my computer time was relegated to the late night hours I kept, it's been hard keeping up with everything. I just don't function at quite the same level in the morning as I do at night...yet. Hopefully that can change. If anyone has advice on how to develop this desirable habit, I would be most anxious to hear it!
And you will know I've been successful when you start reading posts with times at early morning hours...unless, of course, I'm just manually altering the time to make it look like I've been successful... :-)
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Oh my goodness, this sounds so much like me! It's strange I was thinking on this just the other day.
Last night after I got home from work I was thinking how nice it would be to go to bed at a reasonable time (10:30 or 11:00 is reasonable for me) and then get up at a reasonable time (6:30 or 7:00 am). I didn't quite make it. I went to bed around 12:00 am and awoke to my alarm at 7:30 am but stayed in bed an extra few minutes. Well, actually I woke up around 5:30 am but promptly went back to sleep thinking, "Shucks, now I only have two hours of sleep left." I think that my natural waking time is 7:30 or 8:00 and my natually comfortable bedtime is 11:00 or 11:30 pm.
::Sign:: I wish I could be disciplined to get up earlier. I have this weird thing about not getting up if no one else is up from my family. No matter how early I set my alarm if I'm the only one awake at the time it goes off, I figure it's just too early to get up. The exception is when I have to be at work at 7:00 am so the very latest I can sleep in and still make it to work on time is 5:30 am. That's why I awakened at 5:30 this morning. My body was already adapted to waking that early from the day before. I have this bizarre internal alarm clock that won't let me over sleep if I have in my mind a time I need to be awakeed by. Sometimes I wish I could turn it on or off. The problem comes when I start awaking 30-45 minutes early before my alarm goes off. It's not uncommon for me to wake up at 4:45 on the mornings I have to work just because my body knows it will have to get up by 5:30 am. Then I can't go back to sleep for the extra time no matter how hard I try. I end up with 5-5 1/2 hours of sleep instead of my usual 6 or so hours.
Maybe what you need is an accountability partner that you answer to about how early you have been getting up. Or I could call you at 5:30 am on the mornings I get up that early:)
What time do you want to get up?
Let me know if you want to work something out along these lines. Maybe you could be my accountability partner for getting up earlier. I refuse to get up before 6:00 am if I don't have a good reason to such as going to work.
Well, thus ends this super long discussison about getting up early. As for posting on your blog more I often, I would like to see more posts but don't over do it. I don't think you need to post every day. At least once or twice a week would be nice. Usually there are much better more productive things to be doing than posting on one's blog. I speak to this from experience:) Have a blessed week!
Just do it. :):) We have to get up early (5:00 to 5:30 a.m. is our goal time) almost every morning so that Jesse can get to school in time for his early morning classes. I guess I can't enjoy sleeping in unless I know that I have time to. :) If I don't get up early, my day will be a "disaster" usually because I won't have enough time to finish everything.
I love sleeping in, but I enjoy getting up and being productive more. Taking a shower or sitting at the kitchen table with some hot tea usually helps to wake me up.
But, I'm not really one to be talking since I got up at 9 a.m. this morning! I stayed up in after 2:00 a.m. since I couldn't sleep so I just decided to get some work done. That way, I knew I could sleep in since I had gotten the house clean, the laundry done, and a headstart on business work for today.
Btw, I would blog a lot less if I didn't have to be on the computer for at least 3-4 hours everyday for business work and The Old Schoolhouse work. :) I rarely leave home throughout the day (we only have one car right now and Jesse is often gone for 10 hours or more each day) and I only have a little baby, so I don't really have an excuse not to blog regularly! Besides the fact that I love to blog!
Lydia~
Thanks for empathizing with me! Maybe accountability would be good...I'll have to think about that. I thought I would try adjusting my schedule incrementally. This week my goal has been to get to bed by 12:00. Next week, probably 11:30. Then, 11:00. I find that I need about 7 hours of sleep a night to continue functioning at 100%. I can get by on less for a few nights at a time, but then it catches up with me. So, please do not call me at 5:30! :-D Maybe we can get together and hash this out sometime!
Crystal~
I wish it was as easy as just doing it. I've been trying that all this week, but what I'm running into is that even when I have been going to bed early, I can't get to sleep. (I had a hard enough time getting my brain to quit spinning long enough to go to sleep at 2:00, so 12:00 this week just hasn't been working.) Even when I have gotten up early - which still isn't as early as you! - I still get my second wind late at night and want to keep going.
But...I'll keep at it - the drinking a cup of tea idea sounds good! I think I'll try that in the morning.
Thanks for your thoughts on this!
Natalie, we ran into the same problem when we tried to switch to going to bed early and getting up early. For a long time, I rarely went to bed before 12 and 1 or 2 was more likely. So, it took me a full almost 2 weeks of making myself go to bed and lay there and not be tired until now I rarely can stay up late. I want to go to bed at 10. Try reading while lying in bed at night and that usually works to help me get tired. Also, not allowing myself to hit my second or third wind is very helpful, too. :)
That's good to know, Crystal! I wondered how long it might take me to get adjusted. I usually get my second wind a little too early to actually be able to go to bed then, and then I can run for hours - which I think is part of the problem. Seriously, if I was to wait until I actually felt tired after that point, I would be up all night a lot. I've had that happen on several occasions without even realizing how late it was.
Maybe the timing of my second wind will change eventually, too!
Here's one small bit of advice: get enough sleep every night. The experts say at least six hours, preferably eight. But make it the same hours every night. The human body thrives on regularity. Try it for a month or two, and see if things don't start working better.
God bless.
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