I have all these fantastic new goals I’ve made for myself, inspired by reading “The Happiness Project” by Gretchen Rubin. I want to work out every day. I want to write a science fiction novel. I want to practice the piano daily. I want to do activities that, though they aren’t a priority to my family, are things that will help develop me and make me happy.
With my cute little ducklings always clamoring for attention, I don’t get a chance to focus on one thing longer than a couple of minutes uninterrupted. I can feel my ability to focus declining. By the time the kids are in bed for the night, my brain is toast and I end up watching TV for three hours. I don’t want to use my children as an excuse to miss opportunities that I should be taking advantage of.
I’d like to propose an experiment and invite my reader(s) to participate. On Monday, February 24, we’ll wake up early. We’ll use our early morning hours to do productive, positive activities that are hard to accomplish during our normal waking hours. Monday night, I will post a follow-up blog post, and I’d like to request any of my reader(s) who participated to post a comment on their experience. What I want to know is two fold: what did you do with your extra time, and how did you feel during the day? If our experiment is successful, we’ll extend it through the work week and will have one final blog post and discussion on Friday.
There are many obvious benefits to waking up early. A friend sent me Leo Babouta’s article called “10 Benefits of Rising Early” and it had a lot of good points. I spent a year in college waking up at four to study before my ADD would kick in. It was a great experience and I think it might work well applied to the life of a mom of young kids. How could waking up early help you? Have you ever tried it?
Lets try it together! Sunday night, have a hot bath, a cup of chamomile, turn off all the lights and glowing electronic screens and hit the sack early. Monday morning, lets all get up early, get some things done, and see what a difference it makes.
Who’s in?
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