After feeling barely (if at all) capable of completing my assignments and responsibilities Sunday and Monday, yesterday I began to feel more than capable! This feeling has carried over to today and I'm excited to get to work (maybe it has something to with the fasting!? who knows!?).
I've been waking up at 4:30 (I had been rising at 5) the past few days and I think its been very beneficial. This allows me to move a little, breathe, meditate, and study for an hour before breakfast around 7am. Then I'll take a short walk and write my blog post for the day and move on to more schoolwork or emails or whatever I need to on the given day. Though I can't over-stress the value of sleep, establishing an almost non-negotiable early wake-up time has been one of the best things I've done for myself. In the event that I have to stay up later or if I'm feeling particularly tired or rundown, I let myself sleep longer. For the most part though, my mind, body, and soul seem to perform optimally when I wake up early. I feel very fortunate that this routine has become pretty automatic for me but it wasn't always easy and I'm sure it'll get tough again sometime in the future but hopefully I can continue recognizing and doing what's best for me :)
Welcome to the 4:30 and earlier wake-up group! I'll admit I'm counting down the days until I can sleep a little later, but it is nice to be up with the birds.
ReplyDeleteI almost slept in today but I'm already so glad I didn't! I think our teammates might hate us a little bit this Summer hehe
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