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Lately I’ve been attempting an early to bed early to rise lifestyle. Sparked by my desire to make as much time for the gym as I can, I found some days it’s easier to get to the gym at 5am and be done before 6am, giving me plenty of time to prep for the work day. I’ve found I’ve had more time to pick an outfit, put on my face and fix my hair. But a surprising bonus has been having some time in the morning to myself to get some things done I haven’t had time for lately. Most of those things consist of watching an inspirational or organizational video to get myself in the right mindset for the day or even ordering more gym wear as I seem to be reaching for my muscle tanks and compression leggings more and more. But sometimes being up early and wide awake having already done my morning cardio gives me time simply to enjoy some morning coffee with my breakfast and have some time for my own thoughts.
It was on one of these mornings that I realized how much of my time I lent to technology, communication and other random distractions and how I rarely give myself some time only to myself. Usually I always have the radio or a video playing in the background of my life and I realized how rare it is to be alone with my own thoughts and just allowing myself to produce my own thoughts organically without outside stimulations.
Having a quite moment to myself in the morning it was as if I was saying hello to my own imagination again and I sat in silence enjoying the wanderings of my own mind.
Maybe it’s just me but having that quite time to myself to evaluate my feelings and thoughts before exposing myself to music, videos or people who might influence them has allowed me to put myself in a better place to take on the rest of the day without reacting as quickly to the things that can alter my mood. So sitting at the computer with a cup of coffee I realize that it’s worth the initial struggle of waking up at 4:30 in the morning to get a jump start on my day. Because early to bed and early to rise seems to have made me more healthy, hopefully more wealthy and a little more wise.