The end of the month has arrived. Normally, this would be my lackluster post about how I didn’t do the things I wanted to accomplish this month. My goals are no longer monthly, so this is only month one of three (or four).
What did I do? I got a gym membership. I have gone to my gym several times. I went to two yoga classes. I watched my body for life dvds. I went for a hike in the mountains.
I’ve been thinking a lot about mornings. The past couple days I set my alarm earlier and both times I thought to myself you can get up or not, and both times I stayed in bed. So, that’s crap. I’d really like to incorporate some of my workout dvds into the mix, but the only time the living room is empty is in the morning. So I Googled up how to become a morning person and found an article on AskMen. The four points it gives are:
1. Prepare yourself the night before
- I have not been doing a solid evening prep. Lunch for the next day, picking a work outfit, choosing what workout I’ll do, etc. Making lunch is the last thing I want to do after cleaning up the kitchen from supper.
- Getting all these things ready the night before is a type of mental preparation for the morning. I simply need to do it.
2. Give yourself something to look forward to
- I had one summer job where I was on the bus every day at 7:05 am because I could switch to a direct bus a few stops later, but if the first bust I caught was a later one I would miss the direct bus. Option one would get me to work about 15 minutes early and I would buy breakfast at the cafeteria (you used your employee card to pay and the charges were deducted off your paycheck) eggs over easy, cubed potatoes and bacon. I love breakfast and knowing that I wouldn’t have time for it made me get to the bus stop on time for the earlier bus.
- I have also debated taking up drinking coffee since it seems to be a big morning motivator for people.
3. Schedule your sleep time
- I think I get enough sleep, but I don’t think I sleep well. I often take a long time to fall asleep. I need a strict bedtime. I’m never going to drag my ass out of bed if I’m exhausted.
4. Get outside
- Uh, I don’t know about this one. He says morning air is special, and I believe him, but he’s probably sitting at a desk in LA typing this and well, it gets painfully cold here. I just don’t think a blast of icy dead of winter air is going to be more tempting than curled up in my bed. At best I think I could aim for getting out of the house by an early morning trip to the gym (if Flash drives me) or getting up and going out for breakfast.
I need to up the intensity. I’ve more or less given myself permission to only focus on getting in shape and boosting my energy but I really don’t spend a significant portion of my day working on or reinforcing my goals. So I'm going to see if I can handle my life revolving around my new goals.
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