Becoming an Early Riser 005
This shit is hard. I totally did not adhere to the schedule this weekend.
Friday night I was up late... Ray Wiley Hubbard concert at Gruene Hall.
Saturday morning...slept until 9-ish (a.m., not p.m.) 😜
Saturday night...I worked at my 2nd job until 9 p.m. Ate a late night snack and I think I went to bed around midnight. Jeez...middle-age sometimers again...I forget exactly.
Sunday morning...up before 9.
Sunday evening...dinner out with my daughter, ignored the 9 pm alarm to begin my bedtime routine and instead stayed up late watching "Chernobyl." That's some grim stuff there, but interesting all the same.
Monday morning (Memorial Day holiday)...up again around 9 a.m.
Monday evening...will likely be a little late starting my bedtime routine because the family is meeting for dinner to celebrate my daughter's 37th birthday, (she will be out of town on her actual birthday, so we're doing it early).
A negative verbal exchange where my daughter, who is currently living with me and using the hall/guest bathroom, about her messy habit, she claims is her inherent nature, of leaving her cosmetic products all over the basin counter instead of on the lucite shelf that I relocated from my bathroom to hers to avoid that cluttered mess...seriously it's so bad that one has to reACH over products just to wash and rinse their hands...got me to thinking about inherent versus habit, and how it applies to my journey to become an early riser. So, of course, I Googled a search for "is sleeping late a habit or inherent." This BBC article caught my eye.
BBC: Why you shouldn't try to be a morning person
Now, while I agree with their assertions, I have to rise early on workdays in order to be at work on time. But they mention, if one wants to change their waking habits, consistency is key. They also mention genetics and a predisposition to being a night owl, which I totally believe applies to me.
I've always been a night owl. I prefer, as I mentioned in my first post in this series, to wake with the sunlight streaming through the curtains. Like they say in this article, I'm more awake, alert and productive. I do not tire as easily and I require less food, in general. That's another habit for another series.
Here are links to a couple of validating articles for us night owls.
If you're just not a morning person, science says you may never be
How you can become a morning person (Even if you hate to get up early)
So, can one, can I, play it both ways? Waking early for workdays, relaxing into my natural circadian rhythm on the weekends? The articles suggest to not alter your wake time more than an hour. Ugh, that means either I wake on Saturday and Sunday at 6:15 or move my weekday wake time to 6:15 so I can sleep until after 7 on S/S. Maybe I'll play with it...after all, it is a journey towards changing a lifelong habit.
Friday night I was up late... Ray Wiley Hubbard concert at Gruene Hall.
Saturday morning...slept until 9-ish (a.m., not p.m.) 😜
Saturday night...I worked at my 2nd job until 9 p.m. Ate a late night snack and I think I went to bed around midnight. Jeez...middle-age sometimers again...I forget exactly.
Sunday morning...up before 9.
Sunday evening...dinner out with my daughter, ignored the 9 pm alarm to begin my bedtime routine and instead stayed up late watching "Chernobyl." That's some grim stuff there, but interesting all the same.
Monday morning (Memorial Day holiday)...up again around 9 a.m.
Monday evening...will likely be a little late starting my bedtime routine because the family is meeting for dinner to celebrate my daughter's 37th birthday, (she will be out of town on her actual birthday, so we're doing it early).
A negative verbal exchange where my daughter, who is currently living with me and using the hall/guest bathroom, about her messy habit, she claims is her inherent nature, of leaving her cosmetic products all over the basin counter instead of on the lucite shelf that I relocated from my bathroom to hers to avoid that cluttered mess...seriously it's so bad that one has to reACH over products just to wash and rinse their hands...got me to thinking about inherent versus habit, and how it applies to my journey to become an early riser. So, of course, I Googled a search for "is sleeping late a habit or inherent." This BBC article caught my eye.
BBC: Why you shouldn't try to be a morning person
Now, while I agree with their assertions, I have to rise early on workdays in order to be at work on time. But they mention, if one wants to change their waking habits, consistency is key. They also mention genetics and a predisposition to being a night owl, which I totally believe applies to me.
I've always been a night owl. I prefer, as I mentioned in my first post in this series, to wake with the sunlight streaming through the curtains. Like they say in this article, I'm more awake, alert and productive. I do not tire as easily and I require less food, in general. That's another habit for another series.
Here are links to a couple of validating articles for us night owls.
If you're just not a morning person, science says you may never be
How you can become a morning person (Even if you hate to get up early)
So, can one, can I, play it both ways? Waking early for workdays, relaxing into my natural circadian rhythm on the weekends? The articles suggest to not alter your wake time more than an hour. Ugh, that means either I wake on Saturday and Sunday at 6:15 or move my weekday wake time to 6:15 so I can sleep until after 7 on S/S. Maybe I'll play with it...after all, it is a journey towards changing a lifelong habit.
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