Good morning 🙂
So, the first week of my 21 days to become a morning person has passed, and I can honestly tell you that it has been with up´s and down´s. For those of you who have not seen my initial post you can read my motivation below or you can find the whole post here
I´ve always wanted to become a morning person – you know one of those people who gets up at 5.30 to meditate, go for a run or do yoga and shower and maybe even have the breakfast ready for the rest of the family before they wake up. This past year i have been extremely tired and in need for MANY hours of sleep (when i could sleep at all) but now that I have a little more energy I´ve decided to give this a try! – why not! what´s to loose
Getting up at 5.30 will give me the opportunity to get some time alone for training and meditation.
First of all I still think this is an absolutely great idea, even if it does not work for me every day. It seems that it´s not only me, but the whole family that needs to get used to my new habit, and I hope that they will adjust with in the 21 days 🙂 My partner is great and very supportive, most probably because he really enjoys his alone time in the evening. My daughter on the other hand senses that I´m no longer in bed and has been joining me in meditation or yoga.
Here is how it went day by day:
DAY 1. Whohoo I love first days.
- 5.30am the alarm goes off, (I snooze once before sneaking out of the bedroom.)
- Drink my morning elixir, consisting of a glass of water mixed with 1/2 lemon, apple cider vinegar, turmeric and black pepper.
- Meditate for 20 min
- Put on my running shoes to go for an EASY 5 kilometer jog.
Coming back the other two were waking up. I even had time to go back to bed to be there when my daughter woke up. The best time of the day:-)
I honestly must admit that I´m very surprised how easy it is today. I feel more focused and have had more energy throughout the day than I usually have. Now its 22.15 and I’m off to sleep.
DAY 2. Where I bumb in to the first little obstacle.
- Long before my alarm rings, my daughter wakes up, which she rarely does.
- I spend my early morning trying to get her back to sleep… . -until I give up.
- We both get up and have a cozy early morning.
In a way I managed to meet my challenge, but not with my original intention. I guess it´s ok, but I was extremely tired and I hit my bed by 21.30 zzzzzzz
DAY 3. I feel a cold coming on!
- When the alarm goes off at 5.30 am. I lay in bed for a few minutes. In spite of my pounding head and aching body I get up, blow my nose drink my elixir and get comfortable on my meditation pillow.
- About halfway my daughter comes and “joins” my meditation.
- We sit together in silence for a few moments, before she decides that we have now finished and we are both going back to bed to read.
- That´s what we do! (Luckily I don´t have much on my schedule today, so I will get into some easy moving later on and tend to my cold:-) )
DAY 4. Getting up a bit later – due to stubborn cold.
Since the cold is still climbing on to me I decided last night that I could get up a little later today. So:
- 6.00am I get up and do a very easy yoga routine, which does wonders for my blocked nose, at least for a little while.
Today is a bit of a tough day. I have several meetings in the morning and i´m attending a workshop in another country in the afternoon. (sounds crazy but it only takes about 35-40 min from Malmö-Copenhagen). Even though everything I have done today is meaningful and has been a lot of fun, I feel heavy, tired and sick!
DAY 5. Exhausted but determined!
… And had I not been sharing this, I´m quite sure that I would have hit snooze and gone back to dreamy wonderland. I lay in bed for a while having a long conversation with myself. When I finally get up at 6.00 another little person also wakes up – of course. Some people might judge me out as a bad mother, but today I give her a banana and an i iPad, while I enjoy 20 mins of me-time on the mat.
DAY 6. SNOOOOZE!!!
Last night I decided that would allow myself one day off. I needed to sleep to get rid of the cold that had (and still does) occupied my body. -AND it´s Sunday. (so many excuses I know)
However- to reflect on how the day has been, I feel a difference when I don´t get that me-time in the morning. I actually don’t think it really matters what I spend that time doing in the morning, but it gives me a moment to find out today´s “state of me” and set an intention for the day.
DAY 7. I´m flying out of bed
- Up at 5.30.
- Makes my morning elixir and sit down to meditate, but:
- About 10 minutes in, my daughter calls me, but today I manage to get her back to sleep
- back on my mat for a 30 min easy morning yoga session.
- I hit the shower and the rest of the family wakes up.
-wonderful…. – this might actually be working:-) This week I have more work than I usually have, so I really need this me-time more than ever. Big success today 🙂
This was the first week of my 21 days, becoming a morning person challenge. All in all I´m excited – I really think this works.
I hope you will join me for another update next week.
2 Comments
Nice work Kirstine. You are also really good to express your feelings and also to express them in writing.
Thank you so much for your nice words Anders. This was a fun challenge 🙂 I´m glad you are reading.