Rise and Shine!
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Wednesday, January 19, 2011 3:00 PM
I love waking up early.
Sleeping in has always been a challenge for me, and I always opt to get in bed early so I can get out of bed early. I’d rather have the house all to myself in the early morning hours instead of late at night. To me, there is nothing like the peace of early-morning quiet.
For years, when my older boys were little, I got up at 5 a.m. to hit the gym. It got to where I didn’t even use my alarm clock—I woke up on my own! I wonder if I was going on fumes at that point, if life itself was so physically challenging (so many diapers and car seats and sippy cups!) that my body was just in go mode all the time.
I’m not sure what has changed, but lately this is no longer the case. These days, I sleep until the little ones wake up. Our toddler seems to wake up whenever he hears someone else downstairs so I figure, I might as well let him sleep in a bit (right?). Instead of getting up early and enjoying the quiet to myself, I wake up with the troops and hit the ground running.
This is not my favorite way to start the day.
I want to get up early, I’m ready for that season again. How can I make myself do this? I keep thinking I should put my alarm clock across the room so I don’t hit the snooze button while I’m still asleep. Maybe I should have my coffee preprogramed so it’s waiting for me when I stumble into the kitchen. There has got to be some way to trick myself into getting up and then it suddenly becoming easy for me again, right?
Can you offer any help for me (and all the other people who I’m sure are wanting that extra time to start their day!)
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