What a Life!

Well, the two books I reviewed on my previous post have been taking a considerable amount of my time as I have been reorganizing my life. I must say, I feel like I have much more room in my head to think now.

I also recently came across a blog where the guy talked about how he had established the habit of getting up at 5:00 every morning (something I have always aspired to do). He said rather than setting the alarm for 5:00 a.m. and getting up and wondering what to do with yourself, you have to do it gradually. You take what time you’re getting up now (6:35 for me) and move it back 10 minutes every day until you reach your goal time. I did that last week, and each morning as I got up, I added to the list of things I am going to do when I have my quiet time to myself (oh the luxury!).

The first thing I will be doing is a daily review where I go through my planner and review my lists of things to do, who I need to talk to, and make sure all my loose ends are caught. Then I will think about my day and which things I’d like to get done (and more importantly, when I will do them). Once I get that done, it’s time for quiet pleasurable pursuits, such as blogging. I love writing in my blog – I just don’t have a quiet moment to think very often and so I haven’t been updating my blog regularly. That is about to change. Not only will I have a regularly scheduled time for blogging, I will also have the quiet environment that makes it ever so much more fun to do.

And yes, this morning I was up at 5:00 a.m. I know it sounds crazy, but those were the best moments of my day. I’m already well on my way to having a happy, productive day. Isn’t that exciting?