I am the kind of person that, without guidance, can sit on the couch all day and get nothing done.
Oh sure, my to-dos will taunt me all throughout the day and be a constant reminder of what I should be doing, but I am mostly able to ignore all that if I so choose.
For the past year, I've gone through stages where I can sleep at night, and where I cannot. When I cannot, I end up staying up most of (if not all of) the night, sleeping till noon, or one, or two, and continuing to stay up later/sleep later.
I just got out of one of those cycles in the past week and a half, and yet this morning I slept until 11 am. No reason why - I went to bed at a regular time, I didn't have trouble sleeping, I just couldn't get up when my alarm went off.
So first thing first, I need a sleep pattern! My alarm goes off every morning at 8 am. Yet I'm still not hearing it every day.
When I actually do get up, I'm mostly able to fall into habit - cleaning and working here, then any projects I need to be working on, and goofing off. I'm capable of that much, my to-do list gets done most days.
But at the same time, I don't actually have that much I need to do, so this isn't saying much!
Second thing second, I need a routine for my day! What I have now is more of a...I'll do this when I feel like and hope for the best. Not brilliant.
I tried to make a morning routine for myself.
A month ago.
And I never even used it once.
I try to follow the time restraint of needing to be done before the Husband gets home from work, which (sadly) is all it takes to get everything done.
So, I'm left in this spot - I can get stuff done, and that's great! But, what about...structure?!I haven't figured that part out yet.
Today, I have to clean the living room and the bedroom (which really just means laundry and vacuum), I have to write this post, and plan for upcoming ones. I have to read more of October's General Conference, and fill out the new planner pages I printed (as I don't have anything filled out past tomorrow).
And, I can get all that done in the four hours its going to be until the Mister gets home this evening (from right now).
But goodness is it nice to get up at the same time every day! Being all losey-goosey isn't really my style.
Do you find it easy or difficult to stick to your daily routines?
~Havok
Have you tried planning on something fun to do right after you get up and have breakfast? I find that if I know I have to get up and straight to chores there is no incentive at all to get out of bed!
ReplyDeleteFor a while I was doing yoga while porridge was cooking, then my reward was after the kids were off to school I would take an hour for me time. Reading, journaling, going for a walk, didn't matter but it had to be something I wanted to do for myself. After that, I would come to my work with far more energy than if I had got straight to it!
I wish I had breakfast every day, ha!
ReplyDeleteI normally start my day, actually, with checking on Instagram and Facebook and all that good stuff. Maybe that's my problem, I need to save that until after I get something done - since checking those things are a fun thing (and no incentive to get out of bed, as phones can stay in bed!).
Thanks for the suggestion!!
I wake up like clockwork between 6.45AM to 7.15AM and don't even use an alarm anymore. Think I've been conditioned after years of working a corporate job :-) So even when I'm not working, I don't find myself having a lie in, although I would love to but my brain tells me to get up. I do enjoy my morning routine though.
ReplyDeleteI used to be like that, ha, until I started going farther and farther off schedule and then it just quit working that way.
ReplyDeleteLie ins are lovely, when they are earned. After every day for a week, its not nearly as nice!