Waking Up is Hard to Do…

I’ve never been a morning person. Even when my kids were little we’d all sleep in til 9 am at least! Yeah, I know I’ve been blessed, but before you get jealous…all but one of my kids stopped napping at 2 years old. Yes, 2! Even in preschool they would have to be separated from the group for talking. My daughter still remembers resting by the bathroom so she wouldn’t disturb the other’s naps.

For the last few years I’ve been training myself to wake up earlier than usual. And it’s been hard, but great. I slowly moved my wake up time up…8am, 7:30am and by January I was rising BEFORE everyone at 6:15 am to pray and write. It was great! I accomplished so much until the lack of sleep started catching up with me.

In February, I managed to still get up early at the beginning of the week. But by Wednesday I was hitting the snooze. I designated Fridays sleep in days, but that didn’t help.

So here it is March 2nd and I’m already missed my wake up call, twice! I could have gotten up at 5 am on Monday when my daughter came in my room telling me she had “gotten sick” but I chose to sleep. (and btw, she was fine. We’re thinking she had too much cheese before bedtime.) Then this morning I wake at 5:30 am and debate whether to get up or not. I figure if I roll over and nod off, it wasn’t meant to be.

Obviously by this post, it wasn’t meant to be.

I haven’t worked on my WIP since my weekend getaway and I’m thinking something needs to change. I need to get to bed earlier. That’s the only thing I can think of that will stop this downward spiral.

So what about you? Earlier riser? Night owl? I like the earlier riser change I’ve made in my life, I just wish I could sustain it.

Any tips???