Week Four: Who Loves Mornings?
If you haven’t noticed this post is a little late! I did complete the four week challenge however the last week of July and first week of August have been wild for me so I’ve been neglecting my site content. Apologies!
I wrapped up the last week of the four (plus a few extra days if you’re looking at it as the month of July vs. four weeks = a month) and it was…..interesting. I’ll be putting together a recap of my month attempting to adopt a new habit but for now, to hold you over, I present my last week of journals:
Day 22 & 23
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Day 24
Late start this morning, zero apologies. I needed to sleep. I haven’t been sleeping well (and have been averaging five-six hours per night with interruptions) and I was actually able to sleep last night so that’s exactly what I did. But by “late start” I mean I got up at 9am. So comparatively it’s not too late, right? *sighs while sipping coffee*
Day 25
Mr. BGB is done with the whole project. I again scheduled early morning vet visits for two of our cats – we needed to be at the vet’s office for 8:15am. And that required wrangling two cats prior so it was an early (and emotional) morning for all. Cats are fine, just annual checkups.
Yoshi is also not a morning fan.
Day 26
Got up at 8am…….I’m wondering if this is a new normal for weekends but then I realize that weekends don’t mean much anymore so I can no longer use that as an excuse.
Day 27
Up at 7:15! I swear every time I get up before 8am it feels like I’m a champion. Well in retrospect at least. In the moment it doesn’t feel too great. Anyways, starting my week off early!
I did it!
Day 28 (technical last day of 4 weeks)
In keeping with my pattern I’ve scheduled an early call this morning with a potential client. Why? So I’ll have to get up early! Figured I’d wrap this little experiment with some dignity.
Days 29, 30 and 31
I’m happy to report that I did not, in fact, go back to sleeping until 9ish even though technically my four weeks were over. Each day I was up by 8:15, however it varied. And I was totally cool with that.
Conclusion
If you’ve been following the previous posts on this little experiment (Week 1, Week 2 & Week 3) then you’ve probably noticed my enthusiasm for becoming a morning person draining as the weeks went on. That being said I’ve certainly noticed some slight changes and I’ll be sharing the full experience soon.
Stay tuned for a full recap of my four week attempt at becoming a morning person!
