Become an Early Riser (Long Term Goal - Part 1)

My first day of the challenge today and we're off to a really good start. So good that I ended up waking at 5:00 am. This was great as I was able to get in an extra hours worth of reading this morning. I started reading Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse last night and I struggled to put it down, then, I was fast sleep by 10:30 pm and before I knew it I was awake and desperate to continue reading, thus I'm not complaining.

Furthermore, I found out that I actually ended up needing that extra hour, which is good, as I had slept at my parents last night and needed to urgently run home before work and feed the rabbits. It's a half an hours walk home and so the extra time meant I could have a smooth stroll home rather than a rushed leg back to my house.

I've actually been feeling rather content all morning, not just because I woke up early and stuck to my goal, but because rushed mornings happens to be one of my biggest pet peeves of life. I don't like rushing. I love taking my time and being able to focus on myself before I have to go into work and focusing on doing things for other people. Morning time is my time. Me time. Cuddles with Georgia and the rabbits time. It's read non-stop time. It's enjoy my breakfast and not have to gorge it down time. Waking up a few hours earlier means that I can actually mentally prepare for the day ahead rather than just run on auto-pilot and hope for the best.

My worry though, is that, at some point, maybe later on during this goal, or maybe even sooner than expected, I may end up hitting a bump and finding that "oh shit, it just got harder to wake up so early." I mean it's all good when I'm buzzing and motivated to go on ahead. But I feel like as soon as it starts to get difficult, and I'll begin to struggle, that will be the real test. That will be when I will really have to challenge my perseverance and my personal resilience. And thus, in order to remind myself to maintain motivated I will try to continuously remind myself as to why I started on this journey in the first place, by quoting myself in my first post concerning this bucket list challenge:

"[Waking up early] not only suit[s] me rather well, but, it also aid[s] me on my journey to becoming a more constant and regular curator of content and a better videographer and YouTuber."

Therefore, if it something that is in fact good for me, then surely I should want to continue doing the thing that is good for me. So, a little note to myself: When it gets tough, wake up regardless, you're future self will respect it and appreciate it.