Routine

Getting out of bed before 5:00AM WAS not easy.  However, after doing it for more years than I can remember it’s gotten to be relatively routine.  Now I’m not looking for a “you’re crazy” or an “attaboy”?  What I am looking for is for you to question why you do things the way you do; and, more importantly, is what you’re doing getting you closer to where you REALLY want to go.

The irony is that I get up early because I’m lazy!  As a morning person, my productivity is probably 400% greater prior to 9:00 AM than it is after 1:00 PM.  By getting up early, I can:  exercise, review my goals and aspirations, make my to do list, get my critical items done, check in on my e-mails and social media, do some thinking, and work on one of my long term goals ALL in the first few hours of the day.  Then I’ve got the rest of the day free to do as I please.  For me, getting up early let’s me get the most done AND still have time to relax.

If you want to have a bit of fun, try this.  Take a sheet of paper (or spreadsheet if you’re an engineer/geek) and list out the hours of the day.  For the next week, write down what you did each hour, how much you enjoyed/didn’t enjoy the hour, and what you accomplished.  At the end of the week, take a look at what the list shows, and ask yourself one question:

Is your daily routine structured to let you enjoy today and prepare for tomorrow?

As always, thanks for the time.