It pains me to bear witness to my ownself writing this but I swear on my camo sweatpants and velvet hoodie (which I live and die by, and have even been seen working out in đ¤ˇđťââď¸ ZERO sex appeal or f*cks given at this point) what Iâm about to advise is something Iâve avoided at all costsâactually itâs pretty easy to avoidâbut once I poked awake the slumbering adult within, all I can say is â Iâm a better human for it.
You my friend might be a fine human alreadyâin which case check out these zucchini mac and cheese boats!âbut if not, youâre in good company and thus willing to let me annoy you because yes, this advice is annoying. I totally get it if you go tell me to go flush my head down the toilet (my cat tries endlessly to do precisely thatâor sheâs trying to off herselfâyou never know with cats) but I secretly think youâre going to love this (but I also think Willy Wonka is one of the more terrifying movies ever made so there's thatâdidnât we just talk about this?)
Ok, onto it. My unsolicited advice is for you to try this thing for one whole week: wake up at 5:30 am đł
Why would you do such a horrible thing!? Let me explain.
Because waking up earlyâespecially if it means youâre up before the people in your life youâre shackled toâis good for your well-being.
Think about it, your energy is delicately intertwined with those around you, theyâre a constant tug on your thoughtsâand we know, thoughts turn into feelings that turn into actions that result in the entirety of the experiences you live and why youâre constantly second-guessing yourself and guilting the day away⌠just me? đŹ
But when you wake up early, youâve magically created ME TIME.
A bubble of space where no oneâs asking you for things and youâre not immediately tossed into your day thatâs earmarked for busy-making and doing the things you donât really want to be doing (just stepped into a big bag of assumptionsâor just dropping my own load on yâallâcould go either way!)
I offer up this early morning option because the number one thing Iâve heard over and over from clientsâand from myselfâ is that thereâs just not enough time to do all the things. And itâs totally justifiable, there are only so many minutes.
But hereâs the thing⌠accepting that as an answer doesnât do anything for us.
It changes nothing. No âthingâ changes and I know weâre all on the lookout to change a few things. (Hello, Iâm living in camo sweatpants and a velvet hoodie!)
Some of the things Iâve been able to do since waking up early: Iâve started meditatingâsometimes for 45 mins. đł
I write morning pagesâitâs a Julia Cameron thing you can Google it, great for the noggin!
Iâve read books Iâve been meaning to. (Because theyâre starting to topple off my nightstand there are so many!)
Basically, I do whatever I want with no one bothering me and itâs made me a less moody, more heart-centered person.
And if I, a person who NEVER enjoyed early mornings, can do this and actually LOOK FORWARD TO ITâI honestly donât know what youâre waiting for.
If Iâve wet your early morning palette a little you might be thinking how to pull off this Houdini magic without letting your very convincing brain talk you out of it.Â
Excellent foresight.
It all begins with the story you tell yourself.
This is the first step for any type of change and the most important! Just like you canât have Sonny without Cher, you cannot have change without a new story.
Next week we are going to dive head first into how you begin altering your narrative and Iâll share how Iâm doing it so we can become an even more awesome version of ourselves because donât we all want to be a little more awesomeâwith fewer f*cks given?! âď¸
In other newsâŚ
Last week I had my kids each make dinner because I was suffering from mom-envy. My friend showed me a pic of the dinner her kid madeâit was a full-on Hattie B-looking fired chicken sammy complete with - get this - a HOMMEADE BRIOCHE BUN.
I was blown away.
So of course I had to whip my kids into shape becauseâŚ. brioche bun.
That said, this is what my little guy made: Zucchini mac & cheese boats
Turns out my kids arenât as pathetically inept in the kitchen as theyâve appeared to be all these years. Note: those boats wonât slim any waistlines.
Till next week my early riser! đ
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