It\u2019s 5AM! My alarm goes off and I\u2019m jerked out of my dream. Before I tell you what happens next, let me ask you a question; are you a morning or a night person? We\u2019ve been all too familiar with this theory for a long time. And people easily place themselves, \u2018oh I\u2019m a night person, oh I\u2019m a morning person. My energy levels are up in the morning\u2019 and that\u2019s how the notion goes. But is there any such thing? We will find out.<\/p>\n
A while ago, I would have quickly answered you, \u2018Oh I\u2019m so nocturnal\u2019. I could stay up all night, literally. And I have! Going to bed at 1AM was very normal. Occasionally 3AM. Now when it came to the morning, I would be in my worst shape. Getting out of bed became my biggest battles. Does that sound familiar? But I\u2019ve got to tell you, that has changed. So what happened? I\u2019ll tell you in a bit.<\/p>\n
Let me give you a brief overview of my life; I had believed that I was a night person, and that couldn\u2019t change. I had to accept that is was in my DNA. No one could convince me otherwise. But guess what I found out, it wasn\u2019t working! And this is why; I was trying to make everything fit into my few evening hours. Talk of being over-ambitious. I\u2019ll go ahead and list them for you:<\/p>\n
Others include writing, watching something and so on.<\/p>\n
Someone might argue that my list is bloated. I think it\u2019s a question of balancing it out; like, how much of some things be done.<\/p>\n
Any who, I was trying to do all these, and I was insisting that they fit in one evening; after work! And you\u2019re laughing at me right now. After a lot of frustrations, I realized something had to give.<\/p>\n
So fast forward, this is what happens today. As I reach out to my phone, in my sleepiness I do not snooze. I hit \u2018dismiss\u2019. Then depending on how my body takes the \u2018rudeness\u2019 of the alarm, I linger for a minute or two, or I simply shoot out of the bed. Looking back, to me that is an outright miracle! So for the next 40 minutes, I will do my workouts. Then for the next 45 minutes, I\u2019m doing my bible reading and prayer (after the shower of course). Before I leave the house 2 hours later since waking up, I have exercised but most importantly I have talked to God. And I\u2019m feeling great. The rest, can now share the evening hours on different days; while taking care of family time. One needs to be realistic. I also make sure I don\u2019t stay up very late.<\/p>\n
Whoa, I have transformed into a morning person! And I\u2019m loving it. So how did I do it? One thing I realized, is that there no such thing as being a morning or a night person; it\u2019s all in the mind. Reason is, you can train your body in a specific way. By doing something repeatedly, the body is designed to adapt. It\u2019s called forming a habit. It\u2019s not magic. This is 100% out of experience.<\/p>\n
The thing is, we tend to have our comfort zones, and we\u2019re not willing to make a change. And something we\u2019re trying tackle, becomes so hard to even start. A monster staring us in the eye and you can\u2019t do anything about it. If we only decided to change our view of some things, we would be very surprised to learn that it\u2019s not as hard as it looked after all. So I encourage you to take that step, just go ahead and do it, you will be very surprised. The alternative of course is to stay in the same position, bound by apathy \u2014 have you realized how time flies? If nothing changes, one thing is bound to happen to you: regret. It\u2019s the worst thing. Luckily, you can do something about it beginning today.<\/p>\n
Samuel Waithaka – Manager Software Development<\/p>\n
ICT Department<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"