Sleep Schedules are Hard

Unfortunately, when I got home yesterday, I could only stay awake a few more hours before I fell asleep. I woke up later than usual today. Darn! Maybe I can try waking up early again tomorrow. I really did enjoy being up before everyone else was, enjoying the silence and the dark sky outside. It was surreal to watch the sun go up while I exercised.

I've always had some trouble with time management. I make good with it when I'm just starting out, but maintaining it is always the difficult part. I think I'll be a lot more stubborn this 2013 with punctuality... I've started out with always meeting my partner, Aiken, on time for our dates. Of course, this should apply to other people I meet up with, too. :)

- Mel

Actually Did Wake Up, Go Figure

To be precise, instead of taking a short nap like I had intended, I accidentally fell asleep for several hours in the evening. To nobody's surprise, it caused me to be unable to fall asleep on my usual bedtime. I "got up" at around 5:27am, but unlike all the other nights where I feel deprived of sleep, I actually feel pretty awake.

I've been thinking of tackling my personal anxiety and jogging around our community in the morning, but it was still too dark for me to go out. Intending to pursue another personal goal for the nth time, I pulled out the Wii Fit Balance Board from under my bed, dusted it off, and turned on the Wii so I could put the Wii Fit game in.

My Wii Fit game was nowhere to be seen. Dang. Someone wants me to keep my curvy, chubby figure.

On the flip side, now that adds motivation for another Goal in the Horizon: continue decluttering the house so that I can find my fitness game. I settled for Wii Sports, instead. I suck at Wii Tennis now. Now count how many times I said Wii. Wheeeeee! (That last word doesn't count.)

I've been interested in getting Zumba for the Wii for a while now, but I think I should make the other stuff a habit before I commit to something like that. Speaking of which, I have got to nab my Stepmania song files from my external drive in Makati. Gotta make use of that old dance pad, assuming it still works.

That's my morning so far. I feel like so much has happened even if hardly anything happened. That's the power of having lots of time on your hands by waking up earlier. Today is also my first day to go back to graduate school after the Christmas break. Hope I can adjust well enough to tackling my classes and personal projects, plus self-improvement.

Got a date with Plato, Hocrates, and a slew of other philosophers. Later!

- Mel

Wake Up in the Morning

I've been working on waking up earlier since forever. I've managed to get my body clock to recognize 8am as "wake up!" time, but I still manage to doze off after that. This is hard, but I want to do this.

Yesterday, Aiken (my partner) and I jogged a lot earlier than we usually do, and we were both pleasantly surprised at how we still had so much time left to spend to together.

I once tried a writing tip where I woke up at around 4am in the morning and wrote a couple of pages worth of prose. It was hardly even 10am and I had accomplished so much.

I want that feeling again. That feeling of finishing so many things so early, with plenty of time left to enjoy the rest of the day.

In that light, it was a great coincidence that I recently learned about Benjamin Franklin's schedule.

Image is from shawnblanc.net. Here is their post about it if you want to learn more about it. :)

I'm thinking of blocking out certain times of the day for myself, too. Work time. Play time. Get ready for bed time. That sort of thing. I'll figure out what works for me, and will share it with you guys if it helps me be more productive. :)

- Mel