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As a writer, I’m used to working alone. The early morning hours seem to be my best time to explore big ideas and dissect everyday happenings to look at them a different way. Watching the sun issue in a new day is exhilarating.
I was thinking about how other people find their most productive time to work. When is yours?
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We Early Risers – #606
What time do you get up in the morning?
I’m an early riser – 5 a.m. for the most part. Love to see the sun lighten the sky and insist on a new day as it grows bright.
That’s my best time to think. It’s when these Consider This shows are written.
It’s quiet and personal and the day’s responsibilities can be held at bay long enough for thoughts of love and gratitude and joy to be celebrated first.
I find myself smiling, in front of the computer screen in those early hours.
I never pay bills at that hour, or plan a budget or open the mail. Save those for the afternoon, when energy is waning and mundane things can be done.
Early mornings are meant for thinking . . . planning . . . being mesmerized by the consideration of things that are and dare to be.
It’s not a time for Facebook or websites that present other people’s thoughts and ideas. In early morning, I want to feel my own thoughts; take them out, explore them, see if they stand up to early morning scrutiny.
Sometimes they don’t. And a show half written crumbles away like a lyric by Adele. Concepts that do not deserve your ear are burned at the stake and you never hear them.
How do you spend your early mornings? Please come to our online blog and post your response. If you have no early morning rituals, tell when you do contemplate or meditate or evaluate thoughts and ideas. I would so like to hear.
P.S.
During the days of self-quarantine, many people found new ways to concentrate, connect and reach their inner selves. Makes you wonder what the long-term result will be of our experiences with an overabundance of togetherness for some, loneliness for others. Blessed are those who managed to achieve balance between the two.
[Show #606]
Annette, I get up at 4 am, my favorite time of the day for reflection and just being. And hot tea.
George
From your various comments, George, I can imagine that your reflections are deep and heartfelt.
I will think of you in my next 5 am wake up, George, and toast my coffee to your tea.
Early morning hours are part of my life, I am usually up by 330. For me it’s time to meditate and fulfill requirements in my faith. It gives me the energy I need to go through my day and gets me prepared to face all challenges. I am guilty of channelling some of my early personal time to social media, I am working on that part to get it done between 5 and 6 rather than during my personal time from 330 to 5 . This show got me to set a resolution to put off social media till 5, this will start tomorrow indeed.
Thank you so very much again my friend for your help as always! God Bless you!
Have you been able to keep to your resolution, Abder? Habits are so difficult to break. But you are a man of purpose, so I am rooting for you.
Annette, I reflect just before going to bed. I go over all the things that happened that day, whether it was joyous or disastrous. Usually I lie down in my fav. yoga pose and I first do the above then try to empty my mind as much as possible.
I noticed that if I don’t do those rituals before going to sleep, I often can not sleep well, which is a NoNo to me.
Glad you found your time t think, Shufai. Those personal rituals that help us are to be treasured.
Early is after Bob has had time to have his coffee in quiet! Then I am up and after dressing, making the bed etc…devotions are first. Thank you Annette…have a blessed day!!!🙏🏻🌹💓
Very wise to give ob quiet time,Cathie. Shows your love.
I usually get up about 7, because we don’t go to bed early enough to get up earlier, but I would like to shift that a bit. Morning time for me, as it is for you, is precious for thinking, praying, and writing,. The rest of my day goes so much more smoothly when I carve out this “quiet time.“
This lovely post is giving me resolve to go to bed earlier and get up earlier.
The efficacy of your special time in the mornings is shown every week in your inspirational Messages, and we are all the beneficiaries. Thank you.