At the top of yearly, I’d consider how my 12 months had gone and use it as a information to plan out what I wished to do for the next 12 months.
Final 12 months I attempted my hand at doing too many issues on the similar time that I ended up not doing a lot in any respect.
That’s why for this 12 months, I’ve determined to deal with two issues — my well being and my writing — which I juggle with my 9–5 and being a full-time husband and father.
Evidently, discovering the time (and the vitality) was the robust half.
So, at first of the 12 months, I made a decision to begin doing once more what I used to do greater than over a decade in the past — get up very early within the morning.
You’ve almost certainly heard of the 5 AM membership earlier than.
In case you’re not accustomed to the 5 AM membership, it’s an idea popularised by Robin Sharma the place you stand up at 5 am to finish a set of 20 minutes of train, 20 minutes reflecting in your objectives, and 20 minutes studying a brand new ability.
However getting up at 5 am each single day is difficult so I tweaked it somewhat bit to waking up an hour later, which is at 6 am — which works for me as a result of even at the moment, my spouse and youngsters are nonetheless asleep and often gained’t get up till about an hour plus later.
So, I nonetheless have an hour to myself to do what I have to do.
And it has been superb!
You gained’t have any distractions
Since my objective for this 12 months is to focus extra on my health and writing, setting apart time for that is extraordinarily necessary for me.
After I got down to do these items very first thing within the morning, I not solely set myself up for day however I’m additionally in a position to full them with none distractions, not even from myself.
You see, at 6 am, all the pieces is quiet as a result of both everybody remains to be asleep or they’re simply slowly getting up.
The house constructing that I reside in is comparatively nonetheless quiet on the time with most individuals solely beginning their day at round 7 am.
