I loved Osemhen’s post, The 3 Types of Morning, and when I said so, she asked me to write a similar one. I’m an owl and I had to train myself to wake up early: the battle is ongoing. Here are my 3 types of mornings:
The Perfect Morning
- Wake at 5:00 a.m.
- Tiptoe out of bedroom leaving in bed husband and sometimes toddler who toddled in an hour ago.
- Praise and worship. God’fessions. Prayer. Read Bible using LA Family devotional.
- At 5:45 a.m. Sit at dining table, turn on laptop and start proofreading Connect Nigeria articles in Drafts. Schedule for publishing.
- At 6:45 a.m., change into tank top and yoga pants
- Go for one-hour power-walk listening to a sermon or music.
- 7:50, shower, pamper skin, dress, all the while playing loud music
- 8:10 a.m., cuddle freshly bathed toddler (God bless my assistant!), fix breakfast for everyone, eat, kiss hubby bye.
- 8:45 a.m., dodge toddler, lock guest room door* and start writing articles or editing client’s book.
The Imperfect Morning.
- Snooze alarm till 6:00 a.m.
- Tiptoe out of bedroom leaving in bed husband and sometimes toddler who toddled in two hours ago.
- Sing just one song, skip Bible reading and do only God’fessions and quick prayers.
- 6: 30 a.m., sit at dining table, turn on laptop and start proofreading Connect Nigeria articles in Drafts and publishing immediately.
- 7:30 a.m., change into tank top and yoga pants
- Go for one-hour power-walk listening to a sermon or music.
- 8:35 a.m., back home, find hubby has fixed breakfast for himself. Feel bad (he does his own everything, it’s one of the few things I do for him 😦 ). Head to shower, pamper skin, dress.
- 8:55 a.m., quick cuddle for toddler. “Where is daddy?” “He has gone”. Pick phone to harass hubby along the lines of “you’re owing me my hug and my kiss!”
- 9:00 a.m., dodge toddler, lock guest room door and start writing articles or editing client’s book.
The OMG-what-have-I-done Morning.
- Wake at 8:00 a.m.! Why oh why did I stay up late reading that novel? When did I turn off the alarm? Can’t remember.
- Fly out of bed without noticing who is where.
- Skip praise and worship, God’fessions, prayer and devotional completely. Mutter arrow prayers while putting on laptop. “Thank you Jesus.” “Bless my day, Father.”
- Find that Connect Nigeria did not wait for me and some urgent articles have been published with errors. Feel horrible and unprofessional. Start revise editing.
- Skip power-walk. Sit at dining table proofreading.
- 9:00 a.m., find hubby has eaten breakfast he fixed for himself. Want to die. Guiltily collect kiss still sitting at dining.
- 10 a.m, still at dining table in night gown, writing articles or editing client’s book until “professional conscience” is assuaged an hour and half later.
- 11:30 a.m., shower, rush skincare, dress and resume editing at dining table, lamenting forfeited prayer time, Bible reading and power-walk, generally feeling crappy and unable to redeem the day.
*I work from home. The guest room is my “office”.
Haha! Power-walk ko, power-walk ni. May all our mornings be perfect, in Jesus name!
LMHO! Best part of my day o, that walk. Amen!
Aww!! I really have to do this post! Enjoyed reading this!
I’m glad you did! I can’t wait to read yours 😀
Brilliant writing. I could see it all in my mind’s eye. Please how did you train yourself to wake up early? Do share. 😀