and I immediately put my feet on the floor and try to remember to thank God for the day. So taking what would work for me (getting up as soon as the alarm goes off) and casting aside what would not (reciting affirmations to myself, nope) I have carved out my own little Miracle Morning routine. Drinking water right away to rehydrate is also good advice. This, surprisingly, is an effective wake-up tool. Immediately going to the bathroom and brushing your teeth. Turning your phone off early, putting your alarm clock (not your phone but an alarm clock) across the room forcing you to get up to turn it off. ![]() Elrod gives is both practical and helpful. So should you be in that state of life just disregard the getting up early part of this routine and do what you can when you can and know that you will someday sleep. It was a long period of almost psychotic exhaustion and had anyone told me I should just get up an hour before they did when I was already up nine times a night, well I would not have responded in a ladylike manner. ![]() Whenever I made an attempt to rise and grab a quick and quiet cup of coffee I was joined by the screaming masses before the first perk happened. There was a solid seventeen years whereby if I caught three consecutive hours of sleep I was golden. I was plagued with non sleeping children. When my children were much younger there was no such thing as getting up earlier than they did. This is hardly a new idea but his practical ideas about how to actually accomplish this when you have been a (ahem) lazy slugabed for years is very good advice. This sets you up to have the right frame of mind for the day. The premise is that you take command of each day by waking up very early and immediately doing a few things that further your personal development. It was a useful, although not earth shattering, book. ![]() I mentioned in my last post that I had recently read the book, Miracle Mornings by Hal Elrod.
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