What do you need to do to get your day underway?
I know that some people just bounce out of bed and they’re instantly ready for whatever the world throws at them. Those people worry me.
When I get out of bed it’s a much slower process. My body argues with me on the merits of leaving my comfortable mattress. My mind demands that my body gets mobile, but I’m quite sure that if my body forced the issue just a little bit more, it’d win the argument far more often.
For many people the day doesn’t begin until they’ve downed a fairly strong hit of caffeine. I do enjoy a strong, black coffee once I get to work but it’s not the thing that gets my day started.
A lot of people start their day in conversation with God. They read their Bibles, seek direction, and hand the day over to the Almighty. I envy those people.
I do converse with God in short bursts at that time of the day but my head really isn’t in the right place to be discussing the big picture issues when I first tumble out of bed. Those things come later in the day for me after my brain is a little more engaged.
The big kickstart for me is generally my ride to work. At the moment my morning ride is just over 30 kilometres. The first few kilometres have me wondering what on earth I’m doing. The next few have me thinking about taking the direct route to work so that I don’t have to ride quite so far. At around the ten kilometre mark everything starts to click. I get into ‘the zone’ and start really enjoying my morning ride. By the time I hit the twenty kilometre mark I start to wonder if I really need to go to work or if, perhaps, I could spend the rest of the day on my bike.
Over the last few years I’ve very rarely taken a car to work. On the handful of occasions that I have driven or been driven, I’ve felt lethargic all day. I need the kickstart that cycling gives me.
How about you? What kickstarts your day?
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Coffee and a Bible reading:) (Not sure which order).
Exercise definitely makes a difference. Not drinking too much the night before is also crucial.
I’m an early riser, I just can’t sleep in, but I wouldn’t say I necessarily leap out of bed with enthusiasm each and every morning – some days I’m up, and that’s the best I can say about it.
Breakfast is a must. My day goes better with breakfast in me.
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Easy. I´m up and out and about. Brekkie at work.
But getting to sleep in the evening, that´s a pain mostly.
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