Good morning! I am typing this out at 7AM on this brilliant Monday, grateful for yet another day on this planet, and the thankful that I’m still relatively okay in relation to the current coronavirus situation. I am writing this daily blog at this seemingly ungodly hour because I’ve decided that starting this week I am switching to an earlier sleep schedule: from the previous 12PM to 8AM timeframe to the new 10:30PM to 6:30AM. The primary reason for this change is simple: I want more quiet time.
Early mornings - before much of the world around me have woken up - are some of the most tranquil and silent hours to be had. In a time when we are all stuck in our homes and the neighbors are particular rowdy into the night, it’s better to go to bed early (with earplugs on, mind you) than to contend with the noise whilst trying to type out one of these or read a book for an hour. Mentally speaking it’s also better to get a bulk of my daily tasks out of the way - such as this blog, rather than having to think about something to write after a rigorous day at work. The few hours after work will be slanted towards leisure, where my mind can relax completely because the jobs of the day are done.
That’s the hope, anyways.
Not sure why I didn’t do this earlier; with the lockdown in effect since March and I’m largely working from home, I don’t necessary need to keep the old sleep schedule that was largely predicated on the fact I had an evening shift and didn’t get home until 11PM on most work days. Unencumbered with that limitation, I am free to adjust what time I go to sleep. I guess I wasn’t yet resigned to the fact that this quarantine will go on for the rest of the year, so in some ways I was still clinging on to the old way of doing things because surely we’d go back to that soon enough, right?
With COVID-19 not showing any signs of abatement in the States, coupled with the campus remaining remote for the entire Fall semester, my current situation is not going to change. Resigned to this, it was appropriate to make additional moves that would go towards improving my well-being, and I think this sleep schedule shift towards regaining a few more calm and productive hours in the morning will be really beneficial.
Happy Monday, everybody! Let’s get after it.
This little guy.