Things I Gave Up to Do Morning Activities

I wake up at 4:00 AM and spend about two and a half hours on my "morning activities." I occasionally oversleep by accident, but I generally keep it up every day.

It's finally been about half a year.

I decided to start writing about a year ago, and since I work full-time, it's hard to find time to work on days I have a shift. Initially, I used to stay up late after the kids went to sleep to get work done.

Even though I say "after the kids went to sleep," on days when I was tired from work, I wouldn't just go to the bedroom to put them to bed; I would end up falling asleep before anyone else. I'd either wake up in the morning having done nothing, or I'd jolt awake in the middle of the night and think, "Oh, man."

When I woke up in the middle of the night, I'd be sleepy and inefficient at my main job the next day. And the feeling of despair when I woke up late at night and saw the dishes still waiting to be done was something else.

I always felt like I had "my own time" after the kids went to sleep, so I kept thinking I had to stay awake even after putting them to bed.

Finish the remaining chores after they're asleep, and then, finally, my own time!

But I was nodding off so much while facing the computer because I was sleepy, and even though I was staying up late, I wasn't making any progress on writing articles. This was a total waste of time.

I gave up on staying awake.

Since I was often falling asleep while putting the kids to bed and ending up thinking "Oh, man," I decided to just give up on everything at night and go to sleep!

Even if there are chores left, I go to sleep!
I'll leave it to tomorrow's me!

And guess what?
A cycle of going to bed around 9:30 PM and waking up at 4:00 AM formed naturally! I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything at all.

I can hear people saying, "Well, obviously if you go to bed early, you can wake up early and do morning activities."
But I really had this feeling that once the kids were asleep, I was finally free!

I've brought you "Things I Gave Up to Do Morning Activities," or rather, "Things I Gave Up to Make Morning Activities Possible."