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These two parameters add purpose to your life

bike ride at sunrise — Yesterday morning, just after sunrise, biking 20k to Golds Gym. Notice the length of the left corner tree shadow. By this time i’ve been up since 5AM, wrote 5 blog posts, made breakfast for my Family, drove Son to school.

Can’t imagine what life would be like without a set bedtime and awakening time every day.

These two parameters add purpose to your life and give you something to focus on that signals the start of an exciting day, and the end of a wonderfully productive and joyful day.

The proverbial starting line and finish line.

To not have something worth waking up early for feels like you’re cheating yourself, your potential.

To not have a promise to yourself to call it a day and reward yourself with adequate rest for the coming day seems juvenile to me.

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The day begins the night before

Does waking up excite you?

Does waking up feel like a chore?

Hit the snooze repeatedly?

Can’t wait for your alarm to go off?

Going to bed early to get adequate rest is one of the most elusive habits for adults.

There will always be exceptions, and unpredictable issues keeping us awake later, but on average, we should be in control of the rest of our time.

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Totally missed the mark last night

Totally missed the mark last night.

Most of my life i used an easy “fix” for a crazy-busy schedule (which is a daily occurrence).

Morning coffee.

Over time, what i created (and possibly you too) was a lifelong habit of sleep deprivation.

And over time, to keep up the “energy” during the day, i’d drink mid-day caffeine too.

The antidote that works for me is eight hours of sleep and a meaningful life-purpose.

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To deny this feels unnatural

To deny this feels unnatural.

How’s the daily routine?

A daily, regular and intentional bedtime?

A daily, regular and intentional rise-and-shine time?

Health benefits that pay long-term dividends.

The ability to awaken without hitting the snooze?

The excitement for the gift of another day?

Of course this isn’t possible everyday. Life happens. But fight, daily, to create and sustain a healthy daily routine.

Otherwise we’ll be fighting daily to compensate for an unhealthy daily routine.

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

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Getting eight hours of sleep is a renewed focus

High School Baseball field — Getting eight hours of sleep feels like a home run. Photo: two days ago after school.

Eight nights ago i got 10 hours of sleep. This is big. And every night since then has been 8 or 7.5, including the last three nights clocking in at eight.

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

This website is about our physical health. To easily and safely leave this site to read today’s post on jeff’s spiritual health website, click here.