Wake Up!

It is true - some things cannot be taught, they ought to be learnt. How many times have we heard the "early to bed, early to rise" advise.

Starting this week, and its been only two days I know, I retire to bed pretty early. I am trying to get myself into a pattern of waking up early. I like to start my day slow. No hush hush. Wake up, shower, prayers, tea and glide through that to work. Its now been 15 years at work. Long time it feels already! With another 25 to go at best, I dont want to carry this with the chaotic madness of a raging bull.

Waking up early also gives me a much longer and a much more energetic day in view of its length to do things. It also helps balance the different aspects of life rather than looking at a day from only one standpoint - work. To me, I like to accomplish several aspects in a day - spirituality, family, work, social, routine responsibilities and personal. Some, I do like to focus more on the weekends, but I havent been very impressed by leaving a bulk of this list to weekends. It doesnt work well in the longer run. It is best to establish and follow a routine that balances things on a consistent basis and it will get in as a habit.