In the last couple of weeks, I have been jumping into the start of my work day (every day for me is a work day). I should be centering myself, getting my water, coffee and something to eat, and planning my day. I find that when I just jump into the work, I lose track of taking care of me and doing the things to make me successful. It becomes all about everyone and everything else, and trying to make others happy. Which ultimately makes me less productive all around.
I am going to focus the first 90 minutes or so of my daily awake time around getting me physically, medically, mentally, and organizationally prepared for the other 930 minutes of my day.
The hard part is getting around my negative voice telling me that I’m stealing from others if I take that time for myself first in the morning. The voice that tells me I get out of bed and need to immediately serve others AND tells me it would be so much nicer just to stay in bed all day. Maybe I should just tell the negative voices to go fight it out in a corner!
I want to believe that I am worth spending that first 9.7% of my day on myself.