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I’ve been working on a lot of habits during this pandemic. The habit of going to be earlier and not staying up late. This is something I’ve struggled with and continue to struggle with. There are points in the evening where I just don’t want to go to bed. Or I’ll have a string of going to bed at a good time and then a night where I don’t. I did this last night where I really didn’t have anything to do and just procrastinated going to bed. If I’m reading the stoic right instead of sleeping in, I should get up at the same time and go about my day as I would. Albeit a little more tired.

It sort of happened this morning. My body naturally woke up around the same time I’ve been getting up. I’ve been cursing the night me for making that decision but really maybe the night me should take into consideration that morning me is going to get up and go for a run and then cook breakfast and then go to work. Reframing how I look at future situations may help.