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Two Minutes of Discomfort

February 20th, 2009 - Uncategorized - 3 Comments »

I’m not a morning person. I never have been. I was talking about that with my wife today and came to a huge realization (a realization that is going to radically change my life). Once I get in the shower in the morning, I’m fine. When I get a cup of coffee, I’m double fine. It doesn’t matter what time it is as long as those things happen.

What’s miserable (and what makes me “not a morning person”) are those two minutes between my alarm going off and the hot water actually hitting my body. So the deadly realization here is that I’ve been avoiding those early morning hours like the plague because I don’t want to deal with two minutes of discomfort. Two freaking minutes.

So, starting tomorrow, I’m going to wake up at 6:00 A.M. for 30 consecutive days in hopes that a habit forms and my life changes forever.

  • dan

    I want updates at days 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and then a follow up full entry at 30 where we get to find out if your life has been changed…
    also – Thad Gilliam has found it makes it easier for him when he prepares the coffee the night before and then sets the timer so it is already brewed when he walks in the kitchen….

  • Bryan

    If I’ve been doing the same thing at 6:30, am I less of a Christian? I’ve also realized that there are two type of morning people. There are morning exercisers (my wife), and morning move-from-the-bed-to-the-recliner-to-drink-coffee-and-stare-without-falling-back-asleep morning people (me). Which are you wanting to become?

  • wtstanto

    exercise in the morning? ha! good one.