yesterday I woke up early by accident

here’s how it made my day awesome

Tuesday night, as per usual, I didn’t get around to sleeping until after midnight. When you spend all day with a toddler, that tends to be the sacrifice you make to complete the daily to-dos.

I woke up at 4:30 AM, quite unintentionally.

I assumed I could go back to sleep, but sleep alluded me. I didn’t feel overly tired, so I finally got up around 5:30 and decided, what the heck — why not get my stuff posted to Medium while I’ve got some time to myself?

So I did that, and then I worked on a shipment and some bookkeeping for my business. I made my family breakfast from scratch while they were still asleep, and even cleared off the dining room table so we weren’t eating in front of the TV.

Friends, I had my entire to-do list done by early afternoon. While my daughter napped, I was able to relax and focus on “daily” items that sometimes get pushed aside. I did about an hour of coding, something I’ve let slide for weeks. I wrote over 500 words of my novel. I read a book in leisure and exercised and actually interacted on a few facebook groups and finished the laundry. I made dinner and got to bed early, all with a fairly clean house.

Miraculous.

Did I manage to get up early today? Nope. I’m still a work-in-progress.

But I’m converted now to this magical solution of waking up early. I’m a believer. You better bet it’s going on my list of goals.

Maybe you’ll accidentally try it for yourself someday. Then you’ll become a convert too!

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Anne Marie is a writer and entrepreneur. She lives with her husband and daughter in PA. You can find her at her online home, www.inspiration-kindled.com, or follow her on twitter @InspireEach_Day.