Shake it up !

Sometimes it feels good to shake things up a bit.  Not in a major way, but enough to get you thinking and acting a little differently.

I had an opportunity to switch around my work schedule to a much earlier one and I decided to take it!
Previously I would awaken at 6 AM, have a cup of coffee and go to the gym.  Then I would come home, eat breakfast and shower, then head into work for 9:30 AM, to work until 6 PM.   This was all good, I was used to it and I enjoyed working out before work, it felt good to get that done first thing.

Starting last week my schedule flipped around.  I now get up at 4:30 AM,  have coffee and breakfast and head out to work for 6 AM.   I am done with work at 2:30 PM (this is the awesome part!) and then stop home, go to the gym, come back with plenty of time to cook dinner, shower and early to bed.

The first week was definitely rough, the first day was fine but I  got progressively tired as the week went  on.  It felt good to just wake up, eat and head to work, but by 2:00 PM  I was starting to drag.   Plus it took effort to go to the gym right after work,  especially if I needed to pick up groceries or do any other errands.   This was the danger of working out later in the day, the longer you wait the more things try to pile up and stop you...

I decided that what was most important was to do everything that I would ordinarily do each day,  just do it at a different time.   I made sure that I went to the gym everyday and did my normal workout.  It made more sense now to shower and wash my hair at night, to save time in the morning.  All of this felt odd and it was hard getting used to going to bed at 9 PM instead of 10 or 11.

I have made it to week two and it is feeling much better !   The roads are nice and quiet at 5:30 AM, and it feels wonderful to be done with the work day by the middle of the afternoon.  I am getting used to working out later in the day , and I love having time to cook dinner and not feel rushed and stressed when I get home.  I definitely think that this is a good thing.  Sometimes, it is good to shake things up.