Self - Improvement : A Work in Progress

After years of wanting something that I never fully went after, I'm turning over a new leaf. 

It's time that I took time for myself, to learn, read, and do what I want to.

In the past, I have spoken about my goal to start waking up at 5am, I was never able to stick with it.

I have once again realized that you dont' just get better at things by wanting to be better, you have to make the conscious decision, and take steps toward self-improvement.

In my downtime, I have been listening to podcasts about Love, Happiness, Depression, Money Decisions, Project Management, all things that I would like to learn more about. And it has been extremely inspirational.

I think I have failed in the past because it was too drastic of a change, I went from staying up till 1am, to trying to get myself to bed at 9. It didn't work.

But this time, this time is different. I have been going to sleep early for almost a year now, because my fiancé, must wake up at 3/4am every day for work.

I saw my opportunity, and I'm taking it. 

I'm being more realistic with my decision this time; I have been waking up at 6am.

This morning was the second morning with this new change. 

When I woke up today, I found a podcast I was interested in, which happened to be a TED Talk called: 

This could be why you're depressed or anxious | Johann Hari . 

I do recommend this podcast to those who are feeling this way. It's important to take steps to fix issues in your life. 

Anyway, while listening to this podcast, I washed my face, made breakfast and drank some tea. 

When the podcast ended, I picked up a book that I have been trying to finish for years, Me Before You by Jojo Moyes. I also recommend this book, it's quite good. 

But the point of this post isn't to tell you about my morning, it's more or less a way to keep myself accountable for this new change I want to implement in my own life. And if I happen to inspire you in the process, then so be it. 

I even have a friend who is waking up around the same time as me, and we have decided to hold each other accountable for getting up on time. I have a fall back, in case my blog posting, or my friend don't end up being enough to make sure I get up early.

I plan on using this time before the world wakes, for self-care, reading, and doing things that make me happy, like blogging, painting or learning a new language. 

Someone once said: "When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too."