End of week one
The good:
- I've been up every day at 5:30 AM
- I've started on my book project and made some progress
The bad:
- 5:30 AM isn't early enough
- I'm not getting enough work done before having to get my older son off to school
The ugly
- Being fixed on a time to go to sleep -- especially when that time is earlier than my 11-year-old's bedtime is strange for my family
- Dinner time in my house is usually around 7:30 PM. I'm in bed by 9:30 PM. I really have to start eating less dinner, because I just can't ask my family to change dinner habits to support my new sleep habits -- perhaps if a year from now I'm still at it, I might make a case. Until then, I think its eat less.
But now the weekend is here. Life's experience tells me that if I don't get to sleep relatively early even on weekends, every Monday morning will be like starting over. However, I'm fairly certain that bringing my date (wife) home by 9 PM isn't likely to be a popular idea. That should be an interesting negotiation.
My older son is turning 16 soon. I might be able to afford an inexpensive third family car. That way he'd be able to get himself to school and that would save me over an hour in the morning. If he drives himself, I get two hours of work instead of one and on top of that I'd have the time to ride my bike to work -- at least a time or two a week. Here's an odd twist to that story: if I buy a third car, and have to pick up his insurance, the added expenses put additional pressure on me to move these writing projects along.
Life is very entertaining. I'm liking it.