It’s the time before bed that you check up on all the bad and boring social media posts and its the time you take to wake up and enjoy coffee with the Today show.
Your ‘me’ time is something you unconsciously create for your daily schedule and feel out of sync if it doesn’t happen. I could definitely go to the gym every morning if I wanted to, but then I would have to rush start by day and jump right into responsibilities. By waking up about an hour before class, my mind warms up and I able to 100 percent focus, even at 930 a.m.
During these ‘me’ times you could also be meditating or stretching as a way to wake up. Another is working out, in which some people thoroughly enjoy waking up at 5 a.m. for cardio.
This week I read an article about procrastination for my Magazine Writing class and it said that a way to avoid the act is to set several small short term goals and to barter with yourself the outcome of if you don’t complete a task. So, if I mail this letter, bring my clothes to the dry cleaner and hit the gym, i’ll have the rest of the day to do nothing! At least that’s my college student state of mind. Get everything done ASAP and relax the rest of the time…or study.
Even when you’re not in school it’s great to be studying. My one aunt is taking up painting and after a few years she’s pretty good and loves learning more and more about it each and every day. When I’m on break at home, I try to dig deeper into my Buddhism book and take notes or catch up in my journal. These are simple examples of time you set aside to reward yourself.
Sometimes it doesn’t even have to be rewarding yourself, but I knew on Sunday after spending five hours in the library, that I should enjoy the sunshine and birds chirping before it went away and I did. It was as if I closed my books and packed up like I was on a mission to take an hour of personal enjoyment. It was an hour to reset and get back to my work with a fresh mind-state, which is necessary for all fields.
This idea also ties into the importance of just being alone. Some people can’t handle it and need people to be around from dusk to dawn. I’m not one of those people, so i’m not sure I can vouch for how that feels, but I stress that it’s important to experience alone time because it strengthens your independence and creates originality.
As a Libra, I find it difficult to make decisions on my own without several opinions first and ‘me’ time could also have an impact on your decision making by personally evaluating pros and cons of a situation to determine the outcome.
Overall, setting a few minutes aside to give yourself time to wake up and to meditate before sleeping, you’ll sleep better and most likely have a clearer mind entering your day. The kids I see who roll out of bed into class, are usually the ones asking “uhhhh…so what do we doo???” and i’m in the back of the room shaking my head in annoyance.
Give yourself time to wake up and to ease into bedtime-mode because your body will thank you in the long run.