All the gurus talk about getting up at 4:30 AM and then doing a work out and “doing more work than a normal person does before the normal person even gets out of bed.”
That all sounds good. But have you ever noticed that the gurus don’t have to take care of children? They are either childless, have estranged children they never talk about, or have a spouse that does all the work when it comes to taking care of the children (the term for a parent that lets the other parent do all the work is “deadbeat.”)
Regardless, for a long time I’ve been telling myself I’m just gonna power through. Being tired is no factor…but it is.
I’m up during the middle of the night multiple times, woken up by my baby son. It’s been about 1.5 years since I’ve had a solid sleep through the night–and my wife wakes even more often to care for the baby. Don’t know how she does it!
I can’t remember the last time that I woke up in the morning feeling “refreshed.” It’s been a very long time.
I set my alarm early, but I never get out of bed early. Not just because I’m tired, but because I need the additional sleep, not just wanting it.
Then that means the precious morning time to complete a workout and work on a side business isn’t there. I’m not sure what I’m supposed to do about that. I’d like to get up at 5:00 AM but cannot usually get out until 7:00 AM, which still gives me a solid hour of time before I need to prepare for the day job, but I’m unable to do a workout + complete work on the side business. Not sure what to do about this. Am I just being a pussy? I don’t know.
Do I try to get healthy or die trying? Get rich or die trying? I don’t know.
What I do know is that what I’m currently doing is not working and a change of strategy is needed. And I don’t see many other options besides going harder.
Two alarms for getting out of bed. One by my bedside and one that makes me have to get out of bed to turn it off. Hour work out. Then two hours on the side business. Monday-Friday. Maybe if I just attempt it for a week I’ll see results and motivation will push me forward.
I cannot keep doing what I’m doing. My family needs me to do more.
So, I’m gonna do the only thing I can do–GO HARDER.