A terrific day

Today has been great. I didn't get up as early as I would have liked, but I got a lot done today in terms of finishing up jobs for my clients, I ate very well, and I exercised twice — once for half an hour on the elliptical (I do find that daytime television is essential to the enjoyment of using the elliptical, particularly those judge shows and/or Springer—yes, Springer), and once just now, when I did 50 minutes of yoga. I feel amazing.

I'm coming to realize a few things about my time management skills (or lack thereof): I would get much more done if I started my day earlier. By this, I actually mean much earlier — Jeff Fisher mentioned in my HOW Forum post on the same subject that he starts his day at 5:30 AM and takes a nap at 4pm. That way he can get all his work done in the morning with no distractions, and he is finished by about noon and can move on to administrative and marketing stuff. I'm pondering this for my own daily routine—although I would probably have to alter it a bit. What I realized today is that I really need to do yoga earlier—if I could feel this amazing every morning, then I would get a lot more done, and if I had a few hours of really productive time first thing in the morning before clients started e-mailing me, I think I'd be a lot more productive on the whole, and I'd be able to feel like I've finished work early enough—not to mention I'd be able to get in all my various daily distractions (exercise, making meals, cleaning up, reading books, etc.). This, of course, also lends itself to much less stress in my life, because I actually feel like I'm getting everything done and I'm still doing what I need to take care of myself.

So, I'm going to give it a try starting next week. This means some major changes—primarily making it a point to get to bed by 10 on "school nights"—but I think I can make it work. If I could wake up at 6am to watch the Flying Nun and DangerMouse when I was a kid, I can certainly get up at 5:30 to get a more productive start to my day.