The art of silent mornings
I know you have seen the videos giving tips on how to be a morning person, how to wake up early, and the morning routines of ultra-productive people who wake up at 4 am ready to kick butt like Jackie Chan. These people are admirable and a lot of the videos provide sound advice that should be part of a healthy lifestyle whether you aim to wake up early or not, quality sleep and good sleep hygiene are necessary for a quality life. I don't have a problem with early risers as the title might have led you to believe after the early bird gets the worm. What I do have a problem with, are early risers who do not value silence in the morning.
I believe the first 30 to 60 minutes (or even more if possible) after waking up should be spent in silence. Your devotion should be silent meditation. If you have a partner or a roommate or live with family, they will be acknowledged after those 60 minutes. I haven't met many people who share this belief which has led to arguments and people I have spaces with to assume I am a grumpy none morning person. When in reality I just do not want to be spoken to, I don't even want my thoughts to speak to me. I want my soul to float as I exist unattached, to be before the world requires me to do.
So how do you not be a morning person? Wake up at the same time you have been waking up and go through the routine you established for yourself but shut up, shut your thoughts (if that is even possible), shut all sounds within your control. Be with yourself. It's not some magical moment and you won't get any tingles (unless you are an extrovert, I hear they short circuit at the thought of being with themselves). But the world has gotten so good at removing us from ourselves, making connection with others so easy and instantaneous that we have become disconnected from our own actuality.
that's cute xoxo
Oyama
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