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Mornings

Colin Campbell
by Colin Campbell on 30/06/18 18:00
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It’s changed over the years and it will change again I’m sure but, at the moment, mostly it’s a bit like this:

Almost every day starts with a buzzing on my left wrist which is how I choose to wake myself up now (Garmin Forerunner 935)

The benefit of this is that it doesn’t usually wake up my wife whereas any other alarm will do that and probably wake up my son too.

The average time is about 6:20 but if there’s cycling to be done early then it’s 5:50.

If I get the chance to ride my bike on a Sunday then it’s 6:00 and on a Saturday it’s 7:00 (a lie in!) as I walk the dog before I take the kids swimming.

I need a couple of minutes to unfold my face because my connective tissue isn’t as elastic as it once was and so most of the time my forehead is tucked under my chin!

I move around a lot when I sleep so the bed is usually a shambles whereas my wife lies in one single position and never moves.

Almost always I sneak out and downstairs by myself and the dog is there to meet me (brilliant!)

I had taken to having a small coffee before I went out with the dog every single day but I realised this has just become a ridiculous crutch that I need to cast aside. So now it’s a big glass of water because of how dehydrated we all are when we first wake up, trainers on and out with the dog.

At this time of year it’s amazing – between 6:00 – 6:30 in the morning is really quiet and often fantastically beautiful if my eyes are open for long enough to be able to see it.

When I’m in a really good place I’m listening to something; either a book or Mindfulness as I walk the dog. I haven’t done that for ages because I haven’t been in that good a place.

It’s funny how the routines dictate how good I am in the quality of my life and how ‘effective’ I’m being. I feel like I’m on the verge to listening to a lot of things, I feel like I’m on the verge of launching again.

The walk wakes up the knee, checks out what the back is like (both left side, both a problem) checks out the pain in my right foot which is an almost ever constant.

By the time I come back from the dog, and if it’s a normal day and I’m not riding my bike, then people are up and it’s a chance to chat, have breakfast and say hi to my guys before they go on with their day.

If it’s a cycle day (like today) I feed the dog and get on the bike.

I’m tired when I wake up in the morning.

I think you’re supposed to be tired when you wake up in the morning.

It takes a few minutes to shake it off – a few minutes to get going.

The story that I tell myself first thing in a morning is the one I carry with me throughout the rest of the day.

I can return back from the dog walk ready to take on the world or I can be the most miserable bas*$@d you’ve ever met.

Funny thing is that’s a choice, I know it’s a choice and often I still make the wrong choice.

 

Blog Post Number: 1689

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