Owl to Lark in 30 days

(It's been a long time.  Several reasons are compelling me to start writing again.  Mostly it's because there are many new things in my life and I have enough mental space to feel like sharing.  I'm happy.  I'm inspired by life and by others.  It's also because my friend Leanne mentioned it.  And I like her gentle prodding and curiosity about why I stopped writing.)

For reasons I will not share here, I've decided to refashion myself into a morning person.  I have not been a morning person since my undergrad days when I had 8:30 classes.  At that time I'd wake up at 5:30 and head to the gym, come back, groom, go to the cafeteria, and then head to class.  I guess in some ways things haven't changed.  I still need 3 hours to get ready in the morning.  But now I squeeze in meditation too.  I like a slow introverted start.

So I entered into a 30-day challenge that I call Owl to Lark.  Today was day 7.  I was worried about today because it's Sunday and unlike yesterday I didn't have an 8am meeting.  There was nothing to compel me to get up at 6.  But I did.  Actually the getting up part hasn't been too hard.  It's the falling asleep that's not happening as smoothly as I'd like.  I have lights out at 10:30 but end up tossing and turning until 11:30 or later.  It's ok on the weekend when I can take a 20-30 minute nap to catch up but during the week, I end up quite tired by the end of the day...but still can't fall asleep!  Some have suggested reading Derrida ("...and if you don't fall asleep, you learn something!")  Maybe. I'll try 10 minute meditation and see if that changes anything.

A song for this post.