Some days being a grown up is hard.
I just got off of a week where I was just completely exhausted and not getting ahead. And it’s a disaster when it comes to the weekend and all I want to do is sleep, but we have to manage a grumpy toddler. I took some time on Sunday to fast and pray about what I should do. I was hoping that I would just be blessed to have the extra strength and energy I needed, but I had the clear impression that I really need to go to bed earlier and better. Of course.
Cease to be idle; cease to be unclean; cease to find fault one with another; cease to sleep longer than is needful; retire to thy bed early, that ye may not be weary; arise early, that your bodies and your minds may be invigorated.
Sarah also suggested an earlier bedtime. So we’re trying to refocus on going to bed. It’s hard. But there’s no way around it. I like getting into work early so that I can be home earlier. Having that extra hour in the afternoon makes all the difference when Sarah is dealing with an unhappy child. That means I need to wake up early (around 6:15). And that means an early bed time. We’ve pushed back our bed time reminder to 9pm, which gives me the time to shower, read scripture together, and so on. And I’m working on not letting the Internet and games keeping me up later than I want to. I’m hoping that after a week or two of this, I’ll be a more disciplined and we can go back to getting ready at 9:30pm.