The New Early Morning Me

Ever since the kids started attending this new tuition center, we've had to adjust our schedule and sleeping hours. I've had to prepare lunch for them to take to school too because there isn't a canteen in school like before. So, it means waking up early in the morning to prep the food and lunch boxes.

Because of this I've also stopped drinking at night. And this has been life-changing.

I can't have a drink before I sleep because waking up at 6am would, then, be close to impossible.

However, it is absolutely so refreshing to wake up early in the morning to greet the sun as it creeps up in the horizon. To be awake to hear the birds chirping away their morning greetings, to hear the cock crow in the distance, to smell the untainted morning air, to watch as the buildings from afar come alight.

With that said, it's Friday today and you know what that means? A day I permit myself a drink or two! Yay!

Throughout 2017 and now, I've learned that I really don't like the feeling of a hangover, really. The stress that I must have put my body and mind through just to recover from the onslaught the night before every single day. How did I trudge through all of that?

Like they say, things happen for a reason and for me to fall sick is one. It was my body was rejecting the shit that I have been putting into it and my mind desperately putting me back on the right track.

I think I kind of like this new early morning me. If only I didn't start feeling like I miss my bed so much by lunch time. LOL We can't have it all, I guess. There's always a trade off.

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