5 a.m.: I’m a naturally early riser, so I get up with out an alarm clock. This manner, I don’t get up my husband, who’s an evening owl and sleeps later.
5:05 a.m.: I drink some heat water, which soothes my abdomen.
5:10 a.m.: I stretch and meditate in my yoga room for about quarter-hour.
5:30 a.m.: I’ve breakfast to ship a sign to my physique that it’s time to get up—often a banana and a decaf espresso.
5:45 a.m.: I sit down at my desk to begin my day. I sit by a window, to begin getting publicity to pure mild because the solar comes up, which helps maintain my circadian rhythm on observe.
5:50 a.m.: Earlier than I begin working, I verify in with my feelings, and take into consideration one thing I’m grateful for. Then, I dive into deep focus mode for the subsequent few hours.
9 a.m.: I take my canine Omo, a 10-year outdated pomeranian, out for a stroll and for a fast play session within the close by canine run. I seize a caffeinated espresso right now.
12 p.m.: I end my final cup of espresso. I by no means drink caffeine after midday, as in any other case it lingers in my system and makes it exhausting for me to go to sleep.
4 p.m.: I’m naturally most centered within the morning and have a tendency to lose steam within the afternoon, which is why I begin my workday so early. I cease working round this time, to present my mind time to wind down from the workday.
4:10 p.m.: I depart my residence to satisfy a buddy for a exercise class.
5:45 p.m.: I’ve dinner with my husband. Tonight we’re having one in every of our favorites, Kalbi tang, which is a Korean short-rib stew. We eat early, in order that my physique has three hours to completely digest the meal earlier than it’s time for mattress.
6:30 p.m.: I’m going for a stroll across the neighborhood with my husband.
7:15 p.m.: I spend about an hour studying a ebook. Proper now I’m studying Possibly You Ought to Discuss To Somebody by Lori Gottlieb and I’m loving it. I learn paper books, slightly than on my cellphone or pill, to attenuate my night publicity to blue mild, which may suppress your physique’s manufacturing of melatonin and make it tougher to go to sleep.
8:15 p.m.: I take a heat tub.
8:45 p.m.: I do 10 minutes of restorative yoga, to get my physique in tune with my relaxed thoughts.
8:55 p.m.: I flip down the temperature in my bed room to 67 levels, a perfect temperature for wholesome sleep.
9 p.m.: I placed on my eye masks and my ear plugs and fall asleep, permitting myself a full eight hours of sleep earlier than waking up at 5 a.m. the subsequent morning.
