I'm attempting to establish a new habit. I don't know if I will be successful, but today was a successful first step.
I mentioned back when I talked about new year's resolutions that besides eating a bit better by following the Slimming World plan, I also wanted to try and be a little more active, and with that in mind I decided to pick up Fitness Boxing for Switch. I'd previously had some success with Wii Fit and EA Sports Active, so I thought I'd give this one a shot — the fact it required less setting up than EA Sports Active in particular was rather appealing, and I enjoyed the demo.
Anyway, the habit that I'm attempting to establish is to get up early and do a Fitness Boxing workout first thing in the morning before breakfast, before a shower and before going to work. I've heard from numerous people that doing an early morning workout is supposedly a good way to give yourself energy for the rest of the day (though right this second I'm not quite feeling it!) and so I wanted to give it a try.
I've been wanting to get up earlier for a while. The habit I need to break is letting my alarm go off and snoozing it until literally the last possible minute before I need to get up and go to work. I may have trouble getting to sleep at night, but for some reason in the morning I seem to have no difficulty whatsoever. In fact, even this morning despite getting up earlier than usual I was still later than I intended because I fell asleep after my first alarm… and had a very odd dream in the process, but that's a story for another day.
I know that getting up early in the morning is a good thing, particularly if it allows you to do things you wouldn't have time to do otherwise, or that would interfere with your "free" time in other ways. I could keep getting up at the same time I have been and do my Fitness Boxing workouts in the evening, but that takes up a chunk of the evening I'd rather spend writing and/or gaming. This way, I get to do something positive first thing in the morning then have my whole evening free to whatever I want (or need) to.
I actually used to get up super early in the morning back when I was working in teaching. Of course, part of this was necessity, since I was working in a school 35 miles away from where I lived, but I managed to train myself into the habit of getting up early enough that I could watch a full-length episode of Alias on DVD before leaving the house to face the day. So I'm pretty sure I can get myself into the habit of getting up early enough to do a 35-minute workout before heading to my work that is just a couple of miles from my current house. At least it doesn't mean getting up at 5am.
Anyway, this is the intention. Who knows if I'll be able to stick to it? We'll see, though. We'll see!
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