Sleepy girls new routine

I set a new sleep goal. And my why was a lack of ownership that I had been having for several
years in this area. For a longer time my husband was the one who had an earlier work shift than
me. So I had adjusted myself to just drag along with his sleeping schedule.

At night he would tell me, when he felt tired and we would need to go to sleep. And usually I would
be all grumpy about it. Not proud, but just telling you the honest truth here. As a night owl I was
growing up staying awake until midnight or even longer. So that was what my body was trained to
prior to growing up.

In the morning I wouldn’t have my own clock waking me up, but I would just rely on my husband's
alarm. So I experienced no ownership during the morning wake up either. What it did for me was
the illusion that I could give someone else responsibility for my sleeping routine. And it created this
thought in my mind that I couldn’t really shift my sleeping.

A few months ago I started applying what I heard from my high performance coach Brendon
Burchard, when he talked about the benefits of eight hours of sleep. I started keeping track of my
hours of sleep so that they would match the eight hours.

A few weeks back I was listening to creative coach Gloria Atanmo speak in my coaching program 

and she suggested that I give it a try to shift the sleeping routine one hour earlier. And see what 

happens. So I did.

This is how my new sleeping routine looks like. I go to bed now at 9 pm and I also always set my 

alarm to wake me up at 5 am. This way I get one hour of uninterrupted time to work with my content creation. I’ve been loving this new routine. The peace and quiet in the morning is priceless for a boy mom like me.

What I’ve also been loving is the ownership that I’m taking in the area of sleep. Now when the night
comes, I start feeling such deep contentment from just the thought of going to sleep early. It’s almost
like my body is telling me, how happy it is for this new change.

What is your experience with sleep? Is it an area where you experience having ownership or are you
like me and long for a change?