The 5am Hour

5am is the hour when legends are either waking up or going to sleep

For the biggest part of this year, I have been waking up at 4:45am or 5am. Unfortunately for me, it has not been very easy at all. Some mornings I have literally got out of bed walking like a zombie with bloodshot eyes after going to bed past 2am.

See, two things have happened this year; one, I made a decision to always be the one to get my older son ready for school no matter what. I mean, it doesn’t matter if I get home at 3am in the morning on a school night, I will set 10 alarms if I have to, but I shall be the one to get my son ready for school. Two, I started mountain biking every Sunday morning, which means I can no longer stay out late on Saturday nights.

Anyways, back to the 5am hour. Not only do I get to enjoy an hour of bonding with my older son from 5am to 6am every morning, I also get to get an early start for my day. The hour from 6am to 7am has turned into my personal hour where I get to reflect about what my plans for the day, or I get in a few minutes of a workout, and all this sort of gets me in a zone that literally drives my day – its amazing.

A couple of times I have been out with one of my very good friends on a school night and told him how I have to turn in early to be able to get up at 5am without trouble and he constantly tells me, I quote
“Why do you make yourself suffer when you can afford a helper who will get up at 5am to get your son ready for school?”
My answer to him has constantly been the same, I LOVE DOING IT.

Honestly, I can’t wait for the time when my passion for the bonding time and what I do (read work) starts getting me up.
When I won’t have to set any alarms.
When the “excitement” to start my day will just spring me out of sleep.. BOOM! Just like that.

Here is to growing, to learning, to being more passionate about the things that mean a lot to us.
Here is to the 5am hour!

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