{"id":1232,"date":"2007-12-21T05:59:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-21T05:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janaremy.com\/?p=1232"},"modified":"2007-12-21T05:59:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-21T05:59:00","slug":"a-gift-for-myself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/2007\/12\/21\/a-gift-for-myself\/","title":{"rendered":"a gift for myself"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"flickr-frame\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pilgrimgirl\/2126485670\/\" title=\"photo sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2251\/2126485670_3d80baaf99.jpg\" class=\"flickr-photo\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/> <span class=\"flickr-caption\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pilgrimgirl\/2126485670\/\">me, in a blue scarf<\/a>, originally uploaded by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/pilgrimgirl\/\">pilgrimgirl<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"flickr-yourcomment\"> So what I decided to <a href=\"http:\/\/pilgrimgirl.blogspot.com\/2007\/12\/christmas-for-me.html\">give to myself<\/a> for the Christmas season?  My mornings.<\/p>\n<p>Usually I get up, grumpy and tired, do what needs to be done to get the kids to school, settle in a drowsy lump on the couch and read my email.  Then if I need to teach I&#8217;ll rush to get ready and head to campus.  If not, I&#8217;ll read email and fiddle on the computer for a few hours until I&#8217;m totally embarrassed that I&#8217;m not yet showered and ready for the day.<\/p>\n<p>I was letting my mornings happen to me instead of taking control of them. I decided, starting Dec 15th, that I would control my mornings better.  I would spend time making a daily task list, I would indulge myself a bit in a tasty breakfast, get showered, and take a brisk brief walk to my garden before I open my computer.  Most of all, I decided to avoid email and google reader until the late morning.  So I can get more of my work done before seeing what everyone else in the world is up to.<\/p>\n<p>In truth, none of my mornings has truly worked out this way.  Two of the mornings this week I was in so much pain it was nearly impossible to do anything but just sit and moan a lot.  But I did avoid email until at least 10 am.  One of the mornings I had a phone interview with a colleague on the East Coast at 9 am.  I had to get up early to prep for the interview and then had to check my email for updates beforehand.  On yet another of the mornings I had to be  at the Admin Bldg at 8 am to straighten out a funding snafu (grrr, 3 hours later it was finally settled).<\/p>\n<p>But while none of the mornings have been my ideal, I have worked on making task list for each day and setting mini goals and priorities.  I&#8217;ve spent less time on the computer and more time in morning meditation (healing meditation!).  Tomorrow morning I will be up very early to go see my masseuse friend&#8211;she squeezed me into her schedule at a rather ungodly hour.  So technically I won&#8217;t be following the morning guidelines that I set for myself.  But really, is there a better way to start the day [to JW: note that I didn&#8217;t say that a massage was better than sex]?<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and one more thing: guess what&#8217;s kept me warm and cozy each and every morning?  See <a href=\"http:\/\/movingrightalong.typepad.com\/moving_right_along\/2007\/12\/so-once-i-got-t.html\">the scarf in the picture<\/a>?  \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>me, in a blue scarf, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl. So what I decided to give to myself for the Christmas season? My mornings. Usually I get up, grumpy and tired, do what needs to be done to get the kids to school, settle in a drowsy lump on the couch and read my email. 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