I’ve never really considered myself a morning person, although I definitely have more energy than most people in the morning. (Wait…does that mean I am a morning person?) But I do really appreciate the possibilities that come with a new day. And there’s something special about the morning part of a new day, specifically. Where your roommates are still sleeping, the birds are chirping, and everything else is pretty much so quiet.
Am I crazy? Like this morning, I woke up at 7am (because an awful migraine forced me to bed at 9pm last night) and I was slightly excited because I felt rested for once and I thought WOW it’s 7am…how much can I get done before the normal college student even wakes up?? How much can I get done without disturbing anyone else? It’s thrilling in a sense!
pretty daytime sunshine at school
As college students, we tend to use weekends to crash (and I mean CRASH) because we are so sleep deprived during the week. But personally, if I sleep too long (like past 9am), I feel like I’ve wasted my day (and sleeping too long is a migraine trigger anyway). But I think there’s so much value in waking up early to appreciate the morning, then to use it to get what you need to get done in a peaceful setting.
So this morning, I woke up and graded some papers, then I decided to go to the Farmer’s Market ( http://www.32ndstreetmarket.org/index.html ) so that I could get some air and hopefully some good produce while supporting local farmers. I was fortunate enough to get a bucket of apples the vendor wanted to get rid of because they weren’t as good as the others for 3 dollars…but they were actually fine:
yum
Morning’s also a great time for reflection and organizing. We get soooooooo busy in college that we forget how to slow down and take time to plan our days and weeks and create plans of attack for getting our homework and extracurricular obligations finished.
Annnnnnnnnnd with that being said, I’m sad to say that the break of dawn is over, as it is now 2pm, but here’s to tomorrow’s morning! ;)
Until next time,
Dominique
