Knightly Journal

Britta the Morning Person

I will get up by 5:15 to work every morning. My oath: I will get up by 5:15 to work every morning.

August 22, 2012 I chose my oath because I feel like I have very little control over the demands on my time. Last year (and the year before that, and the year before that), I made an oath to get up and exercise every morning. That was a great plan. When I followed through, I was a healthier and happier person. Exercising in the morning meant that nothing during the day would sidetrack me; my work out was finished early. The problem has been that I hate to get up and exercise. I hit the snooze button many times and rationalize in my mind all of the reasons why I should just stay in bed and get more sleep. Because I have battled this oath for so long, and I am not very successful at it, I have decided to “flip” my life. I usually grade papers, plan, and do other work in the afternoons after school. This year I am going to try to work for an hour in the morning instead, leave school earlier in the afternoon, and work out as soon as I get home. This, of course, means that I will be reading your writing at 5:30 am! We’ll see how that goes.