Ahh, this is so relevant.

To be honest, I'm so like you on these things. I also have a partner who goes to bed early and wakes with the sun. Never had a problem with it. And I, on the other hand, have just always been a night owl. And I'm also the one who loves to write.

I think the nighttime can be so fruitful for writing and thinking and pondering and all that good stuff, which I love to do. Probably too much. Definitely too much, at times. When I'm given the time for it, I will use it to do just that. And it's not inherently bad in itself, but it can form a bad habit and mess with your body rhythm. It's not healthy, and that's the truth. I've lived with and around shift workers and I've seen what swing and late night shifts can do to a person. Can take years off a life and make you sick.

So yeah, I fight to keep myself on an earlier schedule too. I fix it and then I slip a little at a time until I'm staying up too late again. It's a discipline issue, completely. And one that will show effects in time if not made right.

And I like the mornings for yoga too. I hate the days when I don't get my morning yoga in. It just doesn't feel as good. It doesn't feel as balanced or healthy for me.

I've always either worked contractually for months at a time and then off again for months, and during the time not working it's so easy to slip. Discipline is hard and especially with how we schedule our time. And now, I'm about to start a new job and so my schedule should naturally become more of a normal one just due to that fact.

But yeah, you need to spend time with your loved ones. You need to have that time to connect. Don't take that for granted, don't neglect it. There are certain rituals in our house regarding this that we do every day, like meal times, just certain things that we stop everything to do, no matter what. Never eat alone if someone else is home. Make a point to do it together.

And the sedentary nature of writing. That's the eternal issue with enjoying writing and reading. You have to sit to do it. I do listen to audiobooks sometimes. But generally, you just have no other choice, you have to sit. Sometimes I like to veg out, but other times I really hate that it's that way. I've set myself up a standing desk to help with this predicament and it has helped. I also use a yoga ball for sitting when I absolutely have to, if I'm doing online work from home. It gives some wiggleability and keeps me in mind to move around a bit more.

I'm working on it all too. You're not alone lol.

(Oh, and I see now that's a doggo not a horsey. It so looks like a horse to me in your profile pic. I think I'm just hunting associations anywhere I can. It's my fun. Don't take it from me! :P)