my friends are really smart...

the other night i was chatting w/ the incomparable ashley....i was doing the big pity party of how i feel like i just can not get a grip on this june cleaver stuff...how lately i feel like my life has been moving at hyper speed and it is all i can do to grab some cheerios along the way for sustenance...i have piles of paper haunting me...piles of stuff to go to the goodwill....piles of stuff to return to the store...piles of laundry...kids that need to be hither & yon all week....so much e-mail correspondence i just can't get on top of it...yada, yada, yada

& then on top of all that, i want to read...to scrap...to learn stuff in some on-line classes that i've signed up for...to play...to chill

but there doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day...or enough of me to go around...

& ash hooked me up...big time

the thing is....in addition to being one of the most creatively inspiring people i know, ashley is amazingly organized...she is amazingly wise...and she is an amazing friend....so  she shared her secret for success:

GET YOUR ASS OUTTA BED

get up & movin' & groovin' before those little chillins' open their little sleepy eyes & start asking for everything under the sun....wake up & spend some alone time in the morning easing into your day....have a cup of coffee...sit...read...meditate...watch some t.v....answer some e-mails...throw the laundry in....

all in the peace & quiet of the breaking morn...

& this my friends is SO not easy for me....i love my bed...a lot....i stay up way too late...& i am a classic procrastinator who waits till the last minute to even think of doing what needs to be done...

so i made this with asher's own designer collection...rainbow sushi
and hung it on my dresser which is located directly behind my alarm clock

so when my alarm went off this morning at 5:30 am....
i heard ashley doing that military bugle song
imploring & cheering me to get outta that bed & start my day

and you know what? 
i actually got up

& it was wonderful :)

definitely doing it again tomorrow...

hope you had a fabulous monday!!

xoxoxoxox

gi

Comments

[kerry lynn]

you inspire me, cause you know i love my bed too!
maybe after i finish coughing up a lung from being so sick i'll finally cath that sunrise earth show you keep telling me about.
thanks for the pep talk yesterday sweetie! i SO needed it!!
xoxo

[amy lapi]

hey gigi :) that's great advice.

[Gillian]

Haha! I love that you made a sign of Ash's advice with her collection :) Keep us posted on this whole getting up thing.... sounds interesting ;)

[mR]

wise words for sure.
i wish i could get out of bed earlier.
I'm sure it does make a difference, but when the kids can get there own cereal started, its tempting to stay put for the extra 20 minutes.

love that you hung it by your alarm clock too.
good luck sweet gigi!

[scrapfairy]

It's so nice to hear I am not the only one to be having june cleaver probs. I know I am not as busy as you are, but it's nice to hear that other have the same prob i do. Love the sign. Need to make one to inspire me.

[Patty S]

my mom tells me that when my brother and i were little she would get up with my dad and see him off to work and meanwhile be starting the laundry or doing whatever needed to be done before we got up.
i'm like *okay, that sounds great, but what about the person that is up to at least midnight or later every night and is so tiiiiiiiiiiired that she just has a very hard time getting up any earlier than absolutely, positively necessary?*
your post is so inspiring!!!! i feel just like you do, gigi...i feel like i need more "me's" and more hours in a day. maybe i'll try getting up when todd does and get the day's mile long list of things started. then i won't feel guilty when i take time to scrap when there's dust and dirt and dog hair and dirty clothes around.
i love your little motivational masterpiece. so funky and fun and colorful that just looking at it makes you smile and want to get energized!
good luck with your early morning endeavors.
hugs, patty :-)

[lpmkate]

Glad you're joining the early risers club...my alarm goes off at 5:09am M-F and the sick thing is that I wake up at that time on the weekend.

I'm always up early, checking my email, transcribing and then I go for a walk. It's my sanity time.

[ashtothewren]

dude.
i am sooooooooooooo proud of you.
and this post gets me all ooey gooey cuz its so sweet.
i love you, and will ALWAYS be here for you.
and i can pretty much bet that you will be there for me too.
so proud of you.
alone time is grand.
xoxoxo.
aw

[ellyn]

and that's why i get out of be at 6am - it's 6:57 and i have 3 more minutes of peace then it's time to wake those kiddies and get them & me out of the door by 8. i've been doing this for the last couple years and although i don't get anything "important" done i get my me time and i guess that can be more important than those "other" tasks. enjoy it!!!! and just remember to breath and everything will fall into place....

[jayne]

Get your *arse* outta bed! LOL

I should check on you at 5:30am...that's when I get up! :D

E-mail me back...I want to see if you are going in to TT for some of the new listed dates........

~j :*
xoxo

[Sara Packard]

Hi Gigi - just wanted to say thank you for the sweet comment for my "Still" lo. It made my day - tank u! Also, I was reading this post and it cracked me up because I have been having this same pitty party ... if only I could get up between 5 & 5:30am with my husband, do 30 min's of yoga, take a shower, drink my coffee and eat some breakfast before the babies got up - my days would probably function a lot better ... well, I've set my alarm and have asked my husband to help out and I still manage to stay in my bed for another hour - it's so warm & comfy and my eyes can't seem to stay open. I won't give up yet!! Thanks for the tip!