Those are the things that helped me get out of bed this morning (see title).
It's currently about 9:30, and I've been awake for two hours. For those of you who have been reading my blog for a long time, you know that me getting up at 7:30 is the exception, not the norm — I am a horrible morning person, not to mention I have an uncanny ability to sleep right through my alarms.
This morning, though, I had a very good reason to be getting up so early: I had to check for an email from a client who lives on the East Coast, and is therefore two hours ahead of me. He had emailed me Monday to ask if I could do some major revisions on an article I wrote for him last week. (And, I should add, he paid me very generously for the last-minute revisions.)
My client needed the completed article this morning so that he could send his newsletter to the printer. I sent him the completed revisions last night, but I needed to check this morning and make sure he didn't need anything else before the copy was due. That meant getting up when the day began in his time zone.
As it turned out, my client didn't need anything else, but I'm glad I got up early: I've gotten a lot done this morning. So far, I've gotten a lot of work email and other administrative tasks out of the way, updated a couple of my more neglected blogs, and read my Wednesday newsletters. And I still have hours left to spend on billable work!
It's going to be a productive day — I can already tell!
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2 comments:
I'm way too much of a morning person! I'm up at 7 even on the weekends. I get to the computer about 8 and I start blogging first, surfing second, and working third. It's amazing the amount of stuff you can get done before the rest of the working world gets busy!
I agree, but I'd have to say that for me, the time AFTER everyone else goes to bed is usually the most productive for me. :o)
I did enjoy being up earlier today, but I like sleeping in even better. I have a feeling only becoming a mommy or having horse property (and having to feed early in the morning) has the power to break me of that habit.
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