Who Says Turning 30 Can’t Be a Fresh Start?

This morning I jumped out of bed at 5am when my alarm went off.

Something was different today though. I was happy.

I actually woke up before my alarm, and instead of instantly being bombarded by an onslaught of unhelpful thoughts that normally come at that hour (you know the ones I’m talking about, because they’re likely the same ones that enter your mind at whatever hour you wake up), I actually felt excited.

My New Life

It was day one of “my new life,” as I’m calling it. It had arrived once again!

At that second when my alarm beeped me out from under my covers, it didn’t matter that I have started on this path many times before. It didn’t matter that this wasn’t my first attempt at waking up early and once again trying to establish a daily morning routine for myself.

What mattered was that I was going to do it. I was going to get up at 5am, today and every day after this.

I was going to change my life once and for all, and it started with today. Right now. It started the moment I chose to get up, walk over to the alarm clock, turn it off — and not go back to sleep.

It started with the excitement I felt when I woke up and realized all the fun things that were waiting for me: all the books to be read, the things to be…