Hey Reader
Has it been warm enough for you this week? It's been glorious here, I'm a real sun lover, made for Flip-Flops!
It certainly has been warm enough for the birdies around my way! I never really paid attention before to just how bloody loud they are! Unit now..........
Rise & Shine… Said the Birds (Not You)
Let’s set the scene:
It’s 4:45 a.m.
I'm curled up in bed, desperately trying to cling to that last dream before the day begins.
And then it starts...
Caw. Tweet. Chirrup. Tweet. Chirrup. Caw.........
A full-blown Dawn Chorus Symphony on just outside my bedroom window! I'm sure they get together on next doors chimney pots just to annoy me!
I raise an eyebrow and check the time, sigh dramatically, and whisper, “Seriously, Maureen?”
(I’ve named the loudest one. She’s relentless, and it's usually a Magpie! So loud.....)
Then the cat perks up as she can hear them. So, she hangs on the blind to get you to move the blind and up on the windowsill she jumps and SHE starts chattering! Lilly give it a rest!
Now, if you’re anything like the wonderful Women in their Prime I work with, sleep is a sacred, endangered species. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Between your hormones doing the Macarena, work stress, and wondering if your career still fits, you need your sleep.
And yet, nature’s tiny opera singers didn’t get the memo.
So, what can you do when the birdies decide it’s time to start your day before you do?
Here are 5 ways to deal with your feathered nemesis (without losing your marbles):
AND SLEEP......
1. Upgrade to ninja-level earplugs.
Not the ones from the travel bag in 1998. Get the memory foam ones that block sound and your will to check the time.
3. Don't reach for your phone, reach for breath-work.
Before you scroll yourself into a cortisol storm, take 4 deep belly breaths.
You’ll thank yourself by 2 p.m.
5. Accept the wake-up and reclaim the time.
Sometimes, when sleep fails you, you rise instead.
Pop the kettle on. Watch the sunrise. Journal. Move your body.
Make it your quiet win before the world demands a thing.
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2. Treat yourself to a sleep mask with side-eye powers.
Bonus points if it says, “Not today, Maureen.”
4. Keep a ‘sleep rescue kit’ by your bed.
Magnesium spray, lavender oil, and a notebook.
Jot down the thoughts at 5:12 a.m. that suddenly feel urgent (like whether or not you replied to Karen’s email from last Tuesday).
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Final thought:
Your sleep matters.
Your peace matters.
And Maureen the Magpie? She’s probably just trying to remind you that you’re still here, still rising, and still in your Prime.
So go easy on yourself today, even if it started earlier than planned.
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