What are the things you need to do within 30 minutes of waking up to ensure your day gets off on the right foot? What happened the last time you didn’t do one of these things?
(This prompt was inspired by a suggestion from kimscaravelli. Thanks!) Ben Huberman
Being left- handed may influence which foot is the right one to step onto getting out of bed!
If I don’t stop to do my exercises in bed before I step out, the day is set for disaster. A prolapse is a common condition for the older woman, but it can be managed. A distasteful subject, I can hear you say! When little Jack comes into the bedroom and suggests breakfast, now that he’s six, I can say, ‘I need to do my ‘tummy exercises’ before I get up.’ This he understands and patiently waits.
When the grandchildren were younger, I’d rush from bed at the first squeak and pay the price later. Pain rushing to the nether regions would alter my whole demeanor. Grumpiness is not a quality grandchildren need to remember. So, exercise it is, at the beginning of the day, the end and once in between, if given the opportunity. Sitting in a movie or being driven in a car are both perfect opportunities for these subterranean activities.
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Barbara Pyett 
I try to remember one of the Lessons dogs can teach us, which was to stretch on rising. It makes a difference to the old bones, if I can only remember to do it before leaping out of bed.
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That makes great sense Hilary, shall think of you as I stretch each morning! 🙂
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Ha! Falling out of bed in the morning is all I can take until I drag myself to the kitchen and do pull ups to reach the counter and then the heavy work of turning on the machine….
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Kanzen, I can picture you, it’s amazing how many of us rely on coffee to wake us in the morning! 🙂
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Hey…I’m doubly addicted – coffee first to get me awake and then, coca cola to keep me awake!
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Coca cola has not been part of my life, nor my children’s lives. I guess my father telling me it would rot my teeth, may have had something to do with this!! All Tasmanians had rotten teeth, without Coca cola!! 🙂
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“Subterranean activities!” Oh, i absolutely love that phrase. I can relate, Barbara, but had the problem removed a few years ago. Somewhat of a blessed relief.
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Good to hear that you had that irritant removed Barbara, I shall keep that in mind!!
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Would you mind if I re-blog ‘Political thoughts’? A very impressive article.
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Very happy for you to do this as is the author! 🙂
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Coffee making exercises are strenuous Gerard, but rewarding too! You did make me smile with your last comment. I’ve never read Dr. Spock… so have missed out on ‘proper’ childrearing methods!
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Dr Spocks books on bringing up children was the bible for couples in the sixties and seventies. It was very against punishment and believed kids should be allowed to do anything and free to follow every whim, including rioting and throwing bricks. Children were guiding the parents. He himself at a later stage admitted he had it wrong on some issues.
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I had my first child in 1970, and I guess because I was living in non English countries at the time, didn’t get tempted. I did meet children who had been introduced to this way of thinking, and didn’t admire the outcome! Balance in all things is my motto!!
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Well, I get up without any exercise and I am here to tell the tale. Coffee making is hard work unscrewing the perculator , filling its little container, switching the gas. Sugar not one but two cups, milk, stir…it just goes on and on.
If grumpy when the grandkids are here… a good smack also goes a long way.. Dr Spock had it all wrong!. 😉 🙂
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