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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. So I typically go to bed about 10:30, and wake up at 6:15 (my older kid wakes me at this time). I do morning routine stuff until I leave the house at 7:45.

Its just that by the time I do the cleanup/morning prep/etc. after the kids are in bed, it's something like 9:45? And then yes, I want a few mins to spend with my husband, and also to read or watch tv. To decompress.

Right now, I do all my finances at lunch at work during lunch, because that is when I have time but really, I'd rather just eat my lunch and take a stroll or call my mom. I already only take a 30 min lunch. And I don't work out often enough. Twice a week, I telework, so on those days I get extra time instead of commuting, so I'm able to work out. But that's it. I'd like to up it to 5x/week. [/quote]

If you want to get up earlier, you have to go to bed earlier.  9:45 is very late to have the kids in bed.  If you are committed to it, kids in bed by 8:30, you in bed by 9:30, and up at 5:30.

I also agree with a PP who said you have to be consistent about it and get up at that time daily, even on weekends.  For me, if I sleep in even once, my bedtime is blown and then I'm back in a cycle of dragging in the morning.[/quote]

You are already up at 6:15. How much earlier do you want to get up? If you wake up at 5:30, you will probably go to sleep earlier.

Kids are actually in bed by 9 (well actually, 8:15 for the younger one, and 8:45 for the older one), but it takes me from about 9-9:45 to do all that extra stuff (lunches, cleanup, laundry, bkfast prep, backpacks, etc.). 
The same time wakeup makes sense...though painful. Ugh. Right now DH and I take turns on Sat/Sun. One of us wakes up with the kids and entertains them until 9:30 or so, and lets the other sleep in... [/quote][/quote]

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