Getting the structure right

Getting the structure right for one's own life is essential. I sometimes coach people who begin transforming in their lives by deciding what time they'd like to get up and what time they'd like to go to bed each day.

This doesn't mean having a completely rigid schedule but it does mean knowing how you feel if you get up at mid day or if you're awake most of the night. If that works for you then that's fine but some people find being awake at 3am very lonely and find that if they retrain their sleeping patterns their life looks quite different quite quickly.

I get up early every morning so I can take my dog out for a walk in woods or along the banks of the Wear in Durham. Its not always a great start if its dark or wet but I prefer the idea that I'm getting up to go for a walk then getting up to go to work. And of course whatever the weather, walking gives me the chance to establish a positive start for the day especially when my dog is so full of joy when he's free to run about. Joy is infectious after all!