Healthy Habits for Happy Humans

Early to bed, early to rise

What time do you go to bed and wake up currently?

We are so boring! We’re both in our 70s and keep similar schedules. And after 50 years of marriage, I just think it would be bad manners to stay up late when he’s asleep. Besides, I’ve heard that keeping regular hours is good for your health.

The TV goes off by 8:30 most nights and we go to bed. He goes to sleep minutes without reading. I have to read for a while–usually until I’ve read the same paragraph three times and my eyes won’t stay open any longer. He’s up before 5 AM. I get up half an hour or so later. No alarm. I wake up when I’m done sleeping.

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Lorie Smith Schaefer

Wife, mother, grandmother, reader, writer, kindness warrior. Retired teacher. Volunteer Reading Grandma. Former columnist for the Nevada Appeal. Author of US, NOW AND THEN and US, AGAIN.

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