Health is Wealth

Went to Commonwealth MRT Station to take a look at the old Tanglin Halt before its redevelopment. Under the Selective En Bloc Redevelopment Scheme (SERS), 31 blocks of flats as well as market and hawkers stalls were slated for demolition.

Taking a walk at Tanglin Halt 

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How do you spend your morning?

 How do you spend your morning?

01 

Sleeping late seems to the habit of a hardworking individual. But when you think about it, it is actually not the sleeping late part that widens the gap of different individuals, but rather the getting early part.

I used to stay up late because I feel the need to have my ‘own’ time after working overtime in the office. I will watch Netflix, youtube, etc till late and because of that, I was always very tired at work. I once tried a "30 Days Early" challenge. After I started insisting on going to bed early and getting up early, sleepiness became an occasional thing, and my work efficiency was greatly improved. I also have more time to plan the work to be done for the day when I am much more clearheaded. From then on, I made getting up early as my daily routine.

Although getting up early seems like a slight change, I gain a lot more from it. Life is still the same, but I can choose to take more control of it.

02 

In our subconscious mind, we always feel that if we stay up a little bit, we gain more time for ourselves. But in fact, what does staying up late give you?

It’s the same eight hours of sleep, from ten o’clock to six o’clock, and from two o’clock in the morning to ten o’clock, but the first group of people will have more energy and clearer mind to do more effective work.

What staying up late can't give you, getting up early may be able to give it to you. Time is fair to everyone; it will not compromise to anyone. What we should learn to do what is how to do things in the most efficient and least disruptive way. Get up early, you deserve the best day to start a new day.

03 

The reason that one can't get up early is because there are too much external interferences consumes one’s willpower.

Try having an ordinary alarm clock and make sure not to touch your phone before doing the first thing after getting up. Do also split the things you have to do into 2-minute things: if you want to exercise, just walk for two minutes; if you want to learn new language, then recite a word; if you want to write a script, write a sentence first. Then getting up early is no longer tough because the sense of fulfilment will replace anxiety.

Those who can control the morning can control their lives. Go to bed early, have the courage to end today, then you will have the energy to welcome a better tomorrow.

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Able to wake up earlier is a step closer to the life you want

Able to wake up earlier is a step closer to the life you want

I have often heard people complain that they have stayed up many nights in the past year, but they still feel that their lives have not changed much. How to live the life you want in the coming year? In fact, there is a very simple answer - get up early. Every morning is a new beginning, and insisting on getting up early is the first step towards transformation.

01 Control Time 

When I just graduated from university, I experienced a period of crazy days. Staying up late at night to watch dramas, often not sleeping at three or four in the morning was a norm. I don't want to get up at all in the morning, and I often get up in the afternoon to have a simple meal. Days passed, nothing was accomplished.

Later, I started to give up the habit of staying up late and tried to get up early. Enjoy a warm breakfast in the bright sunshine. Gradually, I no longer felt that life was boring, but took the initiative to make a schedule, study and exercise according to the above time. After a long time, I regained the drive I had when I was studying, and I also had a clearer direction for the future.

I once came across this sentence: "When people tiptoe closer to the sun, the whole world can't block their sunshine." It is very comfortable to stay in bed and get up late, but behind this indulgence, it consumes the future passion.

02 Control Health 

I have a friend who is widely recognized as a workaholic. She stayed up late every day until two or three o'clock at night, and her work and rest time was particularly chaotic. There was this day, she worked late again, and after she got home, she played with her mobile phone for a while, and it was half past one when she went to bed. When she woke up the next day, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her neck, and the pain was excruciating. The family rushed her to the hospital, and after nine days of bedridden treatment, she was finally discharged.

Staying up late to sleep seems to enjoy more “Me” time, but it is actually detrimental to one's health, which is not worth it or necessary.

On the contrary, the pleasure brought by staying up late can also give you the pleasure of getting up early, and the pain caused by staying up late can be cured by getting up early. In fact, it is the long-term irregular life and rest that makes people's bodies overwhelmed and worsened. Going to bed early when it’s time to go to bed and getting up early when it’s time to get up is the healthiest and most ideal way to live.

03 Control Life 

Some people say: "staying up late is because you don't have the courage to end the day, and staying in bed is because you don't have the passion to start the day." People who get up early often have more time to plan, arrange their time and life, and can better face the present and future.

Just imagine, when you get up at seven in the morning, your day has already started. The additional time can be used for breakfast, morning exercise, and reading. These small habits accumulate over time can bring people a strong physique, a positive attitude, and a better sense of happiness in life. And some people are still in bed until noon, so the gap is widened.

The transformation of life often starts with a small change. We can't decide what time the sun will rise, but we can decide what time we get up. Let us start from going to bed early and getting up early to make a change in our lives.

 

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