The Best Mom Hack To Have QUIET Time to Yourself in the Morning Without Getting Up Early
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I am SO SORRY! I've been doing this "hack" forever and have NEVER talked about it! If you're NOT a morning person or are a mama who is still not sleeping through the night because #momlife — this episode is BIG TIME FOR YOU!
Time to FINALLY learn my favorite hack to get time TO YOURSELF (yes QUIET TIME in the morning BEFORE your kids get up) without having to wake up early!
I’m usually an early riser (after years and years of working at “becoming a morning person”), BUT every once in a while — definitely when I’m sick or if I'm up super late the night before — I do decide to sleep in until my kids get up.
And that is when I use this strategy!
On the days my kids are my alarm clock, I hear them up, make sure they’re happy in their rooms, then take FIVE MINUTES. Yes, just 5!
I go make my coffee or pre-workout and just sit for a few minutes alone. Sometimes I spend those few minutes praying a bit or reading a page of a book or a few verses on my Bible app.
Sometimes I get a full 5 minutes, sometimes it’s only 2, but I get to do something for ME right off the bat instead of immediately going straight into “mom mode.”
Some moms might not like this idea… that's fine. I'm just the kind of person who needs a few minutes of silence to start the day.
You could use this time to brush your teeth in peace, get ready really quick, wash your face, stretch for a few minutes. Anything.
It is not some magic hack that allows you to get a full workout in, but that time for YOU really can set the tone for the day again, even if it’s just 2 minutes!
Are you ready to go from overwhelmed and stuck to disciplined and consistent in your journey?
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FULL TRANSCRIPT
[00:00:00] I need to start off with a huge apology today because I have been doing this hack forever and have never talked about it anywhere. Not on Instagram, not here. So clearly you are getting the goods today. Like if you turn on this episode, you are in luck. This is for you. My favorite hack for having time to myself.
Yes. Quiet time in the morning before my kids get up without having to wake up. Ungodly early real life. This is what you're getting today. All of you, people who are, I'm not a morning person, moms, and all of you who are still not sleeping through the night. Goodness, I've been there. God speed. This one is for you.
Big time. I hope you're pumped up because I sure hang on.
Hey, mama. Welcome to the tough love mom podcast. I know you're here because you're ready to get consistent and finally lose that weight. And you're not [00:01:00] afraid of a little tough love, you know, what to do to lose weight. But following through on those things feels impossible. You wish you could just feel like you're strong, confident self again, and want to be good example for your little ones, but you get thrown.
By mom guilt and the unpredictability of motherhood. It's frustrating taking on your journey. Postpartum is hard, but it's not impossible. Hey, I'm Liz and I've been where you are. I gained a lot of weight in my pregnancies, 90 pounds, and then 60 pounds. I needed to lose that weight to take control of my health.
And honestly just wanted to feel like myself again, with the sustainable approach to weight loss. Simple consistency in working on my mindset. I lost it all in just over a year, both times. And I'm here to help you do the same. I believe that we have an ingrained ability to figure out what we need to do, make it happen and do it in a way that AWS the world, if you're ready to stop falling off the wagon, create solid routine and healthy habits and finally feel your best inside and out all while enjoying D [00:02:00] nuggets on your salad, you are in the right place.
We're about to transform your journey. My. Get pumped up. It is tough love time. So on a starting point session, a few weeks ago, I was talking with my client about her next step after her starting point. This next step just for reference is called a stepping stone. Get used to the lingo friend. We use it a lot here, but she brought up how her mornings are still.
It's still difficult for her to get up early. She wants to eventually, but it's probably not the next place for her to focus. It's probably not. Stepping stone, but she does want to not have to immediately react to someone else's. First thing. She's like, if I could just like take care of myself for two seconds before I have to go respond to my kids' needs, I would just feel so much better throughout the day.
Like I was on top of the day. So do you know what I did? I told her this secret and I, and at the same time, I was like, I can't believe I've never shared this before. So this. Quote [00:03:00] hack. I don't really love that word, but it really, this, this one really does feel like a hack. So I'm just gonna share it that way.
I do this anytime I need to slip sleep in until my kids get up. So usually I'm up around five 30, which is well before my kids wake up every single day. But every once in a while, definitely when I'm sick or if I'm up super late the night before getting something done, whatever it. I will decide the night before.
Okay. I'm gonna sleep in or I'll decide when my alarm goes off. I'll be like, you know what? It would be best for my body to sleep in today, um, until my kids get up. And that usually happens maybe once every two weeks, but that is when I use this strategy. So I do this about every other week, one day. Okay.
And it's gold. It is so gold. So I hear my kids get up. I've got two boys, uh, two and almost four. Our youngest is still in a crib, so that works great. But my almost four year old Royce, he usually comes out of his room when he wakes up in the morning. So what I'll do is I'll send him back in his room again.
My youngest is in a crib, so if he's [00:04:00] awake, I'm like, okay, I can leave you there for a few seconds. I know you're safe, but I send my four year old, almost four year old back into his room to play with his trains or to read for a few. Literally tops five minutes, cuz we all know that's only how long a toddler's gonna last anyways.
But what I do with this literally two to five minutes, cuz that's all I really get, but I do get two to five minutes. So amen for that. But what I do is I go out, I, I send my children, well, I'll send Roy back in his room and I go out to the kitchen. I get to flip on the light. That's it doesn't brighten up the kitchen too much.
Or I might open the shades a little bit, but let some natural light in. I make my coffee and I'll just sit for a few minutes alone, literally like two to five minutes. Tops. I might pray a little bit or read a page of a book or a few verses on my Bible app. Sometimes I get five minutes. Sometimes I get two, but I do get something for me right off the bat, instead of immediately going into my boys' rooms to tend to them.
And just starting the day with, I mean, [00:05:00] to be honest, the craziness of having two little boys. Some moms might hate this idea. That's fine. You can stop this episode. Click next to the next one right now. That's totally fine with me. I'm just the kind of person who needs to take care of me, even if it's just for two to five minutes to start the day.
And yes, usually. Majority of 90% of the time I'm waking up at 5, 5 30 in the morning getting an hour, hour and a half to myself. I usually work out and it's great. Like I need that. And it works really well for my routine. I had to not start waking up that early, before my kids until about a year postpartum after my second.
Cause it was really hard. There's a lot of episodes that I've got here about getting up earlier, if you need those steps, but either way on the days I do need to sleep in. I just take those couple minutes, make sure my boys are back in the room. Happy, settled. And I say, I'll be right back in. Mommy needs to take care of herself for just a few minutes and I'll come get you.
And I'm all done. And I really only take a few minutes and it's so [00:06:00] peaceful and you have to see it that way. Part of it's mindset. Part of it is saying, okay, I don't get all the time in the world. Like I usually do, or I'm not gonna get all the time in the. But I do get a few minutes and it does take some training with your little ones.
It does take communicating like that. Hey, mommy needs just a few minutes to take care of herself today, so I can be the best mom for you today. So I'll be right back in to get you. As soon as I'm done, I'll be right back in as all it takes a kid's gonna understand, Hey, if I want my mom to be happy and present and having fun with me today and, and they'll learn this over time and you can explain it to them.
Whatever it is. You could use your time, those two to five minutes to brush your teeth in peace or wash your face. Get ready really quick. If you wanna feel put together, stretch for a few minutes. Yeah. You're not gonna get a whole workout in. There's no magic trick for that, but this time for you really can set the tone for the day, even if it's just a couple of minutes.
So let me know the next time you use this. Okay. [00:07:00] I mean, it really helps, especially if you can put your, your mindset in the right mind frame. I know for me, when I do sleep in, it has become a very intentional decision because my body is used to waking up early. Now it took a lot of time to get there, but it is an intentional decision for me to sleep in.
When I do, if it's not for you, it might take a little bit of mindset work on your end to say, okay, I hear my kids up. I'm a little frustrated now because I'm, I mean, I've been there. So I'm, I'm speaking from experience, but. when you didn't plan to wake up with your kids and you hear them on the monitor or through the door or whatever, or their, you know, face right next to your bed.
It's a little scary when that happens. but when that is the case, it can be really easy for your mind to immediately get frustrated to go. Oh, like, Did not want this today. Now I don't get my time to myself. It's just, Ooh. It can be really frustrating and it's okay to feel that, but you can take your thought captive.
You can take a second to go. Oh, [00:08:00] okay. I don't have to think this way. I can send him back in his room and say, I just need a few minutes to myself. I'm gonna make my coffee, take a few steps and then I'm gonna come get you. I. And come back in, in a few minutes, that's all it takes. So let me know next time you use this, let me know how it goes.
I would say in the past, I would say to DME on Instagram, but I'll be totally honest. I just don't spend a lot of time on Instagram these days. If you saw my post, you know, the best way to reach me right now is text. Yes. Even better. Right? You heard that, right? So once a. what happens is all the girls on my free text list.
Get a little tough love, encouragement from your girl. And yes, you can text me back. I think I need to say that more often because some of you aren't texting me back and I just wanna know if it's hidden home or if it's not, or if you need something, you need a little extra encouragement with something specific.
You can literally text me back on that number. So let me know there. Next time you use this little hack to get morning, time to. Just text. Tough [00:09:00] love. Two separate words. Tough love. T O U G H. Space L O V E to the number 2 0 5, 8 0 9 7300. That's 2 0 5 8 0 9 7 3 0 0. And you'll get a little encouragement from me every single week, but you can also let me know the next time you use this hack cannot wait to hear from you.
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I'm so grateful to be on this journey with your sister until next time. Get after it.
