Here is a bit of a personal insight into my life. I attempt to go to bed at 9pm and wake up at 4:30 or 5am for work. I work for a company based out of Ireland so that is 12:30 or 1PM their time. It works out well. I’m done by 3PM (California time) which is in time to take care of my kids and be a cross country coach for the small school they go to. Stated this way it seems easy. But it is/was not.

Termination notice

It took losing a job to get here. About a year ago the company I worked for, Health Catalyst, undervalued my work and made me feel worthless about my skills. However, they had amazing perks (12 weeks parental leave, tons of money for school, unlimited PTO) Not to mention gorgeous sunrises from the train station (the first picture). So even though they abused me, I put up with it (like a high school relationship). They told me this was “my last chance” to prove I was worth something to them before we broke up. So, I began waking up at 4am so I could definitely get enough work done. It was not enough, and I was still fired. The problems weren’t with me putting in the hours, but that the work they hired me to do wasn’t valuable to them any longer.

A road in Ireland (Irish Blessing)

It all worked out though, within a day, I had another job at this wonderful company Compliance and Risks. Working at 4am was a useful thing and an appreciated habit. I’ve since learned to appreciate and love my morning times. It is productive, quiet,and relaxing! I highly recommend it to anyone who can do it. What I did with 2 hours at night (9PM-11PM) was watch Netflix, get caught up on social media, or just vege out. Is nothing in comparison to what I do with 2 hrs in the morning (5am-7am): Read scriptures, write in journal, make breakfast for me and my wife, work through a lot of work. All before my family gets up. There is a reason that age-old saying of “early to bed early to rise, makes a man healthy,wealthy and wise.”

I knew it, but it was hard to do. But it took losing a job and losing my sanity to my kids to push me to do it. Anything worth doing is difficult though.

Next Saturday I hope to post about news on the land. I have small announcements, but I’ll let them grow for a week.