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?本集內容(Chapter 6 Routine p.124-126)
“It wasn’t always that easy. ”

“Every morning my brain, desperate to remain shut down just a little bit longer, thought of a different excuse for why I should sleep in.”

“But I pushed myself to adopt this new routine because I was committed to the process.”

“The fact that it was hard was an important part of the journey.”

“Eventually, I learned the one infallible trick to successfully getting up earlier: I had to go to sleep earlier.”

“I’d spent my entire life pushing the limits of each day, sacrificing tomorrow because I didn’t want to miss out on today.”

“But once I finally let that go and started going to sleep earlier, waking up at four became easier and easier.”

“And as it became easier, I found that I could do it without the help of anyone or anything besides my own body and the natural world around it.”

“This was a revelatory experience for me.”
revelatory (adj.) 啟示性的

“At last I came to understand the value in it.”

“The point of waking up early wasn’t to torture us - it was to start the day off with peace and tranquility.”

“Birds. A gong. The sound of flowing water.”

“And our morning routine never varied.”

“The simplicity and structure of ashram mornings spared us from the stressful complexity of decisions and variation.”

“Starting our days so simply was like a mental shower.”

“It cleansed us of the challenges of the previous day, giving us the space and energy to transform greed into generosity, anger into compassion, loss into love.”

“Finally, it gave us resolve, a sense of purpose to carry out into the day.”

“Unfortunately, our productivity-driven society encourages us to live like this.”

“We tend to wear our ability to get by on little sleep as some sort of badge of honor that validates our work ethic.”

“But what it is a profound failure of self-respect and of priorities.”

“Then, once we’ve woken up after too little sleep, nearly a quarter of us do something else that starts us out on the second wrong foot of the day - we reach for our cell phones within one minute of waking up.”

“A majority of people go from out cold to processing mountains of information within minutes every morning.”

“There are only six cars that can go from zero to sixty miles per hour in under two seconds.”

“Like most cars, humans are not built for that kind of sudden transition, mentally or physically.”

“And the last thing you need to do when you’ve just woken up is to stumble straight into tragedy and pain courtesy of news headlines or friends venting about gridlock on their commute.”

“Looking at your phone first thing in the morning is like inviting one hundred chatty strangers into your bedroom before you’ve showered, brushed your teeth, fixed your hair.”

“Between the alarm clock and the world inside your phone, you’re immediately overwhelmed with stress, pressure, anxiety.”

“Do you really expect yourself to emerge from that state and have a pleasant, productive day?”

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