This Is My Life

I've been trying to get out of bed in the morning at 5 am for a while now, but always fall back under the soft, warm, welcoming covers to curl back up with my wife for another hour and a half. Last night, as I went to sleep, I asked Maria to set the alarm for 5 again, and told her that if I didn't wake up she could pinch me until I got out of bed.

At 5:01, I was out of bed this morning.

I'm still not really ready to jump out of bed in the morning and do something, but if I keep doing this my hope is that I will eventually get used to being up early and I will be "up and about," not just "up."

Why would I want to do this to myself? I mean, I enjoy sleep. I like snuggling with my wife. It's nice to cocoon myself with warm blankets. Why would I want to give that up?

If I get up at 5 AM every day and do something with that time, that's an hour and a half extra on week days. On weekends it's an extra four hours. That means that in the course of one average month I'll have added 62 productive hours. That's almost three whole extra days, just over one month.

But what am I going to do with the time?

Maybe you can help me with that.

What should I do with my extra time?

Keep in mind these following things:

My wife and dogs are sleeping for that hour and a half
I have a gym membership with the university
I take Arabic and soon French through the college
I have a list of 101 things to do in 1001 days

Thoughts?