01/28/2026
People love to say “just wake up earlier” like kids don’t run on a highly sensitive internal radar for peace.
I wake up at 5:00 for a moment alone.
My child wakes up at 5:03 like, hey, I felt a shift in the house.
If early mornings work for you, truly, that’s great.
But for a lot of us, alone time looks more like:
Sitting in the car before walking back inside
Folding laundry after bedtime in silence
Or accepting that today is not the day
It doesn’t mean you’re bad at routines.
It means you’re in a season where advice doesn’t always apply.
And that’s allowed.
If this season looks different than you imagined, you’re not alone.