For the past 3 years, I have maintained a fairly rigid morning routine that began at 4 AM, when I would get out of bed, read for an hour, walk to the gym, and exercise. 6 months ago, the Covid lockdowns began and my carefully established routine fell apart. I no longer needed to get up so early to do my morning exercise, because the gym was closed and the kids didn’t need to be pushed out the door to school. Though my schedule continued for a little while, I slowly began to enjoy the bliss of sleeping later and later now that it was no longer necessary to get up early. My reading time shrank b...
