getting dressed in the morning


dress - f21
headband - f21
scowl - homemade

I've been getting about zero hours sleep lately, and when I *do* sleep it's been in the morning or afternoon into early evening. It's insane. I realized that my chronic sleep problems might be due in part to the fact that I work from home and have no set schedule for waking and sleeping and living. So, today when I woke up at 1:45 am (seriously. UGH.) I decided to get dressed, eat breakfast and stay awake all day until about 9 or 10 at night, and then -- get this, when it's actually dark out! -- I'll put pajamas on and go to sleep. I know, crazy, right? Who lives like this?!

Anyway, so I was actually dressed all day which is something unusual for me. And I'm going to do it every day now. woo hoo. I'm hoping that the whole wake-up-at-a-normal-time-get-dressed-then-work routine will help me get to bed at a reasonable time each night and actually fall asleep and stay asleep.

If you've made it this far, yay for you! I have no clue why you're still reading this, since I'm obviously writing it half-consciously. Part of my brain is off dreaming, and that's the part that usually writes these things. It has no clue what this half is doing or saying and probably won't approve of the boring post when it finally wakes up from its daydreams and reads what was posted here...

11 comments:

Kendra said...

cute dress!

Diana said...

when my mom worked from home she used to wake up at 7, get showered, dressed and sit down to work as if it were work office. it really does make a huge difference. i need to do it, too. i noticed i go into a downward spiral of self deprecating way of thinking. you got the right idea AND you look adorable doing it. i love the dress and the cut on you!!

Millie said...

LOVE THAT DRESS, KATE!

Haha! You were writing the post on the left side, eh!? ;-D

NoirGirl said...

All right, Kate! Hooray for new sleep time!! I'm sure Millie WILL NOT forgive you for this. But I'll be happy to talk to you when you wake up in the morning. :D

I love this dress, too! It looks amazing on you. Good for you wearing a dress when you weren't going anywhere. I need to do that more. I spend too many home days in jeans, t-shirt and tennis shoes. :(

Rachel said...

You look so cute!! I struggle with getting on a schedule too. I even have a part time job out of the house but I still have problems!

Sarah said...

That dress is adorable!
I really hope the sleep schedule works out for you! :D I miss you around twitter during daylight!

Trixie said...

Hope you're able to straighten out your sleep schedule!!! Love your outfit and your eyes look superb!!

Andi B. Goode said...

That dress is so cute. It looks great on you. Hope you get your sleeping sorted out! I sleep at 'normal' times but, uh, just not restfully it seems.
-Andi x

Raquelle said...

Very adorable dress, even with the scowl as an accessory. :-)

I really hope you get your sleeping issues sorted out. I know you can do it. It just takes some willpower and a schedule. You may just want to block certain hours for work, eating, movies, play, sleeping and make sure you stick with them. Having a routine can be a form of comfort. When I used to work in retail my sleep schedule was all out of whack. I would work crazy hours; from anywhere from 7am-1pm or 330pm-12am. I couldn't develop a regular sleep schedule that my body was craving for.

Alisia said...

Love the dress! And yay for sleeping, at night! What photo editing software do you use? I love the vintage look to it!

DKoren said...

Love the dress and hairband combo! Both look fabulous on you! Scowl notwithstanding! :-D Hope you get on a sleep schedule that suits your needs.