We met our third week of college at Ohio University, which also doubled as our first night of cheerleading tryouts (go Bobcats). Small talk revealed that we were both from the Dayton, OH area, both had divorced parents, and both considered ourselves “only children with siblings” (we were in college, our siblings were in diapers). Read more
Brooke Ignet Hocker is a leader at a Fortune 100 company in Columbus, OH, where she leads a team focused on demand and capacity metrics and reporting for IT project managers and requirements analysts. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Ohio University, and a Master of Business Administration from Franklin University. Always Read more
As “our story” states, Angela and I will try something new every month from January-December of 2015. Throughout the days, weeks, and months we’ll be sharing our highs and lows, photos, feelings, and advice. She has her own list of goals she’ll be sharing, and after many of revisions and reviews with my family, friends, enemies, and Read more
This month I’ve decided to wake up at 4:45am. The idea originated from an article a friend shared about a guy who woke up early for 21 days and later wrote about how his productivity went through the roof. Plus, there’s always a line in every business-type book about how successful people wake up early. And (it’s my blog, I can Read more
Jan 3, 4:45am…my alarm went off, I proceeded to wake up and doze off and wake up again for about 45 minutes. My desire to actually get up was low because as I mentioned in my last post, the gym didn’t open until 8am and I didn’t have any work pending for the moment. I Read more
Jan 5, 4:45am…my alarm went off, it was the real deal. It was my first day back to work and my new morning routine had been meticulously planned and was waiting for me to execute. I spent 10 minutes officially waking up by checking the normal apps on my phone (work email, Facebook, Instagram, horoscope,…I’m Read more
Jan 6, 4:45am…my alarm went off, I had already made the mental decision to go to the gym despite all the snow and school closings. It wasn’t worth it. I was in the car a few minutes after 5am and by the time I backed out of the driveway, I knew it was going to Read more
Jan 8, 4:45am…my alarm went off, it was harder than it was the day before to get up. I haven’t written about it a lot, but I’m still dealing with a sore throat everyday, swollen lymph nodes, etc everyday since Jan 1. I’m sure the early mornings and the amazing temperatures outside are really helping Read more
Jan 10, 4:45am…my alarm went off, I decided to take care of my “sick” situation. I posted about not feeling well a couple days before and I knew if I got up (gym was closed, mentally wasn’t ready to dive into any work) I would just be worse off by Monday. I checked some apps Read more
Jan 12, 4:45am…my alarm went off, I knew I had to get up. I had made a promise to myself the day before that was deeper than just the “get up at 4:45am in the month of January goal.” Every part of me wanted to just go back to sleep. Back tracking to Jan 11, Read more