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Originally Posted by simon  Jaden, what did you do specifically to develop this habit? After going 90-odd days getting up at 5am, have you found that this habit has been beneficial? In what ways? |
I made sure to get to bed at a reasonable hour (9-10pm most nights) and I decided the night before that at 5am I would get out of bed without hesitation. One trick I used to get myself to bed at a reasonable time (I used to be up after midnight regularly) was to tell myself that I wasn't gaining or losing any time, I was just changing the order of it. In other words, the same things I was doing at night could be done just as easily in the morning.
In reality I end up doing far more productive things in the morning than at night. I created a detailed morning schedule, allowing me to get 2 hours of organized productivity that I've wanted to do including meditating, writing in my journal, reading, blogging and exercising. I get nearly all of those things done by 7am (I exercise a little later in the morning) so for me, it's been a great change and I plan to make it a lifelong habit.
I also feel more alert and awake when I get to work in the morning, and if I have any early meetings I never have to worry about sleeping through them.