[Scorpibear]

Originally Posted by Andrew Brunelle

I know you may think that it's productive to wake up so early, and to do things while people are still asleep, but I think the whole objective is to limit your sleeping time and optimizing your awake time. I usually go to bed around 1 AM, wake up around 8:30-9:30, and I go about my day. I work a crazy shift, 2 PM to 10 PM, so it's physically impossible for me to get to bed very early, and I find I'm often eating as late as 11:30 PM, so I still have to digest before I get to bed. So I'm thinking that if you're on a different schedule, waking up at 5 AM might not be the best idea. If I were to go to bed at midnight or so, then wake up at 5, I'd be a walking zombie. So it's all about finding the right sleep schedule for you.

Andrew, agree with you, it will be difficult to accept the 5am habit without changing the shift/work.