I like to get up early-ish, at around 6.30 a.m. I'm not always successful, often drifting backward to nearer 7.00, but I do feel there are benefits to getting up early!
I've just long found that getting up earlier it's easier to get all the 'good stuff' in early on, before society wakes up fully!
Turns out this guy called Robin Sharma has written a book about it....
And it's quite big on TikTok, albeit with an off putting smugness...!
Actually a lot of those young girls all look remarkably similar, don't they!
The gist...
NB I haven't read the book, I don't intend to, but the gist, from this article, is this...
- Get up early.
- Do 20 mins physical activity, 20 mins meditation, 20 mins learning.
- Early mornings is the easiest time to do this because most other people are asleep!
Benefits
The basic theory is getting a positive start means more positivity follows, you 'own your day' by getting an early start!
The main motivation seems to be boosting productivity, and 'having some quality work time' seems to be a very popular task to fill one's early morning hours with!
But there are also claims about mental health benefits too, not so sure about those?
I'd personally add in that it's just really pleasant being up early, it's such a fresh time of day!
Difficulties...
It's not going to work for everyone - some people are just better in the evenings, and with a discipline mind there's no reason why getting everything out of the way first and then 'doing you' late into the evening couldn't work just as well!
And winters, we all know getting up at 5 a.m. in January sucks!
Final thoughts
Personally I'm all for it, I can feel a criticism creeping in based around having the same amount of hours in the day whatever time you get up, but for me personally I know my later hours are anything but quality, so it makes sense to cut those out by going to be earlier and then getting more productive a.m.
Putting the good stuff first!
But I won't be listening to any of those Tik Tokers!
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