Get up at 5 am

 

Over the past couple of years, I started waking up at 6.30 am. Yes, I get it. Where’s the “hunch of a man”, right? My genes are telling me this. And so, now if it takes me 7 months to get to bed at 7.30, I’ll get there. And then some. It glistens with the strength of the sky. I look at the stars. It’s all I see. It’s the only time when I have to force myself into a seemingly constant state of sleep. All the rest is merely a formality.

But waking up so early is a really good morning body routine. Not only is it hard to resist falling into bed first thing, but also, naturally, after an intense morning, it feels so good to stir me up with the light.

It gives me a rise. Some people might throw up their breakfast. For me, it makes me feel the most alive and alert, even though I do my best to not go so deep in bed.

So, if you’re not a morning person or not well-versed in the various benefits of early morning, wake up early. Maybe your life is too predictable for you to follow an actual ritual, but it’s good to get to wherever you are the first thing. I don’t even own my clothes in the morning. So I can sleep like a turtle. No more giving me heartbroken moods and a ruckus stomach.

So, I’m up before my commute, doing a bit of yoga at home, getting through 5 hours of meditation to clear my head, and then rising with the rest of my body at 7.30 am. I’m at work at 9 am. That’s a pretty good habit of at-home retreats. And so, in no time at all, I’m already nearly 6 months into my morning routines.

One thing I was conscious of at first was not being able to wake up my partners. I heard stories about how your general mood is so high, you might wake up the person that you’re sleeping with. That’s not necessarily what I’m doing.

The thing is, whenever I wake up, I’m positive. It has some positive, calming benefits. If you get in a rut of feeling sad, those mornings can be the only days when you feel like you’re going to be productive. They’re the only days that you can’t get caught up in the snooze button.

So, maybe wake up earlier to feel that just a tiny fraction of your sense of productivity is up. Maybe I’m overdoing it a little, but it’s worth it in the end. Waking up early gives you more energy to hit your morning at 7.30 am. That’s why so many people still feel good and positive afterward? Because, in the morning, you’re feeling good. You’re not just reading off your to-do list. You’re feeling good about yourself.