Days 18-25 of 40: Waking up by 5am
A week ago, I rocked the day!
I was up at 5am. I got my winter running gear on and went out into the calm pre-dawn darkness with nothing but the stars looking on.
My face felt like it was freezing off, but despite that, it was invigorating to be out so [...]
Days 15-17 of 40: Waking up by 5am
I have not been publishing a daily blog post about my waking at 5am journey the past few days so this is yet another one to cover a 3-day period. I stayed up way too late on Monday and Tuesday nights and, as a result, struggled with getting up early and did not complete my [...]
Days 12-14 of 40: Waking up by 5am
This past weekend was a success and I did much better at waking up at 5am than I did the previous weekend. A benefit of waking up early has been that I actually want to go to bed by 10pm because I am tired.
Before I started this new habit I would seem to [...]
Day 7 of 40: Waking up by 5am
It has not been easy to get up early and work on installing this new habit in my life, but is has been very rewarding! I have learned so much during the past week as I have gone through this process and written about it on my blog. I am also grateful for [...]
Day 6 of 40: Waking up by 5am (FAIL)
Yes, I chalked up yet another fail Sunday morning, but it sure felt good to sleep in until 8am!
I think Saturday and Sunday mornings will ultimately be the toughest days to wake up at 5am and I hope that by the end of my 40-day experiment that I will be able to overcome the [...]
It makes sense that it takes about 40 days to truly install a new habit. If we could do it in 3 or 4 then that would be way too easy and everyone would have all the positive habits they desire and eliminate all the negative habits they wish they didn't have!
Yet, in [...]
Well, as you may have read, yesterday was a Big Fat Fail for me, in terms of getting up at 5am. I wanted to briefly write about that and how the later start affected the rest of my day.
The difference between yesterday and the other days I have arisen by 5am consists [...]
It has been said that 'Bad habits are like a comfortable bed; easy to get into and hard to get out of'. Well, that certainly rings true for me today.
I knew that 40 days of waking up at 5am would not be easy and I expected there would be some days that I would [...]
It is the 2nd day I have woken up by 5am. I didn't sleep quite as well as I wanted to last night, but I did go to bed by 10pm which is a huge step in the right direction for me.
What I noticed yesterday was that I felt really good until about [...]
Last night I watched Robin Sharma's video about How to Wake Up Early. I heard Robin speak at a live event a few years ago and he talked about his habit of arising at 5am as a differentiating factor in his life and success. While I 'wanted' to do it then I didn't [...]
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