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Trying to become an early riser

After reading a post by Steve Pavlina I thought if  I could become a natural early riser, i.e, someone that gets up really early in the morning and has no problem with that. I felt curious when I read that, after turning into an early riser, he became more productive and felt more refreshed throughout the day.

Being someone who always thought that I *really* need 9 hours of sleep everyday (no matter the time I get up or go to sleep), I just had to try for myself.

I must say that I’m usually not into that whole “personal development” thing that Steve Pavlina advertises and sells, but I decided to give his advice a try. In essence:

  1. Get up every day at the same time (I chose 7am), no matter the time you go to bed;
  2. Go to bed only when you are really sleepy. Like when you can’t read one page of a book without dozing off.

I’m currently in day 4 of the experiment and the first 2 days were – for obvious reasons – a bit chaotic. Although I was really productive, it felt like I didn’t sleep enough. Did I mention these 2 days were Saturday and Sunday? :)

Let me know if you tried something like this and what were your results.

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2 comments to Trying to become an early riser

  • I used to get up at around 8 every week day and sleep in on weekends. Now I’m trying, for 30 days, to get up always at 7.am.

    Even weekends.

    And let me tell you: My weekends now feel like I have an entire week to do stuff :)

  • Man, I already leave teh bed the same time everyday, at 06:30, 5 days a week. So Sat and Sun I sleep in… Works too :)

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