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There are so many proponents out there for starting your day early, it’s kind of hard to ignore this advice--though for my entire life I’ve always preferred shrugging the idea off and hitting the snooze button more times than I can count.
“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” Yeah, okay Ben Franklin, I’ll take that under advisement.
But it seems like almost any successful person you can think of starts their morning insanely early: Square CEO Jack Dorsey rises at 5:30 a.m., Virgin Group founder Richard Branson wakes around 5:45 a.m., and Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz gets up at 4:30 a.m. every morning--good thing he has an infinite supply of coffee at his disposal.
Via The Learning Factor
There is so much in this article that rings true. I, myself wake up at five in the morning and then go for a half an hour walk. It is that magical hour where you can plan for the whole day. Since I also do a lot of creative writing, I use this time to search for ideas and thoughts that I can use while writing.
This is something that comes very naturally to me as I sleep very little anyway. Mornings, for me at least, are the most productive time of day. I also use this time before dawn to review my weekly goals and decide what one thing I can do TODAY to move myself closer to accomplishing that goal. And then I go do it!