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How to Wake Up Early(at 4 or 5 A.M), Even If You’re Not a Morning Person
No, you don’t need to challenge your willpower to be an early riser
I used to be a night owl. I thought I was doomed for life.
I stayed up until 2 or 3 a.m. watching Netflix and browsing the internet. Then I would sleep in until noon or 1 p.m. I repeated this cycle for years. And while it worked for a while, eventually, it started to take a toll on my productivity and my health.
I was always tired and groggy during the day, and I struggled to get things done.
Though the benefits of waking up early weren’t rocket science, I couldn’t follow them. I simply couldn’t make myself wake up early. Waking up early felt impossible and unnatural.
An inner negative voice consumed me, “Why would anyone want to do that?” “It’s too early.” “I can’t do it.”
But God had different plans for me.
The supermarket once offered me the free book “The Miracle Morning” by Hal Elrod as my grocery bills exceeded $250.
No, the book didn’t magically wake me up to my senses to become an early riser. In fact, I didn’t read it for three months. I put it on my bookshelf and forgot about it.
