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Re: Healthy, Wealthy, and DEAD?: 5 Reasons Why Getting Up Early Might be Harmful

Guest — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 23:37:47 -0000

I have been trying to 're-train' my internal clock for years to be an early morning person cause it would suite my schedule MUCH better if I could actually get up just a little bit earlier. Not much, just an hour earlier. I've been able to do so a few times and my days have gone better, the kids are in better moods cause we get a better start to the day and we don't have to rush through everything in the mornings on the few ocassions that I do get up an hour early. My internal clock is SOO set in stone (it feels like) that I never get to bed before 2am at the earliest, sometimes later, but by 8am I am up and awake with no problems, my problem though, I need to be getting up more like 6:30am and just can't seem to do it.. I'm usually late to my classes cause I just can't get up! Even if I do go to bed at 10pm, still can't get up before 8am. Last night went to bed at 5am (monitoring a sick kid) up at 8:30am, almost 10pm trying to study, can't focus cause I'm too tired, but can't sleep either! UUGGHHHH!!!!

Re: Healthy, Wealthy, and DEAD?: 5 Reasons Why Getting Up Early Might be Harmful

Jayceon001 — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:40:43 -0000

I m not sure if this is field tested by , I always have a very tiring day when I do wake up late wich is after 8 since college and Im 42 years now, waking early have been good for me if i go to bed early and wake up before 8 i m always feeling fully rejuvanted so I guess it depends on who it applies to , I have a difference mecanisme maybe but i love waking up early... Just my 2 cents

Re: Healthy, Wealthy, and DEAD?: 5 Reasons Why Getting Up Early Might be Harmful

Kyle W. — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 22:52:24 -0000

I go to sleep at 4am-6am and get up between 11am-2pm and I am a self made multi-millionaire, so I know that getting up early does not correlate with wealth.

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Richardjay2000 — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:11:41 -0000

I would. And I don't get sleepy till around 11, so I end up with 6 hours of sleep. I usually need at least 8-8.5 hours. Sleep debt sucks...but weekends are redemption! Haha. The two quotes up at top are definitely food for thought ;) Nice work! Internet Hosting save fuel reverse phone detective tava tea error fix

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Nirvana0390 — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 13:42:00 -0000

Don't just suck it up. Sleep is one of the most important things for your body. It is simple. Humans need water, food, and rest. Apparently some dumbasses decided that everything should begin early and everyone should be miserable. Find a job that starts at nine or even ten. It's not impossible. For people that say you are more productive when you can't even walk and feel like shit, they are just trying to give you answers for all this nonsense. And all these articles on getting up early are to motivate people who hate getting up early.

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Bratz — Fri, 14 May 2010 04:35:01 -0000

An eye opener for me. Well, I guess, I have now more reason to be in bed for couple of hours or so. Nicely done mate!

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caroline — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 14:18:19 -0000

Hi. I loved this post. It's grounded in common sense. I feel pressured to try to get up early as it's so "good for you" and even good bloggers like Pavlina present getting up early as a virtue without talking about what time they have to go to bed in order to get up at five. Not to mention failing to address the consequences of sleep deprivation. My inner belief that sleep deprivation is unhealthy has thwarted my attempts to get up early. Your post was an "emperor has no clothes" one for me and helped me just to respect my own truth) Thanks!

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Tishaport — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:20:36 -0000

I have a very strange sleep pattern. I go to bed early in the morning because I don't feel tired at night, usually in between 3-5 am, and I end up sleeping 10-12 hours or more. I don't hear alarm clocks, at all, when they go off. And if I ask my partner to wake me up before I've gotten those 10-12 hours, it usually ends with either me waking up and having a very poor attitude or I talk to him (like normal), thus thinking I've woken up and I have no recollection of the entire thing when I actually do wake up hours later. I want to get on a good sleeping schedule, however that requires me to go to bed much earlier than my partner gets home and thus would sacrifice the time I get with him to eat dinner/ play around together. Our friends have the 'normal' sleep schedule where they go to bed at 9-11 pm and get up at 6-9 am, thus wanting us to go spend time with them when we'd normally be sleeping. It also makes me anxious about trying to get a job, because most won't give you a night time schedule. How in the world am I supposed to work around or with this dilemma? Is there anyone out there who has a similar problem, I wonder.

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Tishaport — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:18:51 -0000

Re: Healthy, Wealthy, and DEAD?: 5 Reasons Why Getting Up Early Might be Harmful

Jen — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:27:22 -0000

This article has somewhat revealed me of many guilty feelings. I am a college student and I have been trying and failing to get up early for the last 3 years of school. I have even taken an 8am Art class to motivate me, only to make a deal with the professor (after missing too many classes) to come in later and work outside of class, where then I made a deal with a friend of a friend to let me in the art building after hours. After this arrangement, my work started to greatly improve, and I ended up with an A in the class. However not all of my classes or work have been after 10am. I have had considerable difficulty waking up on time, and I am working on a degree in Education where I will have to wake up at ungodly hours everyday. As my body and mind prefer the late nights, I feel that the rest of the world does not cater to that system. I am not sure how to function well at 8am, should I just drink some coffee and suck it up, or is there a better answer?

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Andy — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:56:28 -0000

It is not necessary to invent something new here, everything is already known.

Ancient Vedic knowledge says (http://www.scribd.com/doc/1... :

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Meaning: The air in the dawn, i.e. before sunrise, is clean. Therefore one must breathe this pure air by getting up early in the morning. With that the health remains stable and one earns wealth.

Message: There is every type of strangeness and abundance in the nature. There is no limit to joy and good health for us. Enjoying good health, all the living creatures, whether insects, birds or animals enjoy their lives. Drawing their requirements from water, air, light and food they enjoy the happiness of longevity.
God has put health in every particle of nature, in leaves, flowers fruits and in every drop of water. Every part of air, every gulp of water, every particle of fruit, grain and vegetable, which we take in our breath, drink and food is very health-giving and strength- giving for us. For all-round development and strength Nature possesses every type of means.
Daily life begins by arising during the dawn only. All birds and animals get up in the dawn and giving up their laziness, join in their daily routine. There are many benefits in getting up early. The air at dawn is health-giving and pollution-free. It is also called ‘praan-vayu’ or ‘veer vayu’ because it contributes to life and strength. By breathing in this fresh air, there is increase in strength, in the lustre of the face, the mind always remains cheerful and the intelligence becomes sharp and all the organs of the body remain disease-free. By getting up early in the morning, the body feels fresh and energetic. Contrasting with this, those who remain sleeping after sunrise, their laziness and carelessness increase, they suffer from various types of diseases, they feel dull throughout the day and they cannot apply their mind in any work.
Dawn has been lovingly called ‘Usha Devi’ (the Goddess dawn) because of its benevolence like a mother. She gives generously with both her hands health, intelligence, strength, and the blessing in longevity and all those get these, who get up at that pleasant time. Those who get up early, they gain in life, those who sleep late, they lose in life. Man’s life starts at this pious time in the dawn only. The gentle breeze of this pure air fills every pore of the body with energetic freshness and stirs up enthusiasm in life’s creation, progress and development and the feeling arises in the mind to go ahead and do something for the world to see. The beautiful and pleasant atmosphere of the dawn, the singing of the birds and the play of the animals help greatly in awakening our inner vitality for a new life.
We should never keep away from this blessing of Nature. All birds and animals breathe this air in the dawn and never fall ill. Getting up at dawn is very useful to man for his health, mind, intelligence and soul. It stirs up vitality in the body.
Men wishing bodily, mental and spiritual progress must get up at four o clock in the morning, get out of the bed and come out into the open air.…
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Re: Healthy, Wealthy, and DEAD?: 5 Reasons Why Getting Up Early Might be Harmful

Kathy — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:50:31 -0000

I really DO want to get up earlier - Even if my sleepy self fights against it. I think part of the battle is if I'm not excited about the prospects of the day ahead, or worried about stuff, it's just easier to stay in "escape mode" - ie: asleep. Sigh. I do agree that getting up earlier would give me the illusion of having more time.

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Teena — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:19:43 -0000

Nice post..you give justice to my habit...I guess I'm more productive when I wake up a bit late...more energized than wake up 5-7 in the morning...

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shellysolis — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:15:27 -0000

Getting up early sucks for me but I need to because of school. Between sleeping and waking up at 5 in the morning, the choice ain't difficult to make. Ahaha. Nice read, your post was very informative and readable.

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symptomsofpanicattacks — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:30:37 -0000

I have to admit I love getting up early to get things accomplished. I feel as though I get more done if the house is nice and quiet with no one else awake; I tend to get up at 4:00 am. However sometimes my body will let me know that it needs to sleep in; so at least twice a week I sleep until 7:00 am. Symptom of panic attacks

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Maren Kate — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:03:07 -0000

Very interesting, I sleep in SOO late all the time, my body just does it but I have been reading Tim Ferriss' blog too and trying to get in better with my sleep cycles. This gave me food for thought!

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Helen — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:40:14 -0000

I had been used sleeping from midnight to 8am in the morning for a while, and then I got a job where I had to get up early. Normal office hours starts at 8am and I have 1.5 hours of commute. I sleep from 8:30pm to 4:30am now. I feel a lot more energetic throughout the day, but I am less creative, less sensitive in emotions on this new schedule.

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Rachel Maureen Francis — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:45:26 -0000

Wow! You're awesome! This is a very intelligent presentation of a time-old argument, and I'm glad to finally see someone who looks at this with facts instead of random old wives' tales.
Many kudos to you, Clay!

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newmom — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:28:56 -0000

Good that i wake up in between not late or too early! anyway i need 7-8 hours sleep otherwise i will be sleepy and not well being in the afternoon.

Re: Healthy, Wealthy, and DEAD?: 5 Reasons Why Getting Up Early Might be Harmful

Jason — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:23:15 -0000

Sorry to backtrack. But... I dunno if anyone mentioned this. Benjamin Franklin lived in a time without much electricity for lighting. So sunrise and sunset would have set his circadian rhythm. Anyone not following the sun, would have no doubtedly suck in life (and bed).

Dunno if anyone mentioned this as well. But Franklin said "early to bed" as well, so I guess that means he probably got heaps of sleep, right? Like 8-10 hours? And everyone knows that you're suppose to get 8-9 hours as an adult.
http://www.betterhealth.vic...

So I guess Franklin's sleeping habits payed off, 'cause his wife was certainly infatuated with him.

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Joel Berez — Fri, 01 May 2009 14:18:16 -0000

Thank you for this article, it has brought a lot of truth to light in my life, but sadly it is too late. I'm 18 and I've already dropped out of high school due to my lack of concentration throughout the school day. I've been on and off all sorts of bullshit methamphetamines but they just make me more anxious. And of course, when you're anxious and tired as hell, you just about lose all will to live at all.

I appreciate that you did the research on this subject, I just wish we didn't live in this uniformed, everyone is the same, bullshit world.

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mark harrison — Fri, 01 May 2009 12:00:19 -0000

I have been getting up at 5am because I read that was what someone else did who was pretty successful but it stinks. I don't do anymore work because I keep getting up from my desk to make endless cups of coffee and re-do my to-do list a billion times. Late is the new early for me now...

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sağlık — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:21:01 -0000

i always wake up early bcoz i started working at 07:30 and my work is too hard

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Meteor Freaks — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:44:46 -0000

I used to be forced to wake up early for school and then later work, and as soon as I started working for myself I found myself to be most productive late at night. It is impossible for me to concentrate on working when it is sunny and bright out, but at 3 AM I am a work machine...

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Sam M.R. — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:09:03 -0000

Hey Clay,
Nice article, in fact, the first which approves my way of living! I'm a software developer and also I do some Forex. You know, when I was younger, I was a good student but I hated waking up early to attend school, however I was forced to do so. Now that I don't have to wake up early or go to bed early I don't sleep at nights at all, I'm up from 5pm to 11am most days. I don't know if I'm truly a night owl but I do my job better than my day-working friends.
About 6 months ago I realized I have heart problem, specifically Hypertension. When I changed my sleeping schedule to night-working the problem faded away and a week ago my doctor said you do not have any heart problem.

Cheers!