Waking Up at 5am: A Challenge

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After getting a surge of productivity energy I decided I want to try the whole "wake up at 5am" thing. At least if I'm up early my internet procrastination won't take up the entire day... but I do need to cut back on that too. Since it's a challenge of sorts here's the rules and outcomes I came up with for myself:

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Rules

1. Wake up at 5am (obviously) for one week
2. Do at least one personally productive thing per day (e.g. write, read)
3. Do at least one thing for my family per day (e.g. cook, clean, walk the dog)
4. Go outside for at least 20 minutes per day
5. Exercise for at least 30 minutes per day

What I hope to get out of trying this:

• Improve my sleep schedule.
  All last quarter I slept to around 1pm or even 3pm on days I didn't have class, and days that I did I woke up with no time to spare before I had to leave for class. Now that I've graduated and am looking for employment I don't want to waste my days snoozing.
• Serotonin
  I think waking up early will help me feel like I'm productive even if I don't do much. I'll at least have more hours to do things. Going outside and exercising will probably help too.
• Progress on personal projects
  Work on my writing in general, finish my novel, complete the 52 book challenge, and learn a language.

Of course all these things will not get done in one week just because I wake up at the crack of dawn, but it's a start and I'm excited to challenge myself to take advantage of a full day.

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Today is the first day, but does it count that I didn't even go to sleep yet 🤔 yeah. The challenge for today is to not fall asleep too early....