The power to wake up early

Good morning readers,

Have you ever stopped to consider what time you wake up every morning?

I am going to list some questions that I asked myself a few months ago and I will reveal some of my answers after listing the questions.

I think that everyone can get maximum benefit from this post by taking the time to write down their own answers or at least verbalise them.

Here are the questions:

1) What are your current morning rituals?

2) What do you think the perfect morning ritual looks like?

3) How much time would it take to perform what you think would be the perfect ritual?

4) How would you feel if you carried this ritual out for a week?

5) what changes would you expect in your life if you took on the perfect ritual?

6) should this ritual be different on days that I am working and days that I am off work?

7) won't waking up so early result in feeling tired really early and sleeping earlier?

The reason I have recommended to write your answers to the questions is because writing things down is empowering and clarifies ones thoughts.

It would be ideal to write your own answers down before reading mine, but it is up to each reader whether you want to read for entertainment, motivation to change or a bit of both.

1) my routine was to get dressed, brush my teeth and leave the house within 15 minutes of getting up.  I would usually have woken up to pray the morning prayer and then go straight back to sleep.

2) perfect routine is very long to describe so I will summarise it.

It needs to have a spiritual element  ( prayer, reading from the scripture etc)

It needs to have an educational element like reading / watching an educational programme.

Hygiene element: brush teeth, shave etc

Exercise

Journalling.

Helping the wife with some household chores.

Breakfast.

3) it takes around 3 hours

4) tiring, but fulfilling.

5) Happier and more spiritually fulfilled.

6) it should be the same on days on or off. Time wasted is life wasted.

7) yes it will, but you end up sleeping different hours rather than more hours. Sleeping from 10-30 to 5-30 instead of 12 to 7 for example. However, you can be more productive from 5-30 am to 7 am compared to from 10-30pm to midnight.

I will end this post with an ancient old saying that's wisdom still holds true:

Early to bed,
Early to rise
Makes a man  (or woman!) healthy, wealthy and wise.