Comments on: New Years Resolution Two: Wake Up At 4:30AM

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:49:42 +0000

I wake up at 6 now so I squeeze a workout in, and it is really nice. I wouldn’t mind waking up earlier and going to bed later.

My problem is my better half doesn’t feel the same way. She wants to milk every sweet moment of sleep she can and hates that I wake up an hour before her (she can’t get back to sleep sometimes)

How does your wife deal? Any tips?

By: andy

andy — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:30:04 +0000

I wish I could get up at 4:30am! with young kids, I only get to do my blogging work at night so I have chosen to sleep late (around 12:30pm) and get up with the kids at 6:30am. If there was only more time in the day.

By: Katrina

Katrina — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:54:57 +0000

I like to get up early too! When I get up early I am able to get things done before the kids wake up and start distracting me. Also if I can get in a workout early, I feel fantastic the rest of the day. When I succumb to temptation and sleep in past 6, I feel exhausted all day and have a horrible headache! Good luck with your early rising!

By: Mrs. Accountability

Mrs. Accountability — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:43:41 +0000

My alarm is set for 3:45, so I can have at least one snooze and get up at 4am. The problem with getting up so early is I have to go to bed that much earlier. I need at least 7 hours to function or I’m a mess, so I’m thinking about heading to bed by 8:30pm at the latest. Good luck with New Years Resolution #2.

By: tiffanie

tiffanie — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:44:30 +0000

yuck, 4:30 is EARLY. i get up at 5am on the days I work (which has only been twice a week, lately) and that kills me! I’m such a night person though. Good luck with it!

By: JanB

JanB — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:59:08 +0000

Great post FD. Instead of buying expensive moving alarm clocks that get you out of bed to find pieces, just move your normal alarm clock to a dresser or other piece of furniture away from your bed. Then you have to get up to go turn it off.

By: Angela V-C

Angela V-C — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:31:01 +0000

After my wife and I had our first baby, my wife was finishing her dissertation and at home with the baby four days a week. She would wake up at around 4:30 while I slept in with the baby (I was often up at night nursing), and work on her research. Then I’d get up with the baby later to get to work by 9am and my wife would be on “mom duty” it was some of the most productive research time she’s ever had. But these days, now that the baby is 2.5, we’re lazy and don’t wake up until our daughter insists on it, around 6:30 or 7pm. We’ve got another one on the way, so perhaps we’ll get back to the early-wakeup club

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By: Frugal Logic

Frugal Logic — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 04:39:20 +0000

I’m really not sure about getting up at 4.30am, although I’ve never tried it. What I currently do is get up at 5am. I am fairly consistent with this. Initially it was hard, but after about a week I adjusted and it became a lot easier than getting up at varying times.

I think the key is to get up at the same time each day, sleep likes a routine.

By: Four Pillars

Four Pillars — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 04:28:20 +0000

Good luck with this goal.

If I were to do something like this – the hard part would be getting to bed on time. I always stay up too late (regardless of my wakeup time).

Mike