Lifehack Challenge: Become An Early Riser In 5 Days

March 20 by | 315 comments | Featured, Lifehack | Tags: , , , ,

You’ve read the articles and heard about all the benefits of rising early. On the rare occasion that found you out of bed early, you enjoyed a more relaxing and productive morning. You don’t need to be convinced that being an early riser is a good thing.

You just need to actually do it. You need to start getting up early on a regular basis and building the early riser habit into your lifestyle.

Lifehack is here to help you do just that! A Lifehack challenge make sense for a few reasons:

  • You can do anything for 5 days.
  • It’s much easier to do something hard when you have friends along.
  • A bit of accountability goes a long way in the forming of new habits.

So what’s the challenge?

Be an early riser for 5 days in a row.

When does the challenge take place?

We’ll be starting on the morning of March 22 and ending after you get out of bed on March 26th.

Sound interesting? Here’s what you need to do:

Leave a comment confirming your participation in the early riser challenge and include your target wake time for each morning.

For example: “Yeah, count me in! I’ll be waking up 3hrs earlier than usual each day so 9am it is for me!”

If you’re going to be blogging about your challenge experience, make sure to include a link to your blog when you leave a comment. Why? Because I’ll be choosing a few blogs to feature in an update/check-in post each day. Once you have your day well underway, you can stop by the daily update post and share your thoughts on what went well and what you’re struggling with. I’ll be sharing tips, featured blogs, and questions in a daily post you can look for each morning.

If we do this as a community, and I say “we” because I’ll be doing it myself as well (I’ve been slacking off on my early mornings lately), we’ll get better results and have more fun. At the end of the week, if you decide early rising isn’t for you, no harm done and you’ll have made some new friends from all across the world!

Sounds good, right?

Leave a comment below (with wakeup time) if you’re up for the challenge! (Remember, we start Monday, March 22nd!)

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  • Stan

    Well, I've tried everything else so why not a early-riser royal rumble? I want to get up at 6am.

  • http://www.chrisdpratt.com Chris Pratt

    I've been meaning to get back into the habit of waking up early, and this is as good a reason as any. I'm in.

  • http://prateek-jain.com Prateek

    I always wanted to be up at 6am. Could never do it. This is a good motivation for me. I am in !

  • Aidan

    Great idea! I need to get back in the habit of keeping a consistent sleep schedule. Count me in, I'll get up before 8 AM for the next week. (and after that too; my last term of college begins in a week, and I have an 8:30 class.)

  • Brandon

    I usually wake up around 745 and was thinking about doing my own challenge next week waking up at 6. This is perfect timing and I will spend the extra time in the morning meditating and stretching most likely.

  • Seth Simonds

    @Chris – Cool! What time are we holding you to?

  • http://hackfrog.com Rich

    Ok, been wanting to do this – up at 5 – exercise, meditate before work. 5 days – I'm in.

  • http://www.OptimisticJourney.com Jarrod@ Optimistic J

    Count me in! I will wake up at 7am Central Standard Time. I'm up for a good challenge, especially on a Saturday morning!

  • http://atamanenko.blogspot.com Oleg Atamanenko

    Count me too. Usually I wake up about 8 am and I want to get up at 6am.

  • http://i.nconspicuo.us/ inconspicuous

    Count me in! I'm usually a 8-9er, so I'm shooting for 6am next week! This is only for one week, right?

  • http://www.webkoenigin.de Monika Thoma

    I'm in – and hopefully up at 5am next week. Cheers, Monika

  • Seth Simonds

    @inconspicuous – Just one week, yes. Unless you really like it. Once you've done it for 5 days, chances are good you'll be able to keep it up if you like. Sneaky, eh? =)

  • http://ajbapps.wordpress.com Alan

    I am in! I have always been a night owl and I am very interested to see what we can do

  • Dennis Kempin

    I'm in!

    I use to wake up at 7am. So my target for next week is 6am.

    I will blog about my experiences over at http://www.denniskempin.com/

  • http://wrongstyle.wordpress.com Timo

    Great idea! During this year I have already managed to get up at 6:20 on most days, but I would like to push this to 5:30 to allow for some time for morning exercise.

    Count me in :)

  • Rose

    I already get up at 7am every day but have wanted to push this back. For the next week it'll be 6:30 then after that 6. Small steps :)

  • Ben S

    Count me in, I'll wake up 40 minutes earlier to go for a run. It's more efficient to run in the mornings because then you only have to shower once.

  • http://www.flyingcoloursmaths.co.uk Colin

    OK, I'm in. The birds are waking me at 5 these days, so let's try getting up instead of groaning and applying pillow to head!

  • Govind N

    I usually get up between 8:30-9:00 on weekdays.

    And 11:00 am on weekends.

    Want to change this to a regular routine of 6:00 am.

  • http://www.ohamy.org Amy

    I'm definitely in. I'm lucky I'm going TO bed by 9:00 a.m. most days, so I'd like to switch my schedule to getting up by 9:00 a.m. each morning.

  • http://www.alexstrick.com Alex Strick van Lins

    I'm in…getting up at 6am for the challenge (and hopefully beyond)…

  • Fab

    I'm in for 6 am

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  • screenbetween

    Okay, it has to be destiny that I stumbled across your post. My "Winston Churchill" work schedule is endangered already, as less than positive feedback has recently shown me.

    Well, it appears to be the early-riser challenge to the rescue. (damn it!)

    Alright so here goes.

    Normal wake-up: 10:30AM

    New & improved early wake-up: 7:30AM

    God help us all. :)

  • 20

    Target: 5 am

    I'll use the comments here to microblog as I don't have a blog on my own.

  • A. Ameen

    I'm in for 9 am. I usually wake up between 9 and 12:30. This is a good way of making my mornings more consistent.

  • 20

    It would be nice, if there was a collection of the best ideas to make this happen collected so we can push for a first day using Pavlinian Overwhelming Force.

  • Seth Simonds

    @20 – I can add some if you like?

  • http://www.collegeblogger.de Birgit

    Since I actually have to get up at 7am this week (damn me and my extracurriculars..) why not push it to 6am?

  • http://manninen.tumblr.com/ Tilps

    I'm up for the challenge! The problem for me usually is the actual getting up from the bed bit, my alarm goes off two times, 6.30, and 7.00, but I just don't bother getting up until 7.30 – 8.00, although I've been more or less awake since 6.30 anyway. So my plan is to start getting up at 7.00 and then see if I can start getting up 6.30. My ultimate goal would be 6.00, but for now I happy with 7.00. Thanks for the this inspirational challenge. Good luck to all of us! :)

  • http://www.casalettodesign.com Kristin

    I have such trouble waking up early! But every time I do, I get so much accomplished during the day and it feels great. When the alarm goes off, though, I never seem to stick with my commitment. Here's hoping I can do this! 7:15 wake up!

  • Akshay

    I'm in for 6:00 am.

  • http://correndoeu.wordpress.com Grazi Henke

    Hello! Pls count me in! I'll be waking up 6am, 2,5 hours earlier than usual.

  • http://www.reflectionondepression.typepad.com Nina

    I'm normally an 8:15 riser for a 9 am workday, but I've been wanting to get to work earlier because I get more done in the mornings. I'm going to push back to 7:00.

    I'll blog about it at http://www.reflectionondepression.typepad.com. I blog about depression and bipolar-related issues and sleep is a main one! Depression can really mess up my circadian rythms, causing me to be wide awake around 4-5 am and sleepy all day. Hopefully this will help me sleep more soundly during those hours.

  • Piotr

    I'm in for 5.00 GMT (11pm Central Standard Time ;)

  • http://marjoleinsflow.wordpress.com Marjolein

    I'm in! For 6:00 am. Glad I'm not the only one…

  • Siang

    I am in for 6am, 3 hours earlier than usual. I will clock my promise by putting in my comments here.

  • Dorota

    Count me in! I find it hard to wake up early in the morning, because I tend to go to sleep late, anyway, it's a good opportunity to change that.. I'd like to wake up at 6am

  • http://www.hirsche.eu/alexandersblog Alexander

    I'm in, want to change from irregular to 6am. Central European Time, that is.

  • Mr bootyluver

    I am in as I have been getting to bed far too late. The early rising i read about and it seemed Luke a good idea. I guess I am in i want to get up about 6-7am so bed will be 10pm.

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  • http://thelinarstudio.typepad.com/embracelife/ Lee

    I'm always up at 6:30AM to get my kids to school for 7:30AM. I'd really like to wake up to fit in some write/create time – and coffee. Say 5AM. Maybe an accountability challenge is just what I need!

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  • Gordon

    I have no trouble waking up early but getting up is another matter. I'm aiming for 5:30am.

  • http://www.ivanasendecka.com Ivana Sendecka

    I am game! ;-)

    cheers from Slovakia

  • Rony

    I've been working on this for a week or so anyway, with marginal results. I'm in for 6:30 a.m. EST.

  • Nicholas

    I made this resolve last week. I was good until yesterday and this morning. So, I'm in for next week, too. 6:10AM opposed to 7:15. Got my light box and melatonin tablets ready–let's kick some circadian rhythm butt!

  • mike

    You know what motivated me and had lots of people joining in?

    Starting to wake up at 3:30AM to get in to round on your patients before surgery!

    Go 3rd year of med school!

    But do I have to wake up earlier for this challenge? I use to go to BED at 3:30 ha ha

  • JB

    I am down for this challenge as well. my sleep schedule has flipped over the last year to going to bed around midnight or 1 and getting up at 7:30.

  • JB

    Forgot to mention, my goal for wake up is 5:30am.

  • http://Www.olivefilms.tv Norman

    6 a.m. ?

  • http://twitter.com/stanpol Stan

    Challenge accepted! 6 a.m. Moscow time. http://twitter.com/stanpol

  • ingenuee

    I'm up for this challenge. I usually wake up around 7:30AM, right before my 8AM class. I've tried waking up at least an hour earlier and that has yet to work…SO, my goal is to wake up at 5am every morning next week. Will give me at least 2-2.5 hours of more study time.

  • Peter

    05:00 to jump start my exercise plan

  • Klicia

    I'm in for it too.

    Waking up at 5am.

  • http://audm.wordpress.com/ audreym

    I need to get up earlier and get some studying done before my working day starts, so I'm going to get up at 6.30 BST

  • http://audm.wordpress.com/ audreym

    oops that should've said 6.30 GMT (BST starts the following)

  • http://zarazilla.wordpress.com Zara

    Cool, count me in! My alarm rings at 7:30 but I'm not usually out of bed before 8… I'm going to attempt to get up at 7 next week!

  • Kevin-K

    Target: half past 6

    I normally wake up at 7, so it's a small challenge (:

  • http://blog.bryantreyes.com Bryant

    I've tried so many times before.. but ill do it once more….7 am it is for me!

    1.5 hours earlier

  • Clint

    I used to wake up at 4:45am every morning. Then I fell off the track and I now wake up at 5:45 if I am lucky. COUNT ME IN!

  • http://seeehh.wordpress.com SeeEhh

    I'm definitely in. I've been trying to get up at 7am for a little while now, hopefully this challenge will be that extra push I needed.

  • http://www.stennieville.com stennieville

    All right, I'll give it a shot. Typically I get up around 7:30'ish on weekdays, I'm going to shoot for 6:30am.

  • Amanda

    Okay… 5:30 a.m. (pacific) for me… *cringe* …an hour earlier than usual. It'll be good though.

  • TD

    Up at 7 AM IST. Will try.

  • http://www.peterxpark.com Peter X Park

    I love the idea, and it gives my ego enough motivation to do stick to it.

    I'm going to wake up at 7:30am for at least five days. I plan on writing daily updates on my personal blog too!

  • http://changingsoul.wordpress.com Yami

    I'm totally in! I'll be waking with my mom, the early riser of the family, which means between 5-6 am, with an alarm of my own set at 6 to avoid any accidents.

  • http://pyoowata.blogspot.com Nneoma

    5am…which means that I'll have to stop going to bed by 3am….

  • http://www.bulentduagi.ro Bulent

    I'm in for 7:00 AM.

    Usually at 9:00 AM.

  • http://Twitter.com/hothusain Husain

    “Yeah, count me in!

    I’ll be waking up earlier than

    usual each day so 5am it is for

    me !” :)

  • Telcontar

    I'm in … 5:30 CET :)

  • Fernanda

    I will be waking up 6AM – thanks

  • http://digitalfoc.us AJ

    Wow, I can't believe there's this much interest in this…so many people signing up. I'm in too!

    I was trying a reversed schedule of sleeping from 11am-4pm and then being up all day/night but my internal clock kept resetting and I'd get tired around 6am every 2-3 days and it would throw everything off.

    So, here's to 5 days. I'll be in bed by 12am and up by 6am. I'll probably sneak in a blog post or two over at my blog about it. http://blog.digitalfoc.us

  • http://www.simplegreenorganichappy.com robin

    I currently get up at 5am to pack my husband's lunch before he leaves for work, and then go back to sleep until it's time to get the kids ready for school. This has been wreaking serious havoc on my sleep cycles– my goal will be to stay up (and by association, go to sleep at a normal hour).

  • Amit

    Rising early has been a big weakness for me for my entire life, but I am going to change it!

    I'm up for the challenge at 0630 hrs

  • http://dasguptazoo.wordpress.com Abhijit

    I've been trying to get up at 5am forever. Maybe the collective energy is what I need!!

  • Niqui

    Count me in, 5:00am it is. Time for relaxing, journal, shower and positive self-talk.

  • http://www.inzencareerservices.be Franklin

    After working nights for years I'm in too :) Good Luck to all

  • http://@urk UrK

    Why not give it a try. It should be 6am for me.

  • http://dysondaily.com Nathan

    I'm in, lately I am on a 8-9am ritual wake-up. Lets try 6am CDT.

  • VodkaTonic

    See you at 5am PDT (maybe a bit of peer pressure is all I need :)

  • Serendipitous

    Count me in for 5:30am (1.5 to 2 hours early) EST. I will blog about it at: http://serendipitous-natalie.blogspot.com – good luck all!!

  • Q

    I am in. i read Steve Pavlina's suggestions on the matter. I would like to wake at 4:30 am.

  • EJ

    I will do this. I normally rise sometime between 9 and 11; this week, I want to wake up at 7:30 every day.

  • Erin

    I'm in. I'm always more successful at challenges I share.

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  • Erin

    Forgot to say that I usually get up at 7:00, so I'm going to do 6:00. It will be great if I can really do it!

  • Karen

    I need to try this. I'll be happy with an hour to 90 min more a day. Bring it on!!

  • Kristin

    I'd love to be able to get out of bed by 6:15 every morning.

  • http://www.aplacetocode.com DubA

    I'm in for sure. I'll let you know how it goes. It shouldn't be that hard because its awesome after you get out of bed.

  • http://Feureau.com Feureau

    I'm in. My goal would be to get up at 6am for the next 5 days.

    I'll blag about it, too! ^^

  • Craig

    I'm in for 5:30 a.m.

  • Corey

    I'm in. I will get out of bed at 6.30 every day.

  • http://flavors.me/cheropean Guin

    Okay. I'm in. I've been wanting to do this for awhile. 7am for me.

  • Chris

    Since work went moved from 7-3:30 to 9-5:30, I've been trying to get back to my 6am start time. I'm in!

  • http://fastforwardacademy.com enrolled agent

    Well, I've came in late for work thrice in just this past week and I want to change that before it becomes a habit. I need to go to work at 1 AM, usually wakes up at 12 MN. Personal goal should be around 11:30 PM. :)

  • beckwith49

    I have been getting up between 10 AM and Noon except on days when I get up at 5. I need to be consistent because of a sleep disorder so . . . on the 22nd my goal is 8 am – Central Daylight Savings Time. Bedtime = Midnight (This will allow me to "calm" down after my evening class which gets out at 9:5 PM

  • amanda

    I'm in! Was just goig to start this anyways, so this is the perfect post at the perfect time!! 5am it is, kids!

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  • sidram

    I'm in… I'll aim for 8:30!

  • Tina

    I'm in too, have had trouble sleeping at night lately and have been using that as an excuse, but I need to get up and moving in the morning!

    5:30 wake up time for me!

  • http://mystery.weborglodge.com Chris

    Wow! This is just the inspiration I need and the timing couldn't be more perfect. As of 3/26, I am a free agent. Day job, gone! Since I'm more productive during the day, I want to make this a habit, but not go too overboard. Monday, I'll be awake at 7:00 a.m. Can't say that I won't be cranky, but the coffee will help.

  • Nnacy

    I'm usually up around 9 or 10 (after all three cell phone alarms have been going off for a good half hour), so I'll try for 7:30!

  • David

    Count me in. 5 days; 5 am. I'll get up and get moving!

  • Sahaiya

    I'm in! I'd love to be up by 10:30am EST every morning!

  • Geoff

    Count me in. 6am. Lots to do – so little time.

  • http://bringabucket.posterous.com/ Chris Hoch

    I am in! Now is the time, Spring has sprung, we can do it!

    6 AM for me. Frank Bettger, in his book How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in Selling , wrote on page 20 about joining the "Six-O'clock Club." He'd read Ben Franklin's thoughts on early rising and success.

  • http://cle.scout.com Technodawg

    As of Monday, 6AM is the new 8AM. I'm in.

  • Jenna

    i would LOVE to get out of bed at 6:15 instead of 7:45.

  • http://www.edgecentric.com Glenn

    Ungh. OK ok. 6AM. Blog at http://www.hahanoway.com.

  • geri

    i'm in! i'll go for 6 a.m.

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  • Ericka

    6am CST for me – I'm often up between 7 and 8am, but can be irregular. This will be a challenge during spring break next week, but why not?

  • http://blog.vivian-lee.net Vivian

    I'm in! I'm actually a college student on spring break this week, but I have noticed that when I don't have class I often end up sleeping until noon! I'm going to try to get up around 8-9am instead =)

  • Jen

    I'm in with a twist. I can't set an alarm because my husband can't fall back asleep. Normal wake 6:30 am. For the 5-day program I will get out of bed the first time I stir in the morning, sans alarm. Target: 5:30 am. I will need the moral support.

  • http://www.spidermonkeyproductions.com Christopher

    I'm been dragging my feet getting out of bed lately. I'll be getting up at 5am.

  • greg

    ok, il be trying for 8am and im gonna start a day early too

  • Marisa

    Sure, I'll join the communal effort — even if it's vacation week! See you all at a bright and sunny 8am.

  • boch

    been working on this for a while. I'm in for 5:45am

  • freshouttatime

    aimin to get up at 6AM; to pray, reflect, and meditate

  • http://www.jesshumphrey.com jess

    so stoked about this…it's always the first goal on my list, my life is always better when I'm up by 5:45AM, I'm an excellent napper, and the only way I can do all I want to do in life is to be up that early. BUT, at 5:45AM, none of that matters and the soft pillow and warm blanket win every time.

    So, normally I'm up at about 7:30 or 8 and I'm signing up here for 5:45!!!!!

  • http://www.arvindhsundar.wordpress.com Arvindh S.

    I am in. I'm usually up by 7 AM. I think I'm gonna push it to 4AM.. That gives me 5-6 hours of sleep..

    Cool! I can use the extra time to read/study/daydream. :D

  • Maria

    I'm in – and scared. I want to wake up at 5:30!!!!

  • Truong

    i'll start waking up at 7:15, which is 1 hour earlier than usual.

    feck me i'm gonna do it this time

  • Mohit

    Hey count me in. I want to get up at 6 A.M.

  • http://jordanmwilliams.wordpress.com/ Jordan M. Williams

    count me in 5 30 is going to be my wake up time

  • Kaye

    … I'm gunning for 8:30. After reading all the preceding comments, I feel kind of wimpy!

  • tinarenee

    I'd give anything if I could get my lazy butt out of bed EARLY so I can enjoy some much needed ME time. Count me in for 5:45am.

  • Zee

    6:45 am for me, since my earliest college class starts at 8am on Tuesdays and Thursdays – plus traffic can be troublesome at times.

    Here's hoping I– er, *we* have minimal problems with calling it a day early on in the evening.

  • http://dorinem.livejournal.com Dorinem

    I'm in. Waking up at 6. Also want to blog about it (my blog is in Russian).

    Let tomorrow come.

  • http://www.fortyukonalaska.blogspot.com Lanae

    It is hard to get up when its -50 (f) in Fort Yukon, Alaska. But, I'll give it my best for 6am.

  • Branimir Ćorluka

    I will participate. Write me down for 6:00. What about the weekends, how about 8:00 on the weekends?

  • http://agoodlife.info Sarah

    Seems like a good excuse for me to join in and try getting up a little earlier. I normally get up about 8:30 or so, so this week I will be getting up before 7am (GMT+13).

  • http://www.moniekzuidema.nl Moniek

    Write me down for 7.00 am every day.

  • Amanda

    Really enjoy my day getting up early. Have started listening to Holosync and going for a run x3 a week.

    The other early mornings will allow time for some gym time. YAY!

    I'm setting my alarm for 5.30am.

  • http://guidol.tumblr.com guidol

    Just what I need! Count me in for 5 AM.

  • Lenneke

    Great idea. I'll join for 7 am. Dutch time, so GMT +1

  • pippin

    ok, i'll get up at 6:00, 1 hour earlier than normal

  • http://blog.samuraiprojects.com Justin

    As I write this it's approaching 7am. A week tomorrow I start a new job after having been struggling to find work for more than a year, so to say it's important I get back on track for getting up early is an understatement.

    My target is 6am. Although I'll be enjoying a nice long slumber today, when I wake up I'll be tasked with repairing my broken blog layout to keep track of this perfectly-timed challenge.

    Let's lifehack.

  • Jarek

    I am currently trying to wake up every workday at 5:30 with partial success. Hope this global challenge will help me. I am in.

  • http://www.forevafit.com mary

    The winter months and morning darkness has made me slack on getting up early. I feel some of your pain Lanae In Yukon. -50 is tough but you can do it!!! I'm going for 5:30 am. I just hope when the alarm goes off I remember why it's going off so early and just don't hit the snooze. lol Good luck everyone!

  • Sunayana

    I've been trying to wake up at 6 am for the last few months, but always end up switching off my alarm clock and waking up at 8 instead. Count me in, target 6 am!

  • Robert

    I'm in for 6 AM.

    R

  • Andrea

    I've wanted to be an early riser my entire career and it just gets more and more difficult. This challenge is timed perfectly and I'm committing to 5am versus the usual 7:15. It's really a "must do" for me now, versus a "want to do"…so wish me luck.

  • Ravi

    I am in. Aim to be up by 5.30am consistantly.

  • Leon

    I've always been struggling to get up in the morning and this have led to a high absenteeism in school. I've tried to get up early in the past with okey but not sustainable results.

    So when I found this article I saw it as a perfect opportunity to tackle the problem. My classes usually starts 8.30 and I get up at 8.00, not very smart. To not exaggerate, my goal will be to get up one hour earlier than usual. So to sum it all: COUNT ME IN! :-)

  • http://lifeshorcut.blogspot.com/ Lety

    MyBlog: http://lifeshorcut.blogspot.com/2010/03/becoming-…

    Actual WakeUp Time: 8 am

    Target WakeUp Time: 6.30 am

  • Smita

    I am in..Aiming for 4 AM for next 5 days :)

  • Mashenka

    I'm in too! Will shoot for 6 instead of 7.30! Oh my… It's almost midnight here; I'd better start counting the sheep… Zzz

  • Shane

    I'm in too. I'm normally grumbling out of it between 8 and 10. I'm going for 7am

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  • http://www.kidsconsignmentsales.com Linda

    Yay for accountability!!! I'm *supposed* to be up by 6:30am to get kids ready – usually up at 7 and yelling at them to get everyone out the door by 7:30. I'm shooting for 5:30 so I can have coffee and wake everyone else up *on time*.

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  • Anuraag

    Sure thing. 6:30 AM tomorrow. :)

  • Dave

    This is a great idea. I could use the extra motivation. I'm in for 6 am.

  • Dany Brown

    Hey.. i am in too. i'll be up by 5:00 A.M.

  • http://www.andycairns.com Andy Cairns

    OK, I'd really like to do this. Really, I would. It's just that my girlfriend really hates it when I get up early.

    Does anyone have any advice on how to deal with this? There's absolutely NO way I can get her to get up early with me!

    A

  • Nelit

    5:00 for me!

  • http://ashikuzzaman.blogspot.com Ashik Uzzaman

    I am in. I don't get time to do staffs for myself because of office works during day and family and social time during night. Do early morning one extra hour or more will give me that time I believe. I generally wake up around 7:30 Am but will wake up at 6 am in the morning next 5 days.

  • Nick Guzik

    I.m in! I try to get out of bed at 6:00, however fight it till 6:30, it is always a struggle, has to be an easier way!

  • coolcatz777

    i am in too! i usually get up at 7:15 or so for work and to get my kids up for school. then i go workout, using up too much valuable time, so I am going to wake up at 5:45 and get up at 6am and do my workout 6 days a week!

  • http://dannyfsantos.com Danny F. Santos

    Goddamn I love sleeping in! But I really want to be more productive in the day so I'm in for 6am!

  • Callum

    Yeah count me in aswell. 7:00 am everyday for me.

  • Ron

    Seems like everyone is going with 6am. Let's do it!

  • http://www.privatelabelinteractive.com/trend.html Lydia Sugarman

    Okay! 5:15 am. There's a 6am cycling class I've been intending to do for, literally, months.

    Lately, I've been adding in one new good habit each week, so this is the week to add waking as early as I've been wanting to do.

    I'll tweet it (http://www.twitter.com/lksugarman) and blog about it (http://www.privatelabelinteractive.com/trend.html). w00t!

  • achgar

    I am in, too. I will wake up at 7 am. (Normal time 9 am) Timezone Germany (UTC+1)

  • Catzy

    I'm in for 6 A.M.!

  • http://www.konsole.com.br Fabiano

    I'm going with the 6 AM guys.

    I normally wake up at 8.

    Thanks for the incentive!

  • Gerard McAnthony

    I'm up for it. 6am GMT it is.

  • P Jones

    FATE! Cannot believe I have randomly come across this when I have been battling with this resolution since 1 Jan. Thank you.

    Aim: 6am (Normal wake up time: 0815). Good luck everyone!

  • Felix

    I'm in, 7:00 CET, about 2 hours earlier than usual.

  • Mudskippie

    Count me in. I'll be up by 6:00 a.m. pacific time.

  • Jin

    I'm in! 7am, much earlier than usual (which is VERY irregular, ranging between 8am to 11am).

  • Stephanie

    Why not, its spring, time to start getting up earlier, finishing work earlier and enjoying our longer days. I'll try for 5:30 this week, I am usually a 6:30 person, but that extra hour is going to be tough.

  • http://zeadith.blogspot.com/ Kate

    I'm in! 5.50am for me.

  • Winn

    Gawd, NO! I don't wanna get up! 5 a.m.? Yeeeesh :-(

    But I'll try because … Hell, I have no idea why except my amazing daughter wants me to join her at exercise class at 5:30 … So, for love of her and for the "fun" of working out, I'll ( enormously loud, heavy sigh) try. Lord, hear my prayer.

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  • http://www.blogincomelife.com/ Valentina

    Put me down for 6.30 a.m.

  • Umar

    Woke up at 5 this morning completely unaware of this weeks challenge just to drop a friend off to the airport. Considering Ive met the pre requisites…count me in! *shudder*

  • Ksenie

    Good challenge! My goal – get up before 6:30 am every day for these 5 days

  • 574779

    I inconsistently roll out of bed between 7 and 8:15, I always feel rushed regardless. So, I'm in for waking up AND getting out of bed when my first alarm goes off at 6:30 am.

  • Mike

    Count me in this challenge.

    I'll rise at 5:45 am. Ready to manage the day projects at 6:00.

    See you next week for a comment.

  • http://www.twitter.com/MrNelson2U Sean

    I'm game! My goal is to get up at 5:30 am!

  • DiedofEnnui

    I will get up at 7 – 2 to 3 hours earlier than usual – to do one of the 3 R's (run, read, or write).

  • JonF

    Unemployment makes getting up really difficult, but I am in – will shoot for 8:00 AM.

  • http://www.azadcreative.com Saddam Azad

    Hi, I could never wake up on time despite my alarm clock. I will shoot for 7 AM.

    I will be tweeting about it everyday @azadcreative

  • Wodell

    Count me in! I want a 6am wake up time. To pray and exercise, before running with the kids!

  • Tracy

    I'm in! My goal is 5:30am. Trick is to figure out what time I actually need to get to sleep at….

  • http://www.anaareias.com/ aareias

    Work + dissertation + misc. research projects = crazy. Im in for 5am! This will actually be my second week waking at this early. Thats 3 whole hours to myself before work. good luck to all!

  • http://www.Quintessential.com Gypsy

    OK, I'm going to aim for 6am.

    I will blog too:

    http://hightekvagabond.livejournal.com

  • Eleanor

    We (my man and I) are in for 7AM–2 hours earlier than normal.

    We've got our first kid on the way and I'm pretty sure we'll be getting up earlier than that in three months' time. We need the practice!

  • Jay

    Im in!!! 8:30am from 3/22 to 3/26 no ifs,ands, or buts about it!

  • marilyn mckay

    I'm in need to be up at 8:30am when the rest of my friends are already having coffee I miss their company

  • Darris

    6 a.m. . . . I can do this. The real challenge is persuading my loving husband to let me out of bed promptly at 6 a.m. . . .

  • http://paulthescholar.wordpress.com/ Paul

    I am in, I usually wake up around 11:00 now I am shooting for 8:30 here we go!

  • cherik

    What the heck! 2 days in a row of getting up early is my personal record of late. I'm aiming for 7AM, instead of hitting the snooze buttons (on my 4, yes FOUR) alarms, all set for different times…

  • http://Www.andytraub.com Andy Traub

    Been trying to get up early for months. We've got a 2 yr old and 8 mth old who get up around 6:30/7:00. I want to get up before them desparately! Here goes nothing. Alarm is set for 6am and coffee maker is set for 6 as well. I'll post a few blog entries as well this week. Thx guys (and gals).

  • http://Jodirosenberg.wordpress.com Jodi

    Count me in! Although I'll be on vacation waking up everyday at 6am will help me make it a productive vacation.

  • http://coralhawthorne.wordpress.com Coral

    Since the clock "sprung" forward, I've been getting up at 10, so 7AM it is. Yikes!

  • Shun

    I have to wake up for school and be on time for once. I am in! 7 a.m!

  • http://www.theiveysmusic.com Arlen Ivey

    I am a musician, (you wil love our music;) so late nights are normal, but we just got back from a two month tour, so I could use my early mornings for business. I will challenge myself to wake up at 8:30am, the 22nd through the 26th!

  • lazysusan

    Yes I might as well give this a go. When a friend sends you an article like this, it's a pretty good indication that one's over-sleeping is NOT a good thing.

    So my rise & shine target time will be 9am.

  • http://wrongstyle.wordpress.com Timo

    Good first morning of the campaign!

    I managed to get up at 05:50 EET (target was 05:30). However, I only set the alarm to 06:00 (courtesy to cosleeper). With some decent stretching, slow breakfast and being at the office at 07:30, I'd consider the first morning a success.

  • achgar

    Good morning :)

    I am a little bit tired yet, but i got up :)

  • Korion

    I've been meaning to start waking up early again for quite some time so I'm in. 6:00 am it is for me!

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  • http://www.forevafit.com mary

    ok I'm up…lol… 5:10 am.. YAY!

  • http://alokmishra.in Alok

    Woow,look at the number of people joining…and I thought I was the only lazy one in my block :)

    As a new yr res, I planned for 3 days a week at the gym, I barely manage one per week coz of my sleep (I wake up at 10 otherwise)! Count me in, target time: 6.30 am IST

  • http://thelinarstudio.typepad.com/embracelife/ Lee

    Are we supposed to check in here? Totally forgot! I've been up since 5AM – Eaastern. THIS might be the hard part of the new habit :) Have a great day!

  • Seth Simonds

    @Lee, etc – There will be a daily article about sleep/rising early for you to check in on. Today's is up.

    Good morning! =)

  • http://www.peterxpark.com Peter X Park

    The hardest thing isn't waking up. I actually woke up at 7am, a good 30 minutes before my alarm. But getting the motivation to get out of bed is a whole another issue.

  • http://antediluviancrafts.wordpress.com Penny

    I'm doing it too! I'll be getting up at 6.30 GMT :)

  • Amy

    I needed this challenge! I usually get up anywhere from 0530 to 0700, but if I want to get up at 0500 to beat the traffic and use the extra time to exercise.

  • DiedofEnnui

    Didn't quite manage 7 am, but was out the door for a run (in the rain, no less!) at 7:25. Close enough.

  • http://faeriequeenpublishing.com LordSplodge

    I'm up for 6am. However I'm going to ease into it. Started with 7:30AM today, followed by 6:30AM tomorrow, followed by 6:00AM for the rest of the week.

    Fingers crossed as I'm not really a morning person!

  • Melissa

    I'm a bit late joining but was up early this morning so I've already started :)

    My normal wake up time is 6 so I'm starting small and aiming for 5:30.

    I'll be tweeting @schmidtmel

  • Mudskippie

    Target was 6:00. I set my alarm for 5:55 but allowed myself 20 minutes of getting over "sleep inertia" so out of bed by 6:15. Not too bad for the first day. Feeling great and just about to have my morning cup of coffee! Best wishes to everyone else.

  • Adam

    Slept in today. I have been getting in to work at 7am the past few weeks. Will try again tomorrow morning.

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  • http://www.21andbroke.com Kyle

    Day 1 complete! I'm blogging about the challenge at my site 21andBroke.

  • Deb

    My goal is 5am. Made it up today at 5:40…onward and upward!

  • Brandon

    Today I succeeded in waking up at 6AM. Because I set this goal firm in my mind, my body even woke me up at 530 in anticipation. I had a great morning of stretching and meditating. Now hopefully I will be able to go to sleep earlier!

  • http://my.ilstu.edu/blogs/pltimme/ Paul

    I am more than happy to join in this challenge. Unfortunately, since I just read this post this morning I am a day behind. I hope everyone forgives me. I will also use waking up early as an excuse to start working out as well. I am getting up at 6 AM, and going on a 30 minute jog. Good luck to everyone else as well!

  • Pam

    How fun! I'm going to go for 7am (it's usually 8am with four or five snooze button hits…).

  • http://www.djdanolson.com danny O

    I will be up at 6am CST every morning. I normally wake up at 7am after a few snoozes.

  • http://www.interpreter-training.com Roger A. Davidson

    I'm in! 7AM for me.

  • http://twitter.com/Alphanomical Alpha

    This is one of my new year's resolutions but I keep getting sidetracked.

    I plan to get up at 6am (normally wake up between 7 and 9am)

  • R Shalhoub

    Hey

    belatedly. I want to get up at 6 am.

    Richard Shalhoub

  • http://crisnoh.wordpress.com crisnoh

    6 am is my wake-up time. So far, so good.

  • Coral

    totally blew it. Thanks to snooze button. goal was 7 instead if 10– got out of bed at 9:20. Tomorrow is another day

  • New1

    I am in too. I will get up at 6 am.

  • http://balbsylog.blogspot.com balbs

    i just saw this today. im thinking of getting up at 6am. let's do this. :D

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  • Elijah

    Been without a normal schedule for awhile. Just saw this today and figure it would be a good opportunity for me to get back.

    Let's say 7am

  • Juliebird

    Started waking at 5am instead of 630am.

    You can follow me on a mini-blog I set up:
    http://www.earlyriseearlydo.blogspot.com/

  • http://www.cocoanymph.com Rachel Sawatzky

    I'm late. But I want to get up at 7am instead of 9am.

  • sherry

    Does it count if you woke up at 7am but didn't actually get out of the bed for 45 minutes? Tomorrow I'll try for up and OUT of the bed by 7:15.

  • Deb

    Belatedly – I want to be out of bed at 7am (it's been 8:30 or 9:30 lately).

  • sidram

    Well I woke at 8:30 as planned, got up at 8:45. Then started work at 9:30 as planned. Not bad! Hope I keep it up tomorrow, I may have to stay up late to finish work tonight :-( doesn't help!

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  • http://www.twitter.com/valeriekusler Valerie

    Well, I just saw this today but I'm definitely interested in trying it out, so I'll start a day late. I normally climb out of bed between 7:45 and 8:30, so I'm going to up that to 6:45. WOOHOO! And I will NOT be doing it on Saturday, so let's see how this goes for the next 4 days!

    I haven't been great at updating my blog lately, but I'll tweet about it and hopefully blog too, at http://valbot.tumblr.com.

    Good luck everyone!

  • ccorrada

    A day late- count me in for 7:30am. I usually wake up around 8 for a 9am workday. Behind schedule all day some days!

  • Robin

    This is gonna kill me – I'm in! 6:30a it is.

  • Anne

    I would like to get up one hour earlier; ie six instead of seven I have been sorely vexed by the change in hour!

    should be easy but I am finding it hard. I now have an alarm (first time in my life I have needed one). My problem is getting to sleep on time. Last night my sleep was very broken and it was hard to get out of bed at 6:45 when the alarm went off. I will set it for same tomorrow and then set it one quarter hour earlier until I hit six am.

  • drjohnzoidberg

    I'm in! I'll get up at 5:30 instead of 6:45.

  • Teri

    I want to play! I'm a day late, so I'll have to become an early riser in four days.

    I will get up at 5:30am instead of 7:30am.

  • Elaine

    Going to join in late here, to get sleep time back on track after an illness. So I'm going for 6 am (that's GMT).

  • denise

    Well I discovered this place one day late. But I will join in the challenge as well, starting tomorrow. I will wake up at 6:30 am, a time I've been trying to commit myself to. Since I have an important appointment at 8am, I'd have to get going at 7:30 am.

  • Ed Q

    5 days? We'll see. Count me in 1 day late I think but better now than never. Let's see what 6 am looks like

  • NDru

    I work full time, yet I only get up at 8am. I'd like to get up at 730 so I can get to work on time.

  • http://miriammogilevsky.wordpress.com Miriam

    Not to be negative, but I feel like I should point out that forcing yourself to get up early is pointless. What makes much more sense is committing yourself to getting enough sleep for five nights in a row, whatever wake-up time that entails. If you want to get up three hours earlier, you should probably also go to bed three hours earlier. Just sayin'.

  • http://www.speak2bfree.com/blog Vangile Makwakwa

    yeah count me in. I had trouble on the first day already so hoping to do well on day 2

  • http://www.speak2bfree.com/blog Vangile Makwakwa

    I am for 8 am

  • http://alokmishra.in Alok

    Plans went kaput, got up at 6.30 as planned. Let out an 'Uh-oh' and crept back into my bed. So Day 1 is a flop for me. I'll definitely get up tomorrow.

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  • Callum

    Got up early and managed to do it in the first morning. But fell back asleep the second morning after the alarm. Will do it tomorrow.

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  • http://livelighter.org Head Health Nutter

    This is a great challenge! Since working from home for the last year, I've been lax with my schedule and find I'm all over the place during the day. Consistency is key, right?

    I'm up anywhere from 7am to 8:30am. Tomorrow, I'll rise at 7am, next day at 6:30am and the following day at 6am (baby steps).

    And I'll see who'll join us for this early riser challenge over at Live Lighter: http://livelighter.org.

  • DaveP

    I'm going for it! 7am every day

  • Coral

    Got up at 8:30 AM ! Getting closer to 7AM target. Tomorrow's the day!

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  • Joe

    Been trying to do this for over a month, saw the challenge and I'm getting on board!

    I'm aiming for 5:45, I have class 4 days a week at 7:30 and I ride my bike to get there. Before that I have to let the dog out, make my wife breakfast and pack her lunch and then still take care of my morning business. I've been late to class for the past 4 weeks so it's time to get back on track.

  • Ton from Utrecht, NL

    Found your post only tonight. I'll get up at 7 AM next 5 days and meditate (vipassana), which is good way of starting and ending the day. Thx for the challenge.

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  • Robin

    I want to get up at 6 am each morning but I'm only starting on thursday march 25th! This new rising time will save me 4 hrs of life and productivity each day. I just found your site today.

  • denise

    So today I didn't pass. Woke up at 8:00am. Apparently I hit the snooze button for an hour and a half straight without realizing it. If it wasn't for my brother, who yelled, "That's annoying. Turn it off!" I would probably continue hitting the snooze button. Will put my phone further away from myself from now on.

    Well, tomorrow is the saving grace to today. I'll reach for my goal tomorrow. Yuuuuup!

  • Franklin

    I'm in – 630 AM

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  • denise

    Woke up at 6:40am at the second snooze. Took a 15 minute walk instead of 30 minute run. I actually feel embarrassed running outside. Maybe I'll stick with walking for now. Today was semi-productive. Wouldn't say very productive, but I got things done. Averaged about 3 hours of sleep again. This sleep deprivation is sorta a problem. Hopefully won't be too much of a problem once my sleep pattern gets adjusted. In a way I'm back to Day 1 again. Need to keep this up. Will to bed early tonight.

  • Jason Koertge

    I've learned two things about myself in tha last 12 months that have not only improved my productivity, it has changed much of the way I do business.

    1) getting 7 hours of sleep completely changes the way I feel during the day, compared to getting 5 to 6 hours if sleep on a regular basis.

    2) Getting up at 5 am allows me to get quite a bit done in the morning before I go to my real job. I typically can get 2 to 3 hours of blogging/consulting work done during that time when my family sleeps, leaving my evenings open to play with my kids.

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  • Maria

    I'm in. 7:30 to free myself from rushing to classes :)

  • Elsa

    Sure, need to wake up at 430, go to the gym get ready for work be in by 7am and have the rest of the afternoon free to chill with friends or go to the beach, or both!

  • http://superduperfantastic.net/ suki

    I'm going to try this. Of course, I'm a week or two late already, but better late than never. Will document how it goes !:)

  • aditya

    I am up at 7 , will try for 6

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  • http://www.manchesterdeveloper.com Lee Englestone

    Is there a way of getting up at 5am without waking your partner??

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  • matt

    Count me in for this week! 6am it is. Whos with me!?!

  • sara

    I’m in too,I’m so excited.

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  • Drycola

    I'm in too, although too late!!

    I'll start from tomorrow to wake up at 6:00am.

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  • http://wparena.com wparena

    this is really excellent I must try these tips to achieve my goal

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  • http://www.jeffkolodnyphotography.com/ Florida Photographer

    Rising up early is not a challenge at all. Just getting a little used to works.

  • http://www.clintcora.com Clint Cora, Speaker/

    I haven't been an early morning riser except on ski days. But now I'm starting to see benefits of getting up early for non-ski days as well.

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  • AndeSL

    As a college student, if I have successfully deleted my facebook for 6 months now, I can wake up every morning at six.

    • http://twitter.com/dirovi Diana Robledo

      That was a really difficult challenge!, I wish I coudl do it :/

  • AndeSL

    oh and here is my blog link

    http://ande07.blogspot.com/

  • Vishal

    Hey, I’m Vishal. This is exactly the greatest problem of my life — I cant get up when i want to. I need to leave my home everyday at 7:30 to be on time for my college. I need roughly an hour for my daily chores. I still want to get up everyday at 5:30 so that i can work for an hour before i leave my home every morning but it never happens. My alarm starts at 5:30 and keeps snoozing till 6:30 or so. Now i have become so hopeless that i put the alarm for 6:00 at the first place. I still get up at 6:30 only. I sleep at 11:30 in the night. I guess 6 hrs of sleep is sufficient, right.

    By the way, where is the first article in this series…pls provide a link.

    I really want to take up this challenge. Count me in!

  • Fahad Khan

    Yeah count me in. I’ll be waking up everyday at 6:00 Eastern Time.
    Also, below is m by blog.

    http://www.rebelwarrior.wordpress.com

  • Carissa

    Count me in definitely!!! I went through a stage where I woke up at 5am, but I got lazy. :( Well this will be some motivation to start up again. :) 5am (Australian time) here I come!!! :P

  • Carissa

    Woke up at 5:00. YAAAY!!! Go me! It is now 5:33 and I have already finished one of my assignments and now I’m going to study for my exam. I am a quite tired but I am waking up more and I spose will get used to it. :)

  • Carissa

    Day 2 of my challenge is successful as well. :) I woke up at 5 and finsihed yet another assignment but other than that, I’m not vey productive. I am very tired but maybe coz I went to sleep at 12. Hmmm… That could be why… Haha :) Oh, the joys of Year 11.

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  • Godfred789

    yes as a student currently holidaying  i will also attempt this, i will need to wake up early anyway for exercising so this will be a learning experience!

  • Carolyn_lewis

    I want to wake up at 6:00am every morning

  • http://www.realhealthyorganic.blogspot.com/ Bill

    What many people fail to realize is it’s not just how much sleep you get but when you go to bed. Your physical repair is 10-2pm and your mental repair is 2-6am. You can’t change that were hard wired for this from caveman days. The FDA considers the night shift carcinogenic for a reason.

  • http://twitter.com/Life_Makeovers Sherri Mulconry

    Hi, yes I want to start waking up earlier in the morning and go to bed earlier at night. Monday, Tuesday & Thursday mornings I wish to rise at 5.00am to exercise and complete some extra work. On the other days I wish to rise at 7.00am. Cheers 

  • http://twitter.com/Life_Makeovers Sherri Mulconry

    Yes, I want to start rising at 5.00am on Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays to exercise and complete some extra work.