Yeah… You lost me at “woke up at 5am”. fuck that.

It does suck at Forest. I’m out of habit at the moment, but when you actually just wake up at that time instead of the dreaded snooze loop, you come into the day more awake and alert than anyone else, on top of the fact that you’ve probably taken some time to watch, read, or listen to something to relax ahead of time.

It can genuinely be the difference between a good day and a bad one.

The key to a good day is to start the day good
If I wake up at 5am I’m so tired that I don’t accomplish anything the whole day.
I find that I can either start or end the day good. When I get up early, I have a good first half of the day and then start fading. When I wake up late, I get a rough start but a strong finish.
I can do the relaxing and reading in the evening if I don’t have to go to bed at 21:00 because my Alarm goes off at five. There is no inherent value in getting up at 5:00 if it doesn’t match with your daily rhythm.

Yeah, I’ve always been a morning person, so when I add something to my morning routine, I often just start waking up earlier. At this point I’m waking up around 5, and it’s crazy how much stuff I can get done just by auto-piloting while still groggy from waking up.

My wire isn’t a morning person at all, but she’s started getting up with me too, and she begrudgingly admits that it’s pretty nice to have stuff done before going to work, rather than tacking them on afterward.

Sure, by the time the day starts, you’ve had time to wake up, unlike the others.

It’s great as long as you have a cosy place for your nap.