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The Oldest Productivity Hack in the World
“If it ain’t broken, don’t fix it”
“I barely slept last night. Too excited about this.”
I received the text at 4:55 a.m, and I had been awake for 15 minutes. The sun was already up, and it was a bright, beautiful summer morning in 2020. My friend and I had both decided to try to wake up at 5 a.m for a week, to discover the world of (really) early mornings. I texted back:
“Same here. I woke up at 4:30 for this!”
I also sent hime a picture of my watch, and so did he, because that was the deal for a week. I’ve always been a morning person, and back then I was going through a stable period of a year where I rose at 6am everyday, to work on my blog first thing in the morning.
This article is not here to convince you to become a morning person. It’s not here to tell you what to do. It’s here for inspiration. Mornings are objectively the best time of the day to get things done above average, get ahead of everybody else, and build a strong foundation for success in your life. Here is why.
The oldest productivity hack in the world
I want to quickly explain why I call waking up early “the oldest and simplest productivity hack in the world.”
