I think slow mornings are way better than the '5 AM grind' everyone loves

Everywhere I look people are bragging about waking up at 5 AM to crush their goals. I tried it for 3 months straight last year and I just felt tired and rushed all the time. Now I wake up at 7:30, sit with my coffee for 20 minutes, and actually ease into my day. The big shift came after a week where I woke up at 6 AM three days in a row and completely brain-farted during a work call because I was so groggy. I get that some people love the early bird thing, but has anyone else found that skipping the whole "rise and grind" hype actually makes them more focused?

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hannahsingh16d ago

Had a buddy who tried the 5 AM thing and fell asleep in his own oatmeal lol.

josephmartin16d ago

That must have been a rough way to learn a lesson about getting enough sleep first.

young.nora16d ago

The whole thing about waking up early assumes your brain works the same at 6 AM as it does at 10 AM. Mine definitely doesn't. I'm a graphic designer and my best ideas come around 11 PM when everyone else is winding down. So I started shifting my whole schedule later - wake up at 9, start work at 10, and I'm in my groove by late afternoon. The "grind" people forget that some of us just have different internal clocks, not laziness.