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Hello my, dear.✨
As a natural night owl, I was at war with mornings for most of my life. I have serious trouble waking up early. With the constant feeling of sleeping for too long and wasting my day, I was never good at a morning routine.
When I started to read loads of self-help books and follow self-proclaimed gurus online this turned into a full-blown self-worth crisis.
If you believe the mainstream advice of successful people there’s no way you’ll ever become something if you don’t wake up early and kick off your day with a life-changing and science-backed morning routine. You need to win the day, after all.
According to transformational power-headlines, a morning routine will make you unstoppable, more successful, change your life, make you thrive, a high achiever, and help you build a billion-dollar business, among others.
I went on to race against the sun more often than I can count. I tried the alleged panacea of early waking and a powerful morning routine to set me up for success. Guess what, I lost every time after a few ambitious mornings.
The pressure, demand, and high expectations were enough to keep me awake all night. The next day, I was as groggy, unproductive, and as routineless as ever.
To solve this internal conflict, I researched chronobiology, sleep cycles, and crippling insomnia. My scientific results show I’m done with this BS.
Don’t get me wrong. To wake up at 5 am to have two hours for a full-blown wet dream of a morning routine including meditation, journaling, exercise, and a cold shower can be beneficial for some.
However, it’s by far not the ultimate solution for everyone and to claim otherwise is useless at best and harmful at worst. Only around 40% of the population are morning people. The rest are either nocturnal or fall somewhere in between.
That said, you can still have fun after you wake up, even if it’s at 10+ am. In fact, I hereby permit you to do so without a bad conscience. You didn’t waste your day. You’re just starting.
After a lot of trial and error, I finally have a selection of morning activities I enjoy.
They’re not borrowed from Elon Musk or Steve Jobs. I don’t expect them to make me rich, productive, and powerful. In the end, these are pleasurable ways to start a day that often seems too hard to handle.
You can have a look at them here:
15 Fun Morning Routine Ideas For People Who Hate Mornings.
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