AP 681: Three Methods to Wake Up Earlier || from a former night-owl turned early bird

About Progress

Cloud10

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

5 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Are you a night owl struggling to embrace the early mornings? I'm raising my hand right now, because that is me! In this episode, I get into my journey of reform, from being a chronic night owl to an early bird. Plus, what that has changed for me in my daily life and why I stay motivated to keep up this practice. I'll share three actionable methods you can adopt to wake up earlier without relying solely on superhuman willpower. Whether you need the gradual, immediate, or combination method, there's a way for everyone. Tune in and discover how waking up early can transform your life in ways both deep and practical, without the moral superiority. Wake Up Early Guide Related episodes: https://www.aboutprogress.com/blog/my-4-step-process-to-create-a-solid-easy-nighttime-routine, https://www.aboutprogress.com/blog/makeover-your-morning-routine, https://www.aboutprogress.com/blog/2-quick-tricks-to-get-to-bed-earlier-growth-spurt, https://www.aboutprogress.com/blog/how-to-shift-your-nighttime-routine-with-one-major-tweak, https://www.aboutprogress.com/blog/Create-Your-Own-Miracle-Morning Sign up as a Supporter to get access to our private, premium, ad-free podcast, More Personal. Episodes air each Friday! Leave a rating and review Follow About Progress on YOUTUBE! Book Launch Committee Free DSL Training Full Show Notes This episode is brought to you by goPure Beauty, get 25% off @goPure with code PROGRESS at https://www.goPurebeauty.com/PROGRESS #goPurepod; and by AirDoctor, use code MONICA at http://airdoctorpro.com/ for up to $300 off air purifiers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Have you ever been to read a new favorite series only to end up with a book hangover?
0:06.4	Book Talk for Book Talk with Jack and Amy is the go-to literary podcast to discuss your favorite novels with your newest book besties.
0:13.1	They use their literary backgrounds to analyze what makes these stories so special.
0:17.7	Listen to Book Talk for Book Talk with Jack and Amy wherever you get your podcasts.
0:29.6	Hi, I'm Monica Packer, and you're listening to About Progress, where we are about progress made practical.
0:44.6	Okay. progress where we are about progress made practical early on after I started about progress I was learning so much about progress outside of perfectionism
0:50.0	and so much of that translated to the way that I saw myself. Along the way came the necessary push to
0:57.2	begin to work on my personal habits, sleep being the most paramount. Because of this, I decided to
1:05.3	do an online challenge of sorts. It was both very informal, but very viral for this very small Instagrammer at the time.
1:14.4	I called it the wake up early challenge. What it looked like was a simple 28-day challenge
1:20.3	where every single day, me and anyone else who wanted to participate, would just wake up early.
1:29.6	While it was all done with pure intentions, it was poorly envisioned and planned and executed. And that's because, for me,
1:36.6	it all came down to one wrong thing. I thought waking up early was all about having the grit
1:43.7	and willpower and determination
1:45.9	to just decide and make it happen. There were some things I was right about, namely the desire
1:54.3	to wake up early. There is so much to benefit from waking up earlier in the morning and ways that are both deep and practical.
2:03.4	I was also right that doing so requires some level of grit and determination,
2:09.6	but there are actually multiple methods to getting up earlier that are not wholly dependent on having that superhuman level of willpower.
2:21.8	Waking up earlier is a desire or even a necessity for so many of us.
2:28.3	I actually fall into both camps. I wanted to wake up earlier and I needed to wake up earlier thanks to my family.
2:36.7	If you're in that boat of wanting to make waking up early a priority for yourself,
2:42.9	today I will share three methods on how you can do just that.
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