![]() To counteract the fact that my body and the sun (for roughly half the year at least), are like, “Ma’am what are you talking about, it is not time for bed,” I have a simple routine that I perform in the evenings to wrap up my day. This is especially true in the summer when I find myself crawling into bed while it is still very much light outside. Though waking up early does come naturally to me, going to bed as early as I do often feels weird and wrong. Related article Editors’ Picks: 32 products in our bedtime routines that help us wind downĮstablishing a nighttime routine has been crucial to navigating the tricky space before bedtime. ![]() Here’s some basic math that usually ends people’s early-rising ambitions: To wake up well-rested at 5 a.m., you have to go to sleep at 9 p.m. It’s going to sleep early - early enough to get in the roughly eight hours that are key to my health - that requires discipline. Waking up early is actually the easy part. Waking up early takes discipline, but not necessarily in the way you might think. ![]() ![]() These are the products and methods I use to ensure I get the sleep I need and maximize the same 24 hours we all have in our day. rise and shine time - even if it means winding down before bed at 8 p.m.īeing an early riser didn’t always work well for me - our editorial director Chelsea Stone likes to tell a story about the time I apologetically filed a column at some totally wild hour of the morning because I just couldn’t sleep - but when I decided to make sleep a priority, to work with my tendency to wake up very early in the morning instead of against it, it changed my relationship to being awake early.Īccepting that I’m an early riser allowed me to make waking up early work for me - and to make smart purchases and home design choices to support my unorthodox schedule. I promise that is even more irritating to me than it is to you! But waking up early really works for me, and so I’ve arranged my life around a 5 a.m. ![]() Your CNN account Sign in to your CNN account ![]()
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