How to Wake Up at 4am Everyday: 4 Practical, Non-Hacky Ways

How I finally got myself to wake up early! I've been waking up at 4am for almost a month now—here's how I've been doin' it. This initiative has been 3 years in the making aka I've been wanting to do this for years but was in a long-term, toxic, love/hate relationship with snooze.
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Also, 2nd title slide says "Your night starts the night before." Fail. Meant to say "Your mornings start the night before." :)

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➊ : [1:50] Minimize time spent making decisions in the morning to combat decision fatigue

➋ : [5:04] Your morning starts the night before

➌ : [7:25] Set the tune of your alarm to something you’d be happy waking up to

➍ : [8:24] Know why you want to wake up when you wake up and why you can’t wait up any later than that

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[marshmllow]

1 Minimise decision fatigue in the morning
2 Morning starts night before, go to bed early
3 Choose your alarm wisely
4 Have a solid reason to wake up early

[miryahtm]

i need a video on how to stop going to bed at 4am😂

[itsjenniferbee]

I feel like people who wake up at 4am have their whole life together! Like wow 🙌🏼👏🏼👍🏼

[ThexXpOiSoNgIrLXxehT]

I am a medical student, graduating next year and sleeping 8 hrs per night. You can do anything you want, you don't have to sleep less, you just have to have a better management of your time. Sleeping is essential for your brain functions. It may feel like you're okay with 5 hrs sleep but in the long term people who slept less than 7 hours were the ones with more health issues. Be careful.

[Wizardwiwizard]

How can i wake up at 4 if i go to bed at 4:30?

[karenh.]

Does YouTube know I woke up at 1pm today? This was recommended to me...

[Lwoods]

I've literally been waking up at 2 pm for the past month or so and today was the first day I went to sleep at 11 pm and got up at 6 am. So happy.

[FABIOh]

I feel so powerful and confident when I am running at 5am, before sunrise, with empty and quiet streets, when everyone else is sleeping.

[Kevinschart]

people get hung up on waking up early. you can do all that stuff in the evening, after work. the reason you wake up early to meditate, workout, study, read etc. is because it is 1000x easier to own the time in the morning than it is to own your time after work.


when you leave your job you're probably tired and stressed from a hard day of concentration. friends will ask you to hang out, you might have an event to go to, you may have to work late, or some other distraction will inevitably pop up in the evening. nothing ever "pops up" between the hours of 4-7. There are no distractions.


Want to earn a certification, wake up early and work on it. want to learn the guitar, wake up early and work on it. want to get swole? wake up early and work on it.

[SadieOLeary]

girl you wake up when i fall asleep, i’m shaking

[Ohnogoblin]

As someone with depression I actually found this video super helpful, I find it hard to get out of bed at all, let alone early in the morning. I particularly related to the idea of “decision fatigue” although I hadn’t really put my finger on what it was before you articulated it.Thanks for the tips, I’ll definitely try them out!

[lpl]

No matter what alarm you choose you are going to end up hating it and wanting hit someone when you hear it

[dianahayday]

One tip I can recommend for those who struggle to get out of bed:
After your alarm goes off stay in bed but STRETCH instead of going back to bed.

It works so well for me!!

I like to just lay for about another few minutes and by stretching it slowly wakes up my body plus it feels good!

Look up yoga moves in bed videos on YouTube and you'll find lots of ways to stretch 😃😃

[kalifa______]

Lol I wonder how many people are watching this at 4am.

[rein_rein]

Just cut down social media you don't need to see what everyone is up to, cuz if you don't you'll wake up early start looking at your phone then baaam time wasted and waking up early went in vain..
It's not just about building the habit of waking up early but also what habits are you going to do when you wake up and this is exactly why it's a hard thing to maintain,
Also wasting morning time feels a lot more frustrating than wasting a night time

[Christiana]

Idk maybe I’m just weird but I feel like I’m the opposite. If I have my bags packed, my clothes laid out, and my breakfast made I’m more obligated to NOT wake up because then I’m like “well I can sleep for 5 more mins cause I just gotta get up and brush my teeth” having all those things to do motivates me to get up because I’m like “damn I gotta get going if I’m gonna do all those things” am I crazy?

[LiahStHil]

Going to aim for 5:30am. These tips actually make so much sense! Especially prepping the night before. I use to do that as a teen (because it's how I was raised) and didn't realize how effective that actually is. Thank you!

[Evija]

I'll set my initial goal to 7.30 for now. Will be enough of a challenge.

[juelrose]

Y’all pray for me my new job requires me to wake up 4AM

[dianechoate]

Love your videos! I am 63 and can tell you what you are putting out there is true and helpful...you are refreshing! Not because your mother taught you well but because you are passing on your wisdom!