The Foolproof Guide to Waking Up Early

Waking up early is no easy thing to do, however throughout my life I've learned some tips that make waking up early much easier! Watch till the end of the video to find out how you can wake up earlier easier and be more productive!

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When I wake up early I get more done by lunch than I do whenever I decide to sleep in a bit. Proof of this has shown in the past few weeks as I have noticed a decline in my productivity recently since I took some time off from my 5 AM morning routine.

So I needed to start waking up early again since I was going to start running again and get back to my normal workflow.

Waking up early hasn't always been easy for me, but I've learned some valuable tips from my years of making this habit stick. With me making the transition to 5 AM wakeup times again I thought what better time to make a video on that topic.

This guide to waking up early needs to come in 2 parts to be effective. The first is the why and the second is the how.

The why begins with you needing something to motivate you to wake up so early. What are your goals and dreams and how can waking up early help you achieve that. Examples of these could include working on side hustles, getting a workout in or just having time to yourself to do whatever it is that you want.

Successful people have been doing this for years. Jeff Bezos, Mark Walhberg's famous schedule of getting up at 2:30 AM as well as Benjamin Franklin's have all been shown off on YouTube in one form or another.

You need to plan what you'll do when you wake up and that includes a nearly foolproof morning routine that will wake you up.

Put your phone as an alarm and keep it away from your bed so you have to walk to it to turn it off. This also will help you avoid falling into the snooze cycle.

Drink a tall glass of water as it's been shown to be extremely helpful in waking you up and a great way to hydrate you to start your morning.

Quickly do some light exercises.

Splash cold water on your face.

There are two ways to get started the first is the embrace the suck method.

Try to go to bed a little earlier than your normal time and just wake up early. Make sure that day you don't have anything crazy important to do.

The second method is the creep it back method. The idea is that you need to wake up 15-30 minutes earlier than usual every day until you reach the desired early wake-up time. For me going from 7:30 AM to 5:00 AM could take 5-10 days with that method. However, you won't feel awful doing this tactic as much as you will with the other method. Hence why it's called the "embrace the suck" method.

Another important thing for you to do if you end up deciding to wake up early is to tell the people you live with that you're going to have an alarm going off at 5 AM especially if you have a partner or share a room with someone.

Next moving forward with the idea of telling people that you're waking up at 5 AM or early, you need to tell yourself that you are a morning person. As silly as this sounds it actually works.

I truly believe in the concept of manifesting things if you want to happen for yourself. At least in this case I think we all can agree that convincing yourself that you are a morning person is extremely important.

Lastly, you need to make sure that you get 8 hours of sleep once you are cemented in this early morning wake-up cycle. I know for me sometimes that can be hard but trust me a lack of sleep is not worth it.

The first piece of advice would be to go to sleep at a specific time, not when you feel tired.

The second piece of advice is to have a 30 minute to an hour wind down routine without electronics.

The third and final piece of advice is to let the people know you live with that getting your 8 hours is important so that you don't offend them by going to bed early and not staying up to watch a show with them or something like that.

[DemetriPanici]

How early do you wake up in the morning? What’s your goal wake up time?

[faisalmasood-medicalstuden]

haha really loved that pep talk you gave yourself in the mirror 😂

[brandonharper]

I’ve typically woken up at 7:00, but I would like to wake up at 6:00. I love having six whole hours before noon, it just feels like there is so much more time left in the day! Waking up early naturally cuts out waste activities like watching Netflix that I would otherwise do late in the afternoon/night.

Very motivating to wake up early!! I get up at 6 everyday... but gonna try to shift it to 5 now! I like the idea that waking up early gives you more time for your side hussle!

[chesterian]

Just making the decision to wake up early is already a step forward. Thanks for the videos man.

[progressivetransformationf]

Putting your phone as an alarm and keep it away from your bed so you have to walk to it to turn it off is on point brother!!

[TheFinancialMinutes]

I used to wake up around 430 am because it's a time when there's literally no one else awake. You'd be amazed how productive you can be when there's no one else awake to talk to lol. Trying to work my way back to it!

[SamDCote]

Great tips Demetri! I’ve been getting too much sleep recently which has been really killing my productivity— great to hear another person’s advice!

[Kimmyg]

The phone alarm across the room trick is pretty much foolproof 🙌🏻 Haha forces you to get up already which is honestly the hardest part. These are solid tips - I appreciate how realistic they are!

[KoiAcademy]

Haha the phone across the room has always worked. You get dehydrated overnight through insensible losses so drinking water first thing not only helps but is healthy !

[thelongevityproject]

I find it so helpful to write out my goals the night before or the morning of so that I have a plan for the day. Great video man!

[myBSlife]

Retraining your body gradually is much, MUCH easier on it as you said. I like the 15 minute gradual process a lot !

[JashimJalal]

I need to make a better habit of my night time routine to consistently go to sleep at the right time. Great vid!

[noel_lopez]

I Really need to use these tips, I struggle with getting up early and when I do for morning runs I usually end up going back to bed after lol

[amycurtis]

This video is perfect timing for me. The kiddo's sleep has been terrible and that overflows into my sleep quality. To make up for it, I've been allowing myself to sleep late.

It's not working well.

[JamesGamesMTG]

I HATE that alarm noise, but LOVE this video. Eating a late dinner and gunna take mental notes on this.

[empoweredpersonalgrowthboo]

Right up there along with Hal Elrod's miracle morning routine. It's amazing how much productivity is achieved in the mornings. Nice vids man, I'll be visiting again!

[GFree]

I'm glad I saw this. I usually get up at five naturally but lately I've been in a bit of a slump. Seeing this is going to get me back on track.

[improvementhub]

This was helpful! I've been getting up at 5am for the past few years. The habit carries itself

[LADYRAEUK]

They’re all really good tips! I’ll keep them in mind when my kids aren’t my alarm clock anymore 🤣