re: How to become an early-riser "morning person"

I wake up just after 5 AM all week long to facilitate kids, school, work commute, etc. You just get used to it; I’ve been at it for four years, now.

i get up most morning around 4:45. being in bed by 10, and getting up the second the alarm goes off. do that for a while and it becomes routine. yes, some weeks, come wednesday i'm fatigued a bit. other weeks i'm fine all week. but hitting snooze, or needing to be up at 4:45 and then saying screw it, 4:50........not going to help. set the alarm and do it.

Up anywhere between 3:30-4:30 am depending on how far we need to run. It sucks when you first start getting up early and it definitely sucks if you stay up too late. We try to go to bed early but it doesn't always happen. Discipline and thinking about the fact that we will have to run at 6pm when we'd rather drink a beer is what pulls us out of bed!

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However, for the people that are up at 5:00 AM and out of bed, reading the news, going for a run, working out, and such, how do you do it?

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It's just how I'm wired. Always have been an early riser. The flip side is I go to bed early. Always have. My mom said I used to put myself to be by 8 when I was a toddler.

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You're literally killing yourself.

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Yeah 5-6 hours is seen as the normal and a badge of honor. But very few people can actually live like that long term and be healthy.

Seriously, frick your ego. Get 8-9 hours. If you can't manage that, 7 is a huge step up from 5-6. If you find yourself dozing off on the weekends when you sit on the couch, that isn't normal and you have an issue.

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However, for the people that are up at 5:00 AM and out of bed, reading the news, going for a run, working out, and such, how do you do it? Does it suck for a couple of weeks and then become routine? Do you eventually adjust and become accustomed to it?

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Make a list of 5 items you want to accomplish in the morning. Then pick 1 or 2 to get done by the time you leave the door (if able). If I have things I want to get to get done and I know what they are the night before then waking up early is no struggle.

Work out so your body is tired and try to go to bed by 9-9:30 pm

I've been doing it for years and.
love the early morning time, especially on the weekends.

I usually get up at 4:00 am to 4:30 am
Start Coffee
Take the dog for a 30 minute walk
Drink coffee while logging on to check sites/news/sports
Log on to work and start at 5:30 am work till 3:30 pm but have an hour and 1/2 break where I lift weights at home
At 3:30 pm go do my two mile walk with dog
I'm shuffling a kid around to school, sports, mall etc etc in here too
Make dinner and eat by 6:00 pm
Watch a little TV and do home stuff/cleaning/homework
Bed and repeat

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love the early morning time, especially on the weekends.

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There isn't much better than drinking a cup of coffee just before sunrise and enjoying the still quietness, then listening to the world wake up as the sun comes up.

I've been known to get up around 3:30 to light the fire pit in the winter, and drinking my coffee next to it while the sun comes up.

I feel like I've wasted the day if I sleep past 7.

I get up at 5am to workout every day. If you told my 15-25 YO self I would be a 5am riser no problem by 30 I wouldve called you a liar

I would say most people cant just "decide" to be a morning person. You have to have a reason to get up that early and and you need some accountability (for me its the gym and the group I workout with). You also need to go to bed early and most people dont want to be asleep by 9.