It has been called the morning miracle to get up before everyone else and gain more hours out of the day. But does being a morning person actually make you more productive and focused?
Waking up very early has gained popularity especially among celebrities. From Jennifer Lopez, Jennifer Aniston and the Kardashians to tech ‘guys’ like Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Apple’s Tim Cook and Twitter founder Jack Dorsey. So are Anna Wintour and Michelle Obama.
Gwyneth Paltrow is a longtime member of this club, sharing on Instagram how she wakes up at 5 a.m. for a 30-minute tongue cleaning and Ayurvedic oil extraction (me neither), before settling down for 20 minutes of transcendental meditation, followed by a dance workout designed by his friend, fitness guru Tracy Anderson.
J.Lo, Jennifer Aniston and Zuckerberg – convinced early risers
The extremely early start as a cultural phenomenon first exploded on social media, inspired by Robin Sharma’s book The 5am Club and other hashtag-friendly titles.
And yet, why is this so difficult? Was asked by the editor of The Guardian Russell Foster, head of the Institute of Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience at Oxford University.
“There is nothing intrinsically important about waking up at 5 in the morning. It’s just the awful conceit of the early start. It was Benjamin Franklin who started it all when he said: Early to bed and early to rise make a man healthy, rich and wise. And since then this has been happening. Everything starts from the Protestant work ethic – work is good, and if you can’t or don’t want to work, it is, by definition, bad. Not sleeping is seen as dignified and productive,” he says.
„truththe problem is that most of us can’t afford it”
There are numerous studies that indicate that waking up early can make you happier and even make you eat healthier. However, Foster points to a major obstacle.
“To get enough sleep, many people should go to bed at 9 p.m. Unfortunately, most of us can’t do that because we have a lot of things to do, whether it’s helping the kids with homework or doing the laundry. So, the danger is that we don’t get to sleep when we should, and another factor is that other people will make noise around you, so how will you manage to fall asleep?”, adds the specialist.
He also points out that the most enthusiastic exponents of these regimes are people who can afford to outsource the management of their lives.
“These productivity gurus and entrepreneurs have money to pay people to do everything. Imposing this program on other people is punitive and also boastful: Oh, I’m not a great person why sdon’t you become more like me? The truth is that most of us can’t afford it,” he added.
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Source: www.descopera.ro
