You know, one of the things I realized as I get older is that somethings we are yet to figure out.
I don't know why, but the old adage that hard work soothes the soul is so true. If you're feeling down, or out of energy, for some reason, if you can manage to get yourself working hard on something, anything, you feel better. The task can range in difficulty from fleshing out that new start up concept, to cleaning your room. For reasons beyond me, this makes you feel better - even when you are dead tired, or super depressed. Sometimes this goes against what you would think follows rationally: if you are tired, a good work out and some rest should suffice. But it doesn't.
Similarly, I cannot come up with a good reason why waking up early works. For the past few weeks, I've adopted a new routine. I recently started a 9-5 after shying away from them for years. I wake up at 7, run for 45 minutes (about 4 miles), shower, and go to work. It is unbelievable how good this feels. I'm so addicted to it, that I look forward to my morning run all evening the day before. This is coming from someone who used to feel like shooting himself in the head whenever he had to get up before 9 and who has always suffered from serious sleep issues. (I should clarify that the benefit is not from exercising alone, I used to work out in the evenings when my day was shifted 4-5 hours)
I guess what I'm trying to say is that you should give it a shot. The benefits go beyond what one can see written on a sheet of paper (i.e., x amount of productivity gained, y amount of sleep gained, etc. etc.) I eagerly await for science to help us understand our complex brains better to understand why these things are so.
I don't know why, but the old adage that hard work soothes the soul is so true. If you're feeling down, or out of energy, for some reason, if you can manage to get yourself working hard on something, anything, you feel better. The task can range in difficulty from fleshing out that new start up concept, to cleaning your room. For reasons beyond me, this makes you feel better - even when you are dead tired, or super depressed. Sometimes this goes against what you would think follows rationally: if you are tired, a good work out and some rest should suffice. But it doesn't.
Similarly, I cannot come up with a good reason why waking up early works. For the past few weeks, I've adopted a new routine. I recently started a 9-5 after shying away from them for years. I wake up at 7, run for 45 minutes (about 4 miles), shower, and go to work. It is unbelievable how good this feels. I'm so addicted to it, that I look forward to my morning run all evening the day before. This is coming from someone who used to feel like shooting himself in the head whenever he had to get up before 9 and who has always suffered from serious sleep issues. (I should clarify that the benefit is not from exercising alone, I used to work out in the evenings when my day was shifted 4-5 hours)
I guess what I'm trying to say is that you should give it a shot. The benefits go beyond what one can see written on a sheet of paper (i.e., x amount of productivity gained, y amount of sleep gained, etc. etc.) I eagerly await for science to help us understand our complex brains better to understand why these things are so.