Few hints on changing your sleeping schedule to 9-5 (am): 1. Make sure you have an hour of calm relaxing time before bed 2. Don't drink caffeine or other stimulants after morning 3. Get good curtains (no really) 4. Accept that you'll have trouble falling asleep at the start and will miss a few hours of sleep, no matter what you do. 5. Don't use anything with a screen for around 1 hour and 30 minutes before bed. It wakes you up and makes it WAY harder to fall asleep. 6. In the line of the last advice: learn to get into non-phone and non-pc habits, like reading, or doing simple chores. 7. Finally, have a routine you follow before bed. You can do this before you start the challenge to make it easier to fall asleep. Your brain will learn to fall asleep after the routine and it will speed up the process of adapting.
idk about the 5th hint, since its a nightly routine that i play 1 round of minecraft dungeons before sleeping at roughly 9-9:30 and then wake up at roughly 4:45-5:05. but i can understand since blue screen and such can definitely keep ya awake. then again the reason to why my nightly routine is to play a round/dungeon in minecraft dungeons is cuz i usually fall sleepy when i do and even catch mysely going to sleep in the middle of the run. overall good tips list my guy
@@thebigfatsoman2002 I am assuming your screen may have blue light protection. If you have glasses, there may be a blue light filter on them as well. Blue light can be brutal if you have a hard time falling asleep. But, it may not hit the same on each person. You may just be able to fall asleep fairly easily, like myself.
@@skr33nsav3r yup, I've been told I have a natural sleeping talent, some say I've slept while sitting and having knees right by my chest like in a curls ball position. As for the blue screen protection... Maybe? I'm not 100% sure if my glasses has that but it is highly possible
i love seeing more people wake up at 5. to be honest waking up at 5am, disconnecting at 9pm, and in bed by 10pm super helped my depression and anxiety. It was the stepping stone to a ton of other great habits! i was able to go from 225 to 170, read more, meditate, organize my life more, and get my entire work life balance (mostly the life part) in order.
As someone who is a natural early bird and wakes up at 5AM without an alarm, it is so interesting hearing how hard it is and the pros to waking up early
Yeah well for me it's kinda the same I'm a night owl so I find it strange when people wanna wake up early however my thing is it has to be like for things I wanna do cus apparently I hate waking up at 5 am for school but not volunteer work that and i find it strange when people don't know how to stay up late
Kinda same, except for me its absolute PAIN. I used to wake up at 9am during my vacations and 6:30am for school, now that im studying on a different schedule i always wake up 5, EVEN WHEN I DON'T HAVE CLASSES AND I GENUINELY WANT TO REST
This is very true. I don't have to do this challenge because I have to be AT work at 5 am. It's kind of nice having a routine but it's crazy seeing people driving to work at 4:30 in the morning like "I'm crazy. Why are you crazy here with me?"
I sometimes open between 5/6 am. And yes, there's hardly any traffic on the interstate when I'm driving. It's so peaceful and if I ever plan on traveling I'd prefer to drive before sunrise.
As a student waking up at 5am isn't really optional as I have classes and work to get to but I find not staying up super late or sleeping in super late on weekends or breaks make waking up on work weeks way easier. Keeping your sleep schedule as regulated as possible helps a lot! For example I wake up about 4:50-5:00 Am pretty much every weekday for school or work on weekends or breaks I wake up around 9:00-10:00Am to allow myself to sleep in but not so late that I feel I've wasted the day sleeping. Rewarding yourself also helps a lot , usually on weekends I love having some tea and coffee cake to start my morning and then watch a show or video I've been interested in but didn't have the time during the week to watch. It feels good and I look forward to it during the week! I've always had trouble falling asleep but I have a pretty solid schedule now I always take melatonin an 1hr or 30 minutes before I want to be asleep apply some Dr teals sleep lotion (smells amazing) and relax.
There was a period of time when I was in law school where I woke up at 6AM every day. Easily the most productive era I've ever had in my lifetime lol. I wish I could find that kind of motivation again, it was truly so good for me... but my depression got no chill, I wake up at like noon nowadays 😂😭😂😭
How can people do that? I mean i can understand that if soneone has something like depression But just a healthy person? Most of my friends wake up at noon I could never my body just wakes me up latest 9am.
@@chanelleright ye I just dont get it my mum is healthy and she wakes up at 11am and I wake up at 8am! I dont see why she cant wake up the same times me
I had to wake up at 6.30 for school and it just made me more tired every day. I woke uo mentally at 10 am regardless. It actually got worse if I woke up 15 minutes early. Now as adult, waking up at 5 am can be fine even. But yeah... It does not make me better or more productive. Doing something at 8 am is not better than doing it at 10 pm.
Reminder that if you do this challenge, you gotta go to sleep early, all the good benefits of this challenge only come if you get at least 7 hrs of sleep, that is the minimum necessary for being healthy in general. From eye bags to things like a higher risk for diabetes, not getting enough sleep has soooo many bad effects on your body.
Second this ^^ I wake up around 2:30am every day cus I start work at 4am, and I am asleep by 7pm or else I would be dead😂 Also listening to my body and taking naps when I really need it.
@@sola_a I'm not here to trash talk her or anything, I'm sure she tried her hardest to get more sleep. I'm just leaving a tip for anyone else who attempts the challenge.
@@herecomedatboi9646 neither am I, but it's valid critism. It's like doing a 30 day vegan challenge but eating meat on the weekends. What's the point in doing the challenge if you're not even going to do it right. Now none of her take aways even matter because what she was doing wasn't a challenge about waking up earlier, but a challenge of functioning on less sleep.
if your in college and wanna wake up early, try to get whatever work you have out of the way and set a alarm the night before. But waking up early does give you time to do your daily care, pack your bag and get time to eat breakfast. Personally ive been waking up early since freshman year of high school and now I'm in college I guess I got use to it, I don't like it , but I got use to it.
You made excellent points & being ADHD, I can definitely see how this would be in a sense a helpful progression. But My inner body clock is a night owl. Probably depends. Good for you, tho! Proud! 🎉
I can't imagine how difficult and frustrating being a morning person with ADHD would be. Your brain is already fighting you in a lot of ways--executive dysfunction, time blindness, etc--and sleep is no exception. Delayed melatonin release due to a dysfunctional sleep/wake regulator (a part of the brain known as the reticular activating system) makes it harder to fall asleep and wake up energized. I have heard that sunrise alarms can help, but I'm not sure how effective they actually are. Might be worth a try, though. 🤷♂️
The easiest way to actually wake up at 5am is to sleep early. For 2 years I had to wake up at 5am to drive a school bus. I tried sleeping at 10-11pm to wake up at 5am and that made it so hard to get up. Id wake up and contemplate If those kids actually needed to be picked up. After 2 months I finally figured it out (helps that I can fall asleep in -5 seconds even if I had just woken up) and I just started sleeping no later than 9pm. I was doing very well! Making my kale smoothies, coffee and breakfast and heading to work early and all. Then I got married, got addicted to morning cuddles and have had the toughest time getting the hubby to sleep before 11pm if I don’t walk him and he will not get up before 7am. Thank god I got a 8-5 job but not gonna lie I do sometimes miss getting up at 5am.
You know what? Respect for trying stuff out, and staying on the grind. :) getting up at 5 was a habit that frustrated me, and staying in the pattern is hard, until you get that momentum. Major respect.
Tips I've learned from having to wake up at 4am almost everyday. 1.) As soon as u wake up get up. No joke. Don't let yourself sit there on ur bed. Get up and do your routine 2.) Eat something small. If u not hungry enough to eat a meal eat a lil snack when u get up. Can be some fruit, a granola bar, etc. 3.) If u gotta get up 4 work or school give yourself only a few minutes to get ready. Can't sit around and play on your phone when you got 15 to get ready and head to the bus LMAO 4.) Don't let yourself sleep in on days off/weekends. I know I know everyone wants to sleep in on your day off but in reality it makes u more tired. Get yourself up at a normal time everyday. If u had to work a really long shift before a day off gove yourself an extra 30 sleep. Don't do an hour. It will be harder to get up. 5.) Plan your days off. Don't got to go anywhere? Well that ok too. What do u wanna do on your day off? Catch up on a TV series? Read that comic u been putting off. Plan it. Give yourself a scedule. Will let you get everything done and you will be super tired and fulfilled by the end of the day. U don't gotta get up super early like I do but these do help you stay productive :))
Waking up early is good. It's just that sleep as well😅😴 The mix of both is all the better. Today I had the worst sleep- in a long time, I made a drawing after midnight, and finished it only at 2:30~ I liked it, but uh-I crashed on my bed at 3 am. And I didn't fall asleep because well, I have to decide to sleep- to actually being able to sleep. And I didn't even wear a blanket and my head wasn't even on the pillow. I kind of woke up half dead (haven't fully fallen asleep) and looked at the clock realising it was 5 am.... So yeah. You're doing well... More than me- :p :'-)
Personally I'm in high school at the moment and they make us all wake up at 5-6am depending on 6iur bus routes, they also make the middle schoolers wake up just as early including the 6th graders, who are only 10-11 years old. I get that for some people this could boost productivity or whatever it's supposed to do but for us it just kills our motivation to do work and causes us to fall asleep in lectures. Everyone I've met at this school has admitted to sleeping in class. The school's excuse for making everyone wake so early and learn about geometry? Because some kids have sports and they need to get there by 2 or 3pm. I myself participate in these sports, and even I think it's insane. I think the world will remain in fact if some kids have to find a sports place that runs at 5or6pm instead of 2 or 3pm. But hey, that's just me.
are you american cause i've heard some wild times for y'all schools to start. I get up 6-7 for school depending on rhe day cause some days i have band but god i feel bad for those of you who have to get up 5-6. My sis is the age of 6th grader and she sleeps in until 7:30 sometimes even 8 and makes it on time to school
As someone who has trouble sleeping, I can understand the frustration of taking this on for someone who would rather state up late and get up late. I literally just got out of bed after being up since 3 am the day after watching this the first time, I feel like so exhausted that it feels like I'm wasted. Good job on sticking with it even if you felt like quitting because I sure as hell would have quit day one.
As someone very very familiar with severe long term sleep deprivation, I’m really concerned about them saying that they slept so little for so long :/ I am conflicted as I’m happy for them that they’re proud of having achieved their goal and that they found many benefits, but also it is okay to listen to your body’s natural sleep chronotype. 5am is some people’s perfect start for productivity, but you can be just as productive, mindful, and healthy in your mind and body by listening to what it responds best to rather than forcibly mapping it onto someone else’s timeline and ending up depriving yourself of sleep since your body doesn’t natural seem to want to sleep that early. Societal Jet Lag is real, so remember that while it’s great to want to improve yourself and be more productive, remember that no one strategy works for anyone and to listen to your body while making adjustments. This message goes out to Den or anyone who may be reading this ^-^ be your best self for yourself in whatever your timeframe may be 😊
Thank you.... It really got me anxious to see this cause I have a huge problem with productivity because I cannot stop working without feeling bad... so this video only makes my anxiety for working bigger and questioning my VERY OVERPRODUCTIVE SHEDULE again... so... thanks for calming me with your words...
@@bredoslow8166 I do want to clarify, the concern doesn’t come from the wake up time. The concern comes from them mentioning that they ended up sleeping only around 3-5 hours many times over the course of the month (if I’m remembering correctly, having watched this a month ago). So yeah that’s what I worry about, 5 am can be someone’s perfect time, but very few people in the world can actually healthily function on less than 6 hours.
I would like to say that waking up early is really helpful with a lot of the things she mentioned, but I wouldn't wake up that early, and rather just a bit later, like between 6-8 am instead. That, at least, worked for me
OMG! I was waiting for this video for so long I followed almost all your journey on Instagram and it's so impressive the effort that you made, congrats! 🎉
Well waking up early is good, if you get used to that, you will have no troubles doing things early, but you shouldn't watch motivational videos or be awake at 12:00 if you are really going to wake up at 5, also something that works for me is a rag with cold water for the eyes, coffee makes me sleepy.
Lol fun fact I’m watching this at 4 rn because: 1. I’m doing homework 2. My sleep schedule is extremely screwed up 3. I love watching Cypherden Will I ever get a normal schedule? The answer is most definitely not.
Literally I would encourage you to make videos like this one because videos like these give a really nice impact on people's life It really gives a good vibe and a good energy.
Don't forget people have a biological clock, chaninging this is possible but it won't make you happier, besides, it might just make you feel more sad. Like for me at school. I wake up at 6 AM daily for it and I don't really feel happier about it. Every weekend I can go to bed at 11PM and wake up around 9-10AM, and it's perfect. On those days I feel much less depressed than on school days or early days.
This might help you guys but idk, I wake up at 4 in the morning to get ready for school, cuz if i wake at that time, i still have time to learn stuff if theres a test or do homework ^^ and if your done showering and have nothing to do, no test, no homework, you still have free time until 6 in the morning you go down stairs to eat and go to school ^^
The coffee early on was the key. Getting up for an opening shift in a kitchen, that little dopamine shot does the trick. It doesn't have to be coffee, it can also just be something as simple a warm shower or finding a spot that serves breakfast that early. I went from late riser to 6AM. Pavlov training stronk.
Personally I can't do that "no-device" thing before bed cause ASMR makes me fall asleep. I always face my phone downwards though so I don't have the light. I don't have to wake up that early, I usually wake up at 7 every day. My best way of staying awake when it's early is taking a shower, doing my hair, skincare, makeup, getting dressed then forcing myself to eat and do SOMETHING (on days when I don't have school)
Been waking up most days around 5-6 am every day for nearly four months now, mainly because of work. I struggled for a while to go to bed early like around 9pm or so, here what works for me to fall asleep easier. Firstly turning off the lights/have a low light on. Second is smells you like, such as lavender. Lastly calming music on repeat.
Good job, your so adorable. "No more naps cause scary" lolz so cute. It's nice to know that having a coffee maker would help but five though? i guess it's not that early but i'd consider getting up at 6 to be early enough. if only i had reason to get up so early.
Considering I have so much trouble with waking up and making time for self care each day, I think I'll give this a try! I'd love to be able to start my day a bit earlier so I can have time to wake up and take care of things before the bulk of the day begins. ^^
Congratulations Den for completing the challenge! My body seems to wake up naturally around 8:30 am so maybe I’ll try this challenge with that time instead. My classes are cursed though cause I have to get up at 7:30 am and why would I want to go to bed at 10:30 instead of 11? I have autism so I can’t exactly function on less than five hours sleep, I will full on cry or have a meltdown in public if I do that so no thanks.
As someone who wakes up at 5:55 (I used to wake up at 5:35) for school, it sucks. But it gives you random motivation to get through the day, ‘cause you want sleep.
So I remember reading that for people with ADHD, their internal clocks are actually set back later than others. They're brains are most productive from around 11pm to 2am. And I have ADHD. Good to know it's quite literally hard wired into my coding.
Yes in theory that is the case but I still found that waking up at a reasonable time (for me that is currently 8:30) majorly helped my depression and productivity. I have ADHD too so I get that but putting in the effort is definitely worth it
I hate this mindset. People who wake up at around 4:00 - 5:00 a.m. are people who are morning people. A large part of the population are night owls, so if you are one; not only are you waking up early, by ruining your sleep; You are also lowering the efficiency of the amount of time you spend working. There is 24 hours in a day. So if someone wakes up at around let's say 4:00 am, they usually go to sleep around 9:00pm, equating to 7 hours of sleep. If you go to bed at 1:00 am and wake up at 8:00am, it is also 7 hours of sleep. You don't need to wake up early to be successful, you just need to figure out what time works for you. You might be a parent and need an hour or two to study/work/productive in the morning before the kids wake up. Or you might live with your family and want the peace and quite time at night to focus. What I am basically saying is do what works best for you, don't force something just because you saw a post or a popular TH-camr suggest it.
I think attempting to sleep regularly harmed me far more than it helped me. I used to attempt to go to bed in the dark and usually failed, so almost all of my sleep was during daylight. Now, I do not keep a regular schedule tied to a 24-hour day so it is about 50/50 between dark and light. I am much more productive and feel better!
I remember last July I started a new job where I go into work in the morning (I used to work later shifts).. I immediately shifted a bunch of things in my day-to-day, with recommendations from my bf (since his shifts, well.. shift, every couple of weeks at his workplace). So now I wake up at 7-7:30AM, have breakfast by 7:45, my lunch is around 12-1:30PM, & I try to make sure my dinner is no later than 6:30PM (sometimes I'll have a snack if I used a lot of energy in the day & feel hungry still). I'm always asleep by 11:30PM, but try to make sure I'm not on any social platforms by 10PM. (I'll put on TH-cam vids to fall asleep to because I have PTSD & need something to distract my thoughts ^^''''). Having used to gone to bed by 2-3AM & waking up close to noon, to immediately switching my entire routine, was tough, & took a while for the diet portion especially, but it really has helped a lot in the long run!
You have inspired me to try this change I don't wake up till 11am and sence I'm home schooled nothing really makes me get out of bed I just do things on my own time and this makes me fell very gross and lazy I'll try to keep y'all updated :) Day 1: I woke up yayy I started my school early and I got cleaning around the house I thought it would be harder but ig not... Sorry if I right this weird I'm not used to wakeing up this early DAY 2: I felt super energized to day but today felt so long I'm not used to days being that long lol anyways I cleaned up a lot worked on some of my art and worked out for a bit my body hates me because of it so yea I was just productive today
In my experience, it's way easier by having a few personal rules and aids, here we go: 1. Have an excuse to wake up early. I constantly think "university opens at 6, I have class at 7, but parking is impossible after 6:30, so I have to be there before." And through mental gymnastics and washing my own brain, I get to wake up by 5:00 to 5:30, depending on wether or not I will shower in the morning (I usually shower one morning and then the next afternoon, 36 hours to keep may hair from drying out too harshly), to make sure I arrive by 6:30. 2. Engrain into your head that you have to sleep at least 6 hours. It was recommended at some point for an adult to sleep between 6 and 8 hours every day, and I took that personally. Making sure you complete a certain amount of hours of sleep every day will motivate you to sleep earlier in order to achieve that goal. My rule is "at least 6 hours, or if I have no choice, at least 4 as the absolute bare minimum and as last resort". 3. Green and jazmin tea at night, mixed together. This thing works wonders when you first start and, at least in my experience, helps only with the process of falling asleep, but doesn't knock you out. I make it by hand, have a 30 minute ritual for making it, and it motivates me a lot into having dinner early to have my sweet time making it. 4. A good brew of coffee in the morning. In the same way I have my night ritual for tea, I have one for coffee in the morning. I make it by hand as well, and take that time for catching up with news and friends, and making breakfast. You have a coffee machine, so it isn't necessary to take the extra time for it, but it's always nice to have a ritual for both morning and night to follow, which will always and forever feel like an achievement. 5. Gradual alarms. Sleep tracking apps like Sleep Cycle have an alarm that plays and gradually increases volume until you wake up. They have a 30 minute window, and once you learn how you sleep and wake up, you can set the alarm accordingly. For example, I wake up after 15 minutes of the gradual alarm playing, plus 5 minutes of snooze time to prevent a morning migraine from kicking in (I get them if I stand up right as I wake up for some reason). Therefore, I have set my grad alarm accordingly. 6. Music. Waking up and playing upbeat music afterwards is somehow a moral booster. So I recommend having your phone's voice assistant ready as you wake up to play a list with your favourite energetic songs, at a reasonable volume to avoid waking someone else up or staggering yourself up (it can feel bad tbh). 7. Water. Lastly, having a glass of water on your bedside nightstand and drinking it before standing up helps ease your mind into waking up completely, because its coldness feels nice and refreshing. These are the rules I follow, and I recommend you have your own, or maybe even choose and pick what you like from the ideas proposed in the comment section, I know I saw some that I really liked that motivated me into writing my own in hopes of it helping someone. And congrats on achieving 30 days of this routine! It is nice to see that I wasn't the only one to struggle at first and it's refreshing.
I usually get up at 5 because I have to pray fajr and sometimes I stay up to finish all the things I need and if I finish early I just reward myself with a nap And that's the best thing about getting up early
I also had to switch my schedule because I would sleep all the till 2 pm and stay awake till 7 am and also I stopped working out and completely stopped my health progress. recently (like 2 months ago) I got spooked real bad by heart ache and it wouldn’t stop till 15 mins later so I told myself to wake up every morning at 5:30 and do at lest 30 mins of walking and it has been a godsend. I’ve also trying for better hygiene as well
I wake up at 5 every day and let me say… it’s worth it! It helps motivate you to do new things at the same time and push yourself with more time after going about your own for the first hour or two in the day. Glad you had a positive experience with it!
reminds me of when I was a kid. I would wake up at 5 AM for 4 years to watch cartoon network. Beyblade, Total drama Island, and Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 was all worth it. I stopped getting up at 5 consistently and feeling like shit in the morning at the start of high school. I hope to start again soon. I'm finally healthy enough and well fed to do so. I miss training and running in the morning.
My body has been wanting me to wake up at 4 am and not be able to go back to sleep for a while. It’s a mix of both being tired during the day from a lot of things and going to bed earlier than normal around 8 or 9. I also think the time change is part of the reason as well. The biggest reason is my own bad habit of being on my phone before I got to bed and then my eyes think it’s bright sooner than it is. If I spend 30 minutes reading a book then I can sleep through the night or if I wake up on the middle of the night it’s easier to go to sleep
I know for me I got so used to staying up late over the summer since I graduated high school and didn’t have school anymore. Because I wasn’t in school anymore I kind of lost my routine. Because you have to wake up at a certain time for school and you have a schedule for school which is like eight hours, you basically have a routine laid out for you. But now that I am an adult now and don’t have school anymore I have to rely on myself to wake up on time and get things done that I want to do. It may seem hard for us but I totally recommend waking up early. I haven’t been waking up at 5 AM because that’s just way too early. However I’ve been waking up around eight or 9 AM depends on the day. But for those of you who want to start waking up on time just take a little steps. If you wake up before 12 PM that is already a goal.
It was hard for me since I've always been a night owl. You'll be tired for the first couple of weeks but it slowly gets easier. Definitely more energy in the morning too. n_n
Idk if you're American, but here you have to wake up at 5-ish usually for high school. Given my 4 years of experience I can confirm that I absolutely hated it and waking up before the sun ruins my day. Ik the productivity girlies act like waking up early is the only way to be worth anything, but if you have a good sleep schedule it doesn't matter if you wake up at 5am or 5pm, you'll still get your ~16 hours of day to get shit done. 7:30-10am is peak for me.
For me there's a big gap between "getting up" and "waking up". Like getting up I can do. I can physically move myself downstairs. But WAKING up? That takes like 3 hours.
As a student of a school where 99% of the students have a messed up sleep schedule, [ Waking up way before 7am (this depends on the distance between you and the school + traffic) just to get ready, eat, have some time to yourself, and then leave for school. Then, we get back home, be very unproductive & irresponsible, then do homework at 12am. ] *Welcome to my unhealthy lifestyle* Cons: We’re all mentally unstable.
I struggle a lot with major depressive disorder so I totally relate to most of the points in the video. Especially the drinking water regularly omg, I never had bad skin but not good skin. Once I drank water a lot more people started asking me for my routine! (Literally was just drinking water LOL) I remember hitting that desperate point of trying the motivational videos when I was 18 in 2017. Here are some things that helped me. 1. External validation is a double edged sword. I don't want to disappoint people, and I want to be held accountable by people I care about. But if I lean on them too much I found my motivation wasn't doing this for ME, it was to appease my peers. Self improvement is not for anyone else. Also doing things to spite my friends because they doubted me, I never got long term value from and found it to just be a toxic response on my end. Don't get me wrong though, I love a good "I told you so, doubters 😎". 2. I NEVER have snooze on my alarms, unconscious/partial conscious me will find some way to sabotage and blank my memory so I have the excuse of blaming my phone.
3:23 genuinely can't conceive the way ppl just talk about sleep paralysis like it wasn't one of the scariest things u could ever ever experience. When that shit's gonna happen to me eventually buh bye bed safety zone like forever
One thing that helps me with getting to sleep is setting up a bed time routine, that means I just listen to chill slow music, brush my teeth, groom, etc. Usually you want this to be an hour before your intended bed time. That should be 9 hours before 5 if you want to wake up at 5. I tend to wake up around 7 or 8 rather than 5 but I had woken up alot earlier than that due to work circumstances. Definitely aim to get at min 7 hours of sleep but no more than 9. After 9 you delve into the nap territory and a bad nap makes ya feel groggy at best.
Ah man I woke up every day at 3:40-4:00am and looking back that was genuinely one of my favorite periods of life, and where I made a lot of progress, now I don't get off work until 12:30am, so can't really do it anymore, but I really wish I could
I used to have to wake up at 4 a.m. because I worked before and after school 😅 I opened AND closed a daycare when I was 17 years old, and I was so sleep deprived and I absolutely hated it. One weekend, I was so exhausted and sick that I went to bed at 8 p.m. Friday night, and I didn't wake up until 8 p.m. Saturday evening, and I was VERY confused. I'm just not wired to wake up early. No matter how much or little sleep I got, I'll still be tired and groggy all day. I have a pretty set routine now, though. I work evenings at my job, so I go to bed at around 5 a.m. so I can wake up in between 1 or 2 p.m. since I have work at 3. I get off work at 11:30 p.m. and usually get home in between 11:45 and midnight. I usually walk my pitbull as soon as I get home, then I feed him, my husky, and my three cats, and then I'll heat something up for myself and take the rest of the night to relax. I've got myself a little routine I enjoy. I just cannot wake up early, I hate being awake when the sun is up
I wake up around 5 most days and sometimes even earlier thanks to the military. At some point you just get used to it and "sleeping in" means 8-9 wake up. I highly recommend a bell alarm clock placed across the room. They ring for an entire hour and the off button (no snooze) is a small switch on the back you have to fumble with
I used to wake up at 5am during my entrance exam preparation years. I still can’t believe how i was able to do it. Surely most motivated and productive days of my life.
Congrats on your success. As a person who can't stay sleep until 10AM (Thank you military sleep cycle), I can feel the struggle at first, but then it's like clockwork. I need to get back to my get up and record schedule... Next month I'll start...
I was like u gaming/entertaining till late night , then i got job and started waking up at 5:05am and did it for past year , now waking up is a total joy . fun fact : Kujou Sara from Genshin impact also wakes up at 5:05am ;)
I used to get up at 5:30 every day for my old job. Had to meet at 7 and had a 30 minute bike ride there, so I decided to have an hour of waking up and eating breakfast before going on that journey.
That's it.. This is my sign to flip my schedule! (It's currently 8:30am and I haven't slept yet ..yesterday, i stayed up till noon..) I'm gonna force my self to wake up at 5am tomorrow.... Wish me luck😅🤞 Also amazing job Den! 👏🔥🔥
Few hints on changing your sleeping schedule to 9-5 (am):
1. Make sure you have an hour of calm relaxing time before bed
2. Don't drink caffeine or other stimulants after morning
3. Get good curtains (no really)
4. Accept that you'll have trouble falling asleep at the start and will miss a few hours of sleep, no matter what you do.
5. Don't use anything with a screen for around 1 hour and 30 minutes before bed. It wakes you up and makes it WAY harder to fall asleep.
6. In the line of the last advice: learn to get into non-phone and non-pc habits, like reading, or doing simple chores.
7. Finally, have a routine you follow before bed. You can do this before you start the challenge to make it easier to fall asleep. Your brain will learn to fall asleep after the routine and it will speed up the process of adapting.
i just go to sleep at 7:40 and stay up the whole night from 2am and process repeats
idk about the 5th hint, since its a nightly routine that i play 1 round of minecraft dungeons before sleeping at roughly 9-9:30 and then wake up at roughly 4:45-5:05.
but i can understand since blue screen and such can definitely keep ya awake.
then again the reason to why my nightly routine is to play a round/dungeon in minecraft dungeons is cuz i usually fall sleepy when i do and even catch mysely going to sleep in the middle of the run.
overall good tips list my guy
Good tips especially #2, at first it might help but after like a month you can’t live without it.
@@thebigfatsoman2002 I am assuming your screen may have blue light protection. If you have glasses, there may be a blue light filter on them as well. Blue light can be brutal if you have a hard time falling asleep. But, it may not hit the same on each person. You may just be able to fall asleep fairly easily, like myself.
@@skr33nsav3r yup, I've been told I have a natural sleeping talent, some say I've slept while sitting and having knees right by my chest like in a curls ball position.
As for the blue screen protection... Maybe? I'm not 100% sure if my glasses has that but it is highly possible
i love seeing more people wake up at 5. to be honest waking up at 5am, disconnecting at 9pm, and in bed by 10pm super helped my depression and anxiety. It was the stepping stone to a ton of other great habits! i was able to go from 225 to 170, read more, meditate, organize my life more, and get my entire work life balance (mostly the life part) in order.
That's inspiring
I wake up for pray fazr
I did this experiment too. But not by choice it just happened every day.
It kinda sucks. My body just wakes me up at that time regardless of when I go to sleep
Here before this blows up I guess
What a chad
What wait
Oh wow
As someone who is a natural early bird and wakes up at 5AM without an alarm, it is so interesting hearing how hard it is and the pros to waking up early
Yeah well for me it's kinda the same I'm a night owl so I find it strange when people wanna wake up early however my thing is it has to be like for things I wanna do cus apparently I hate waking up at 5 am for school but not volunteer work that and i find it strange when people don't know how to stay up late
Kinda same, except for me its absolute PAIN. I used to wake up at 9am during my vacations and 6:30am for school, now that im studying on a different schedule i always wake up 5, EVEN WHEN I DON'T HAVE CLASSES AND I GENUINELY WANT TO REST
Yeah I wake up around 5 for work most days, my internal alarm clock wakes me up at 7 at the latest on weekends
i will routinely wake up at 10 am on the weekend after waking up at 5 30 on school days, you natural early birds scare me
Same, I am aswell that.
I wake up at 5 every day for school.
Literally my first thought when I saw this video
Take L
I wake up at 5 for work 💀😭
Same...
I’m trying 3:30am tonight
As someone who woke up at 5 am for 2 years due to work, I can say there is nothing I hate more than waking up earlier than 8
This is very true. I don't have to do this challenge because I have to be AT work at 5 am. It's kind of nice having a routine but it's crazy seeing people driving to work at 4:30 in the morning like "I'm crazy. Why are you crazy here with me?"
Best thing about driving at 4am is there's no traffic (sunday mornings are also empty)
Me when I see another person on the road when I'm driving home after midnight.
Same, I start work at 4am so there's usually not many others out on the road at 3am😅
I sometimes open between 5/6 am. And yes, there's hardly any traffic on the interstate when I'm driving. It's so peaceful and if I ever plan on traveling I'd prefer to drive before sunrise.
I allways see u people when i come home from parties, your'e amazing
As a student waking up at 5am isn't really optional as I have classes and work to get to but I find not staying up super late or sleeping in super late on weekends or breaks make waking up on work weeks way easier. Keeping your sleep schedule as regulated as possible helps a lot! For example I wake up about 4:50-5:00 Am pretty much every weekday for school or work on weekends or breaks I wake up around 9:00-10:00Am to allow myself to sleep in but not so late that I feel I've wasted the day sleeping.
Rewarding yourself also helps a lot , usually on weekends I love having some tea and coffee cake to start my morning and then watch a show or video I've been interested in but didn't have the time during the week to watch. It feels good and I look forward to it during the week!
I've always had trouble falling asleep but I have a pretty solid schedule now I always take melatonin an 1hr or 30 minutes before I want to be asleep apply some Dr teals sleep lotion (smells amazing) and relax.
cypher den: i have awaken
students: laughing maniacally
love your work as always and super interested in you sharing your experience :)
eeep thank you
@@CypherDen ❤️!!
@@CypherDen You know who else likes your work?
I was looking for this one specific comment, because seriously, I wake up at like 4.
@@TheKumarkid16 MY MOM!!! (I hope i did this reference right)
George is such a vibe in this video with no lines. Hands down star of the show
George said good looks 😂
There was a period of time when I was in law school where I woke up at 6AM every day. Easily the most productive era I've ever had in my lifetime lol. I wish I could find that kind of motivation again, it was truly so good for me... but my depression got no chill, I wake up at like noon nowadays 😂😭😂😭
omg me to
How can people do that?
I mean i can understand that if soneone has something like depression
But just a healthy person?
Most of my friends wake up at noon
I could never my body just wakes me up latest 9am.
@@chanelleright ye I just dont get it my mum is healthy and she wakes up at 11am and I wake up at 8am! I dont see why she cant wake up the same times me
@@chanelleright simple, people like sleeping
I had to wake up at 6.30 for school and it just made me more tired every day. I woke uo mentally at 10 am regardless. It actually got worse if I woke up 15 minutes early.
Now as adult, waking up at 5 am can be fine even. But yeah... It does not make me better or more productive. Doing something at 8 am is not better than doing it at 10 pm.
Reminder that if you do this challenge, you gotta go to sleep early, all the good benefits of this challenge only come if you get at least 7 hrs of sleep, that is the minimum necessary for being healthy in general. From eye bags to things like a higher risk for diabetes, not getting enough sleep has soooo many bad effects on your body.
Second this ^^ I wake up around 2:30am every day cus I start work at 4am, and I am asleep by 7pm or else I would be dead😂 Also listening to my body and taking naps when I really need it.
Right?? Like she wasn't even doing the challenge right. You're gonna be having a sht time ig you only get 5 hours of sleep
@@sola_a I'm not here to trash talk her or anything, I'm sure she tried her hardest to get more sleep. I'm just leaving a tip for anyone else who attempts the challenge.
@@herecomedatboi9646 neither am I, but it's valid critism. It's like doing a 30 day vegan challenge but eating meat on the weekends. What's the point in doing the challenge if you're not even going to do it right. Now none of her take aways even matter because what she was doing wasn't a challenge about waking up earlier, but a challenge of functioning on less sleep.
You can feel the frustration in her voice. Waking up at 5am for 30 days is crazy😂😂
I'm not kidding when I say I HAAATE WAKING UP lol
@@CypherDen Being an early bird riser is hard than life. And it's during a college days
Imagine doing it for 2 months for school because you moved…
@@CypherDen you literally sound like your existence is miserable and you want to give up on life.
I wake up at 5:00 am to get ready for school.
if your in college and wanna wake up early, try to get whatever work you have out of the way and set a alarm the night before. But waking up early does give you time to do your daily care, pack your bag and get time to eat breakfast. Personally ive been waking up early since freshman year of high school and now I'm in college I guess I got use to it, I don't like it , but I got use to it.
You made excellent points & being ADHD, I can definitely see how this would be in a sense a helpful progression. But My inner body clock is a night owl. Probably depends. Good for you, tho! Proud! 🎉
Always been a night owl too! Having a progress and goal point helped out a lot :o
@@CypherDen Huh, the more you know. 😊
I can't imagine how difficult and frustrating being a morning person with ADHD would be. Your brain is already fighting you in a lot of ways--executive dysfunction, time blindness, etc--and sleep is no exception. Delayed melatonin release due to a dysfunctional sleep/wake regulator (a part of the brain known as the reticular activating system) makes it harder to fall asleep and wake up energized.
I have heard that sunrise alarms can help, but I'm not sure how effective they actually are. Might be worth a try, though. 🤷♂️
The easiest way to actually wake up at 5am is to sleep early. For 2 years I had to wake up at 5am to drive a school bus. I tried sleeping at 10-11pm to wake up at 5am and that made it so hard to get up. Id wake up and contemplate If those kids actually needed to be picked up. After 2 months I finally figured it out (helps that I can fall asleep in -5 seconds even if I had just woken up) and I just started sleeping no later than 9pm. I was doing very well! Making my kale smoothies, coffee and breakfast and heading to work early and all. Then I got married, got addicted to morning cuddles and have had the toughest time getting the hubby to sleep before 11pm if I don’t walk him and he will not get up before 7am. Thank god I got a 8-5 job but not gonna lie I do sometimes miss getting up at 5am.
You know what? Respect for trying stuff out, and staying on the grind. :) getting up at 5 was a habit that frustrated me, and staying in the pattern is hard, until you get that momentum. Major respect.
Tips I've learned from having to wake up at 4am almost everyday.
1.) As soon as u wake up get up. No joke. Don't let yourself sit there on ur bed. Get up and do your routine
2.) Eat something small. If u not hungry enough to eat a meal eat a lil snack when u get up. Can be some fruit, a granola bar, etc.
3.) If u gotta get up 4 work or school give yourself only a few minutes to get ready. Can't sit around and play on your phone when you got 15 to get ready and head to the bus LMAO
4.) Don't let yourself sleep in on days off/weekends. I know I know everyone wants to sleep in on your day off but in reality it makes u more tired. Get yourself up at a normal time everyday. If u had to work a really long shift before a day off gove yourself an extra 30 sleep. Don't do an hour. It will be harder to get up.
5.) Plan your days off. Don't got to go anywhere? Well that ok too. What do u wanna do on your day off? Catch up on a TV series? Read that comic u been putting off. Plan it. Give yourself a scedule. Will let you get everything done and you will be super tired and fulfilled by the end of the day.
U don't gotta get up super early like I do but these do help you stay productive :))
Thank you for doing this, perfect motivation to *not* do this.
Sleep is great.
You're welcome :'D lol
But she stayed up until 2am. Unless you plan on sleeping at 10pm you never going to like thus
@@Koala_Cupcake Everyone likes to be not productive especially when you need to be productive!
As a person who wakes at 5AM everyday, this was very entertaining
CypherDen: "I woke up at 5AM for 30 days!"
Me, an insomniac: "Lightweight!"
Waking up early is good.
It's just that sleep as well😅😴
The mix of both is all the better.
Today I had the worst sleep- in a long time, I made a drawing after midnight, and finished it only at 2:30~
I liked it, but uh-I crashed on my bed at 3 am. And I didn't fall asleep because well, I have to decide to sleep- to actually being able to sleep.
And I didn't even wear a blanket and my head wasn't even on the pillow.
I kind of woke up half dead (haven't fully fallen asleep) and looked at the clock realising it was 5 am....
So yeah. You're doing well...
More than me- :p :'-)
Personally I'm in high school at the moment and they make us all wake up at 5-6am depending on 6iur bus routes, they also make the middle schoolers wake up just as early including the 6th graders, who are only 10-11 years old. I get that for some people this could boost productivity or whatever it's supposed to do but for us it just kills our motivation to do work and causes us to fall asleep in lectures. Everyone I've met at this school has admitted to sleeping in class. The school's excuse for making everyone wake so early and learn about geometry? Because some kids have sports and they need to get there by 2 or 3pm. I myself participate in these sports, and even I think it's insane. I think the world will remain in fact if some kids have to find a sports place that runs at 5or6pm instead of 2 or 3pm. But hey, that's just me.
are you american cause i've heard some wild times for y'all schools to start. I get up 6-7 for school depending on rhe day cause some days i have band but god i feel bad for those of you who have to get up 5-6. My sis is the age of 6th grader and she sleeps in until 7:30 sometimes even 8 and makes it on time to school
School?
School is for NERDS!!!
As someone who has trouble sleeping, I can understand the frustration of taking this on for someone who would rather state up late and get up late.
I literally just got out of bed after being up since 3 am the day after watching this the first time, I feel like so exhausted that it feels like I'm wasted. Good job on sticking with it even if you felt like quitting because I sure as hell would have quit day one.
As someone very very familiar with severe long term sleep deprivation, I’m really concerned about them saying that they slept so little for so long :/ I am conflicted as I’m happy for them that they’re proud of having achieved their goal and that they found many benefits, but also it is okay to listen to your body’s natural sleep chronotype. 5am is some people’s perfect start for productivity, but you can be just as productive, mindful, and healthy in your mind and body by listening to what it responds best to rather than forcibly mapping it onto someone else’s timeline and ending up depriving yourself of sleep since your body doesn’t natural seem to want to sleep that early. Societal Jet Lag is real, so remember that while it’s great to want to improve yourself and be more productive, remember that no one strategy works for anyone and to listen to your body while making adjustments. This message goes out to Den or anyone who may be reading this ^-^ be your best self for yourself in whatever your timeframe may be 😊
Thank you.... It really got me anxious to see this cause I have a huge problem with productivity because I cannot stop working without feeling bad... so this video only makes my anxiety for working bigger and questioning my VERY OVERPRODUCTIVE SHEDULE again... so... thanks for calming me with your words...
Dude, its 5am, they're fine
@@bredoslow8166 what?
@@bredoslow8166 I do want to clarify, the concern doesn’t come from the wake up time. The concern comes from them mentioning that they ended up sleeping only around 3-5 hours many times over the course of the month (if I’m remembering correctly, having watched this a month ago). So yeah that’s what I worry about, 5 am can be someone’s perfect time, but very few people in the world can actually healthily function on less than 6 hours.
@@CoralineDark thats still an average highschool schedule-
I would like to say that waking up early is really helpful with a lot of the things she mentioned, but I wouldn't wake up that early, and rather just a bit later, like between 6-8 am instead. That, at least, worked for me
OMG! I was waiting for this video for so long
I followed almost all your journey on Instagram and it's so impressive the effort that you made, congrats! 🎉
I think the important thing about waking up at 5 am is the fact that you get up and start being productive immediately
Well waking up early is good, if you get used to that, you will have no troubles doing things early, but you shouldn't watch motivational videos or be awake at 12:00 if you are really going to wake up at 5, also something that works for me is a rag with cold water for the eyes, coffee makes me sleepy.
Lol fun fact I’m watching this at 4 rn because:
1. I’m doing homework
2. My sleep schedule is extremely screwed up
3. I love watching Cypherden
Will I ever get a normal schedule? The answer is most definitely not.
I know that feeling Den I always wake up at 3am for no apparent reason I've felt like I lost a little of my brain😂💙
Literally I would encourage you to make videos like this one because videos like these give a really nice impact on people's life
It really gives a good vibe and a good energy.
Don't forget people have a biological clock, chaninging this is possible but it won't make you happier, besides, it might just make you feel more sad. Like for me at school. I wake up at 6 AM daily for it and I don't really feel happier about it. Every weekend I can go to bed at 11PM and wake up around 9-10AM, and it's perfect. On those days I feel much less depressed than on school days or early days.
“I woke up at 5am everyday” welcome to the wonderful life of a student
This might help you guys but idk, I wake up at 4 in the morning to get ready for school, cuz if i wake at that time, i still have time to learn stuff if theres a test or do homework ^^ and if your done showering and have nothing to do, no test, no homework, you still have free time until 6 in the morning you go down stairs to eat and go to school ^^
thank you for the motivation Seeing you do it is different from other motivational speakers as it seems so much more real💕
This challenge is literally my life😂😂
I need to wake up at 5:00 am to get ready for work/uni
The coffee early on was the key. Getting up for an opening shift in a kitchen, that little dopamine shot does the trick. It doesn't have to be coffee, it can also just be something as simple a warm shower or finding a spot that serves breakfast that early. I went from late riser to 6AM. Pavlov training stronk.
Also, only have caffeine an hour or so after you wake up. Adenosine crash something or other
Personally I can't do that "no-device" thing before bed cause ASMR makes me fall asleep. I always face my phone downwards though so I don't have the light. I don't have to wake up that early, I usually wake up at 7 every day. My best way of staying awake when it's early is taking a shower, doing my hair, skincare, makeup, getting dressed then forcing myself to eat and do SOMETHING (on days when I don't have school)
I wake up at 4:30 am every day to play video games when everyone else is asleep. Those success people lied to me.
"Was my body finally used to it?" I had to to wake up at 6 for half a year, and I never got used to it.
As someone who gets around 4-5 hours of sleep per day and has to stay up for a whole day of school, I applaud you Den
Been waking up most days around 5-6 am every day for nearly four months now, mainly because of work.
I struggled for a while to go to bed early like around 9pm or so, here what works for me to fall asleep easier.
Firstly turning off the lights/have a low light on.
Second is smells you like, such as lavender.
Lastly calming music on repeat.
Good job, your so adorable. "No more naps cause scary" lolz so cute. It's nice to know that having a coffee maker would help but five though? i guess it's not that early but i'd consider getting up at 6 to be early enough. if only i had reason to get up so early.
Considering I have so much trouble with waking up and making time for self care each day, I think I'll give this a try! I'd love to be able to start my day a bit earlier so I can have time to wake up and take care of things before the bulk of the day begins. ^^
Damn this makes me feel so god damn weird reading the title of this. 5 am is something I’ve been forced to do for work for eleven years now.
Congratulations Den for completing the challenge!
My body seems to wake up naturally around 8:30 am so maybe I’ll try this challenge with that time instead. My classes are cursed though cause I have to get up at 7:30 am and why would I want to go to bed at 10:30 instead of 11? I have autism so I can’t exactly function on less than five hours sleep, I will full on cry or have a meltdown in public if I do that so no thanks.
Oh god same on the autism, I just tried to do the challenge and i woke up at like 3 am
HAHAHA watching this relates to me so much. having class at 6AM so need to wakeup at 5AM is so hard especially as a student
2:09 didn't have to call me out like that
As someone who wakes up at 5:55 (I used to wake up at 5:35) for school, it sucks. But it gives you random motivation to get through the day, ‘cause you want sleep.
So I remember reading that for people with ADHD, their internal clocks are actually set back later than others. They're brains are most productive from around 11pm to 2am. And I have ADHD. Good to know it's quite literally hard wired into my coding.
Yes in theory that is the case but I still found that waking up at a reasonable time (for me that is currently 8:30) majorly helped my depression and productivity. I have ADHD too so I get that but putting in the effort is definitely worth it
@@bluepeppermint3790 Well, of course it's not gonna the same for everyone.
You play Pokemon unite too? O.o amazing
You think this is bad? Try waking up at *4:30 AM* just to get ready for school.
I hate this mindset. People who wake up at around 4:00 - 5:00 a.m. are people who are morning people. A large part of the population are night owls, so if you are one; not only are you waking up early, by ruining your sleep; You are also lowering the efficiency of the amount of time you spend working.
There is 24 hours in a day. So if someone wakes up at around let's say 4:00 am, they usually go to sleep around 9:00pm, equating to 7 hours of sleep. If you go to bed at 1:00 am and wake up at 8:00am, it is also 7 hours of sleep. You don't need to wake up early to be successful, you just need to figure out what time works for you. You might be a parent and need an hour or two to study/work/productive in the morning before the kids wake up. Or you might live with your family and want the peace and quite time at night to focus. What I am basically saying is do what works best for you, don't force something just because you saw a post or a popular TH-camr suggest it.
I think attempting to sleep regularly harmed me far more than it helped me. I used to attempt to go to bed in the dark and usually failed, so almost all of my sleep was during daylight. Now, I do not keep a regular schedule tied to a 24-hour day so it is about 50/50 between dark and light. I am much more productive and feel better!
I remember last July I started a new job where I go into work in the morning (I used to work later shifts).. I immediately shifted a bunch of things in my day-to-day, with recommendations from my bf (since his shifts, well.. shift, every couple of weeks at his workplace). So now I wake up at 7-7:30AM, have breakfast by 7:45, my lunch is around 12-1:30PM, & I try to make sure my dinner is no later than 6:30PM (sometimes I'll have a snack if I used a lot of energy in the day & feel hungry still). I'm always asleep by 11:30PM, but try to make sure I'm not on any social platforms by 10PM. (I'll put on TH-cam vids to fall asleep to because I have PTSD & need something to distract my thoughts ^^'''').
Having used to gone to bed by 2-3AM & waking up close to noon, to immediately switching my entire routine, was tough, & took a while for the diet portion especially, but it really has helped a lot in the long run!
You have inspired me to try this change I don't wake up till 11am and sence I'm home schooled nothing really makes me get out of bed I just do things on my own time and this makes me fell very gross and lazy I'll try to keep y'all updated :)
Day 1: I woke up yayy I started my school early and I got cleaning around the house I thought it would be harder but ig not... Sorry if I right this weird I'm not used to wakeing up this early
DAY 2: I felt super energized to day but today felt so long I'm not used to days being that long lol anyways I cleaned up a lot worked on some of my art and worked out for a bit my body hates me because of it so yea I was just productive today
Good job!! Keep it up, I believe in you!
Thank you I needed it I felt the biggest urge to go to sleep today lol
That's so awesome!! You got this! 👍👍
In my experience, it's way easier by having a few personal rules and aids, here we go:
1. Have an excuse to wake up early. I constantly think "university opens at 6, I have class at 7, but parking is impossible after 6:30, so I have to be there before." And through mental gymnastics and washing my own brain, I get to wake up by 5:00 to 5:30, depending on wether or not I will shower in the morning (I usually shower one morning and then the next afternoon, 36 hours to keep may hair from drying out too harshly), to make sure I arrive by 6:30.
2. Engrain into your head that you have to sleep at least 6 hours. It was recommended at some point for an adult to sleep between 6 and 8 hours every day, and I took that personally. Making sure you complete a certain amount of hours of sleep every day will motivate you to sleep earlier in order to achieve that goal. My rule is "at least 6 hours, or if I have no choice, at least 4 as the absolute bare minimum and as last resort".
3. Green and jazmin tea at night, mixed together. This thing works wonders when you first start and, at least in my experience, helps only with the process of falling asleep, but doesn't knock you out. I make it by hand, have a 30 minute ritual for making it, and it motivates me a lot into having dinner early to have my sweet time making it.
4. A good brew of coffee in the morning. In the same way I have my night ritual for tea, I have one for coffee in the morning. I make it by hand as well, and take that time for catching up with news and friends, and making breakfast. You have a coffee machine, so it isn't necessary to take the extra time for it, but it's always nice to have a ritual for both morning and night to follow, which will always and forever feel like an achievement.
5. Gradual alarms. Sleep tracking apps like Sleep Cycle have an alarm that plays and gradually increases volume until you wake up. They have a 30 minute window, and once you learn how you sleep and wake up, you can set the alarm accordingly. For example, I wake up after 15 minutes of the gradual alarm playing, plus 5 minutes of snooze time to prevent a morning migraine from kicking in (I get them if I stand up right as I wake up for some reason). Therefore, I have set my grad alarm accordingly.
6. Music. Waking up and playing upbeat music afterwards is somehow a moral booster. So I recommend having your phone's voice assistant ready as you wake up to play a list with your favourite energetic songs, at a reasonable volume to avoid waking someone else up or staggering yourself up (it can feel bad tbh).
7. Water. Lastly, having a glass of water on your bedside nightstand and drinking it before standing up helps ease your mind into waking up completely, because its coldness feels nice and refreshing.
These are the rules I follow, and I recommend you have your own, or maybe even choose and pick what you like from the ideas proposed in the comment section, I know I saw some that I really liked that motivated me into writing my own in hopes of it helping someone. And congrats on achieving 30 days of this routine! It is nice to see that I wasn't the only one to struggle at first and it's refreshing.
I usually get up at 5 because I have to pray fajr and sometimes I stay up to finish all the things I need and if I finish early I just reward myself with a nap
And that's the best thing about getting up early
I also had to switch my schedule because I would sleep all the till 2 pm and stay awake till 7 am and also I stopped working out and completely stopped my health progress. recently (like 2 months ago) I got spooked real bad by heart ache and it wouldn’t stop till 15 mins later so I told myself to wake up every morning at 5:30 and do at lest 30 mins of walking and it has been a godsend. I’ve also trying for better hygiene as well
I wake up at 5 every day and let me say… it’s worth it! It helps motivate you to do new things at the same time and push yourself with more time after going about your own for the first hour or two in the day. Glad you had a positive experience with it!
reminds me of when I was a kid. I would wake up at 5 AM for 4 years to watch cartoon network. Beyblade, Total drama Island, and Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 was all worth it. I stopped getting up at 5 consistently and feeling like shit in the morning at the start of high school.
I hope to start again soon. I'm finally healthy enough and well fed to do so. I miss training and running in the morning.
As a homeschooler that usually gets up at some point from 8:30 to 11:00 I should probably do something similar to that lol
5 am is quite extreme so I recommend 6am -7am it’s a lot easier
I’m so glad to see another video from you Den!
My body has been wanting me to wake up at 4 am and not be able to go back to sleep for a while. It’s a mix of both being tired during the day from a lot of things and going to bed earlier than normal around 8 or 9. I also think the time change is part of the reason as well. The biggest reason is my own bad habit of being on my phone before I got to bed and then my eyes think it’s bright sooner than it is. If I spend 30 minutes reading a book then I can sleep through the night or if I wake up on the middle of the night it’s easier to go to sleep
I know for me I got so used to staying up late over the summer since I graduated high school and didn’t have school anymore. Because I wasn’t in school anymore I kind of lost my routine. Because you have to wake up at a certain time for school and you have a schedule for school which is like eight hours, you basically have a routine laid out for you. But now that I am an adult now and don’t have school anymore I have to rely on myself to wake up on time and get things done that I want to do. It may seem hard for us but I totally recommend waking up early. I haven’t been waking up at 5 AM because that’s just way too early. However I’ve been waking up around eight or 9 AM depends on the day. But for those of you who want to start waking up on time just take a little steps. If you wake up before 12 PM that is already a goal.
I haven't seen this channel in So long-
I'm so glad to be back ! ^^
WELCOME BACK
This was fun to watch. Like your video style.
Because you experimented this,was it easy to wake up that early in the morning and should I try not to be tired in the morning?
It was hard for me since I've always been a night owl. You'll be tired for the first couple of weeks but it slowly gets easier. Definitely more energy in the morning too. n_n
@@CypherDen As someone who gets up at 6:40 every morning for school,I'll try this next month to see how it goes.
@@joshpelletier8000bro i wish i was this lucky, I'm up at 4:30 for school and 6 on weekends
Idk if you're American, but here you have to wake up at 5-ish usually for high school. Given my 4 years of experience I can confirm that I absolutely hated it and waking up before the sun ruins my day. Ik the productivity girlies act like waking up early is the only way to be worth anything, but if you have a good sleep schedule it doesn't matter if you wake up at 5am or 5pm, you'll still get your ~16 hours of day to get shit done. 7:30-10am is peak for me.
2:42 did it out of spite
I appreciate my life knowing I don't need coffee or any energy drink to continue. I feel this is the biggest habit to break for people needing to drop
so your basically waking up for school?
For me there's a big gap between "getting up" and "waking up". Like getting up I can do. I can physically move myself downstairs. But WAKING up? That takes like 3 hours.
How is your hair so fabulous right after waking up?
I just never comb my hair :')
@@CypherDen victory is mine, i only use shampoo before getting it all cut off, what's a comb
As a student of a school where 99% of the students have a messed up sleep schedule, [ Waking up way before 7am (this depends on the distance between you and the school + traffic) just to get ready, eat, have some time to yourself, and then leave for school. Then, we get back home, be very unproductive & irresponsible, then do homework at 12am. ] *Welcome to my unhealthy lifestyle*
Cons:
We’re all mentally unstable.
Me: wakes up for work at 4:30am
This video: wakes up a full 30 minutes more than me for a month. “What a trooper”
Wow!
Good for you!
I work second shift, so this is impossible for me.
I struggle a lot with major depressive disorder so I totally relate to most of the points in the video. Especially the drinking water regularly omg, I never had bad skin but not good skin. Once I drank water a lot more people started asking me for my routine! (Literally was just drinking water LOL) I remember hitting that desperate point of trying the motivational videos when I was 18 in 2017. Here are some things that helped me.
1. External validation is a double edged sword. I don't want to disappoint people, and I want to be held accountable by people I care about. But if I lean on them too much I found my motivation wasn't doing this for ME, it was to appease my peers. Self improvement is not for anyone else. Also doing things to spite my friends because they doubted me, I never got long term value from and found it to just be a toxic response on my end. Don't get me wrong though, I love a good "I told you so, doubters 😎".
2. I NEVER have snooze on my alarms, unconscious/partial conscious me will find some way to sabotage and blank my memory so I have the excuse of blaming my phone.
I wake up at 6am to spend more time loafing around with the best vibe
GIRL YOUR SO PRETTY💗
5:51 the way everyone bullies Yamcha bro we need to put more respect in his name
Haven’t watched your videos in a while and happy I came back to this ❤
The students who always wake up at 5am for school:
3:23 genuinely can't conceive the way ppl just talk about sleep paralysis like it wasn't one of the scariest things u could ever ever experience.
When that shit's gonna happen to me eventually buh bye bed safety zone like forever
This is totally adorable!🤣 Yeah, the struggle to fall asleep at a reasonable time is next level.
One thing that helps me with getting to sleep is setting up a bed time routine, that means I just listen to chill slow music, brush my teeth, groom, etc. Usually you want this to be an hour before your intended bed time. That should be 9 hours before 5 if you want to wake up at 5. I tend to wake up around 7 or 8 rather than 5 but I had woken up alot earlier than that due to work circumstances. Definitely aim to get at min 7 hours of sleep but no more than 9. After 9 you delve into the nap territory and a bad nap makes ya feel groggy at best.
Tbh now you inspired me also to try this, thx for the vid and for the efforts
Rooting for you! :)
@@CypherDen thx:)
Ah man I woke up every day at 3:40-4:00am and looking back that was genuinely one of my favorite periods of life, and where I made a lot of progress, now I don't get off work until 12:30am, so can't really do it anymore, but I really wish I could
I used to have to wake up at 4 a.m. because I worked before and after school 😅 I opened AND closed a daycare when I was 17 years old, and I was so sleep deprived and I absolutely hated it. One weekend, I was so exhausted and sick that I went to bed at 8 p.m. Friday night, and I didn't wake up until 8 p.m. Saturday evening, and I was VERY confused. I'm just not wired to wake up early. No matter how much or little sleep I got, I'll still be tired and groggy all day. I have a pretty set routine now, though. I work evenings at my job, so I go to bed at around 5 a.m. so I can wake up in between 1 or 2 p.m. since I have work at 3. I get off work at 11:30 p.m. and usually get home in between 11:45 and midnight. I usually walk my pitbull as soon as I get home, then I feed him, my husky, and my three cats, and then I'll heat something up for myself and take the rest of the night to relax. I've got myself a little routine I enjoy. I just cannot wake up early, I hate being awake when the sun is up
I have this superpower of sleepwalking across the room to disable the alarm and returning into bed, without waking up.
I wake up around 5 most days and sometimes even earlier thanks to the military. At some point you just get used to it and "sleeping in" means 8-9 wake up.
I highly recommend a bell alarm clock placed across the room. They ring for an entire hour and the off button (no snooze) is a small switch on the back you have to fumble with
Waking up early could feel so nice if it’s the weekend lol I loovvveee making breakfast and having the tv on watching cartoon and it feels the best
I used to wake up at 5am during my entrance exam preparation years. I still can’t believe how i was able to do it. Surely most motivated and productive days of my life.
Congrats on your success. As a person who can't stay sleep until 10AM (Thank you military sleep cycle), I can feel the struggle at first, but then it's like clockwork. I need to get back to my get up and record schedule... Next month I'll start...
I'm glad you made it through 😁
I was like u gaming/entertaining till late night , then i got job and started waking up at 5:05am and did it for past year , now waking up is a total joy .
fun fact : Kujou Sara from Genshin impact also wakes up at 5:05am ;)
Your character looks adorable I make gacha videos i don't know how to make animation videos
I used to get up at 5:30 every day for my old job. Had to meet at 7 and had a 30 minute bike ride there, so I decided to have an hour of waking up and eating breakfast before going on that journey.
That's it.. This is my sign to flip my schedule! (It's currently 8:30am and I haven't slept yet ..yesterday, i stayed up till noon..) I'm gonna force my self to wake up at 5am tomorrow.... Wish me luck😅🤞
Also amazing job Den! 👏🔥🔥