One of the things I have been doing differently since the
New Year started is waking up early. I aim to wake up between 4am and 5am
during the week and at the weekends between 5.30 or 6.30am.
Lately, I have been studying the good habits and traits of
successful people and one of the essential habits they have is waking up early
before sunrise. While the rest of the world is asleep, some of the world’s
richest and most successful CEO’s and influential people are waking up between
3am and 5am to start their working day.
At first it was drag. It was so difficult. In December, I tried
it a few times but I was not consistent. However, as I have goals that I want
to achieve, dreams I want to realize, projects and ideas I want to develop, as
well as working in an office for my employer for the first 3 days of the week, studying
in between those days (usually before and after work) and studying 8-10 hours a day on Thursday Friday and
Saturdays in preparation for upcoming exams,
I am trying to fit everything in without compromising my studies (which
is the most important right now). In
fact, there are some things I have to postpone for now until my exams are over!
But I’ve still got to have an income right? I’ve still got bills and living
expenses to pay. So rather than being so overwhelmed with everything and
complaining that there is not enough time, I decided to wake up early.
My working pattern is quite flexible and I can start work in the office anytime
between 8.30am and 10am. At the moment I prefer to start work at either 9am or
10am. On the days I am in the office, I tend to wake up at 4am; spend 30 minutes
on Bible mediation and prayer, then check emails, do follow ups for my business
and other related tasks for an hour and a half. I then spend between an hour
and half to two hours studying before getting ready and setting off for work.
After work I spend the majority of my time studying in between preparing my
dinner and before I go to sleep.
When I am not at work, on Thursdays to Saturdays, I use that time to do more work on my business
and projects, catch-up with people and spend between 8-10 hours studying during
the day. On Sundays I do around 4 hours studying in the afternoon after church,
catch up with my family and sleep really early. Last Sunday I was in bed by 7pm
LOL. I was super tired!
This is just an insight into how I have adopted the habit of
waking up early to have a productive day. Its early days yet as I have only been
doing this since the beginning of the year but it’s been beneficial so far.
I have learned I cannot complain there is not enough time to
get things done. The problem is more about being wise with our time, managing
it and making necessary sacrifices to get the work done.
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