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Why Is It Imperative To Get Up Early In The Morning?

Lukas Schwekendiek
3 min readMay 18, 2021

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First of all: It really isn’t.

Many people get up earlier because they believe they have more time in the day when they do. However, those people still sleep 8 hours and are awake for 16, much like the rest of the world.

The only difference is that they do different things at different times in the day.

The thing is that it does not matter when you do things but that you do them.

In that sense, it is objectively irrelevant when you get up in the morning. Subjectively, however, that may be a different story.

Many people find it easier to get work done in the morning, especially those working 9–5 or those lacking in willpower, which you might find ironic.

Psychologically speaking, every decision you make costs you willpower. You can imagine it like a pool of water that fills up as you sleep.

In the morning, that pool is full. As soon as you make just one decision, however, you start draining it.

Every decision, no matter how small, takes a set amount of water out, with some bigger decisions taking more.

Therefore, in the morning, you will find yourself having more energy to do things that matter.

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Lukas Schwekendiek
Lukas Schwekendiek

Written by Lukas Schwekendiek

Life Coach, Speaker, Writer. Published on TIME, Inc & Huffington Post. Coaching available again! Email: Lukas.schwekendiek@gmail.com with the word "Coaching"

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