My 5am Wake-Up Experiment - As bad as it sounds?
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- I wanted to find out what it’s REALLY like to wake up at 5am ⏰☕️... so, I tried it. And I'm NOT a ‘waking up at 5am every day to do yoga and be mindful’ kind of a guy… I normally get up at 7, work hard during the day and sleep at 11 or 12. Then, repeat.
So, this is my way of finding out if the whole 5am craze (I sometimes feel like every other video on RUclips is a 5am Productivity Routine, so sorry for adding to that already saturated sphere) is in any way merited. I want to give my honest opinion as to whether I’d ever wake up at 5:00 again, and whether I feel like it actually benefited me 🧐
So, this is how I spent my day, waking up at 5. Stick around to the end for my full debrief on how I think it went.
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Just between us, noone is going to disturb you at 5 am during quarantine, so there is no need for do not disturb mode
Perhaps the best comment I’ve ever received
@@liam.porritt Hahaha wish u the best! Great video btw. Really enjoyed it
I wouldn’t know about that I sleep at like 8AM and text my friends at 3-6 AM 🤪 but idk this was a random flex that I have to fix now 😔
Turning on do no disturb even if I don’t have friends ayy😁
If I were his friend, I could potentially disturb him before going to bed ;)
“5am was often closer to bedtime, than to wake up time”
I felt that.
Great vid btw
@@user-ci3ej4su6k 😂😂 especially in lockdown
The main advantage of getting up early isn't necessarily that you 'gain time' in the day. It's that you have the hours in the morning to yourself with no distractions and it gives you more agency.
I go to bed about 10.30, wake up at about 6 and the time I have before a school is so much more productive and generally satisfying than after school, or the couple of hours I used to have in the evening instead.
Hi Edward! Yeh - I maybe didn't make enough of a clear point of that - you're definitely right on this... I think for me, while I gained the benefits of limited distractions at the start of the day, my slightly lower levels of focus due to tiredness probably counteracted any benefit there. That said, I will try it again after an earlier bed time, and perhaps then I'll feel the benefits of a completely distraction-free morning much more 😃
@G Ha in my experience the time you gain in the morning is more productive and valuable than the time you lose in the evening.
I'm working on my masters research and you just inspired me to not start a portion of my work at 11pm to 1am and instead to wake up in the morning before everyone else in my household because as you've said there's agency and no distracted
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity, the optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty. Keep up the good work!
Love that quote Radha 👌 Thanks a lot!!
@reshi p
Completely agree, blind optimism is incompatible with reality and so is crude pessimism.
A careful evaluation of your own capacities and of the challenges ahead of you and a realistic and objective guess of the outcome is far more productive than butting in with naive optimism or brooding in a pool of pessimism.
every lifestyle coach sees a self-help phrase at every opportunity. every normal person just makes it happen what has to be done.
No difficulty. Pre-workouts. Great hacks.
For a moment when the people were clapping, I thought they were just being really nice and encouraging for you running 😂
I feel like with online learning you need to listen to the lecture like so many times to understand what's going on. Kudos to you for doing the effort in such times.
I've been waking up at 5:30/6am for the past year and you get used to it and the tiredness is not an issue at all anymore!
Sander Janssen . What are some tips you would recommend to someone like me starting this habit. I really want to make this morning routine apart of my every day life.
@@oscarwithers5017 I have woken up at 5am and love it. Some tips are to get 7 hours of sleep at least. When you wake up dont click snooze. When you wake up get up, splash water on your face, put all the lights on and get some food. In 20 mins you wont be that tired. It is also to stick with it because within 2 weeks it will be part of your routine. Finally wake up at that time 7 days a week as it will make your sleep schedule much better and you. wont notice tiredness:)
@@oscarwithers5017 Have a light-based alarm, especially for winter. Have a normal sound based alarm aswell. When the sound alarm goes off, get up with zero doubts or excuses. If you lie in bed for 5 minutes it's game over. Treat everyday like you're getting up early because it's your first day at your new job. Within a month or two you'll be used to getting up early. You'll also be used to being in bed by 10.
@Jlu 03 lol you gotta go to bed in time ofc hhaha
This guy's like the British version of John Fish. Anyway, it feels good to watch your videos. Thank you
Omg I was just thinking that!😂
bhai india walo ki wajh se hi ye sb chl rhe h..thnks to ambanii
@@noc49 Mujhe samaj nayi aayah? kya bol rahe ho?
omg i thought i was the only one who thinks that
I don't even sleep till 5am nowadays 😂😭
Exactly what I was thinking. These days I go to sleep around 6am 😂
Yeah I've been sleepin 5am and wakin up at 11.
Same lol its 4:40 rn and I literally feel so energized... my sleep schedule is sooooo messed up 😂😂
@@pjk7685 i wake up at 2 pm when I sleep at 3 AM xD
Me watching this at 4 AM when I still haven't slept: 👁👄👁
In my country, students go to school at 6.30
Dark, cold, and sleepy.
where??
@@hakarkurd5216 indonesia 👍
Same here XD
@@Jai.159 🥶🥶🥶🥶
Wow nice country im from Singapore
Waking up that early caused a massive improvement in mood (motivated and peaceful feeling), but only if I went to bed earlier (like 9 PM)
Just discovered your channel and have binge watched some of your videos lol. You put in lots of effort and I’m sure you’re going to very big in no time!
Thanks so so much Ryan!! Means a lot 🤗🤗
If you or anyone were to try this challenge I would recommend that you would shift your schedule to sleep earlier so you can wake up earlier with the same energy that you would have on a regular day.
During those days when I was attending my CA classes and doing my articles, I used to wake up at 5 am because our classes used to be from 6-9.30. Then have a quick breakfast and off to office. Then attend evening classes from 6.30-9 and get back home by 10. Good ol days. I am reaping the benefit of those days now 😄
Wow - very glad that you're reaping the benefits of that hard graft now bud - very much deserved after days that long!! 🤗
Are u CA now?
@@SM-wm6mqYes, I am a CA now
By CA u mean Chartered Accountancy?
which kind of devilry has classes from 6AM-9:30AM and then 6:30PM-9PM. thats so awful lol
I'll probably try to wake up at 5 am someday bc i need to advance *a lot* of school stuff. I've never done it, i'll update u guys if i do it lol.
Yesterday i tried to wake up at 6am. It was great. I am muslim so what i did is:
- 6:00-6:20: skin care routine + eat while being in the phone.
-6:25-6:40: read the Quran while listening to the recitation (it was SO peaceful)
6:40 - 8:00: make all the homework i have for the week.
8:05 - 8:30: take a walk while listening to quran recitation.
8:30 - 9:00: free time.
9:15 - 12:30: study for an exam (using pomodoro method).
12:30-14:00: free time + eat
16:00-20:00: study for an exam using Pomodoro method
00:15: Sleep (yes, i slept 6 hours, i try my best lmao, its hard for me to sleep before 00:00)
How did it go?
Liam, do you share your study playlist? Studying for the entrance exam to law school here in the US. Love your videos, thank you!
Hey man, came from Ali's instagram. I really liked your summary towards the end. I've tried waking up that early consistently but just found it unsustainable.
Hey Cullin - thanks a lot for coming over and checking out the video 😀 Glad you liked it - yeh, it's a tough one. I feel perhaps as an 'every 2 weeks' thing, it might work, provided you can plan an early night before and have an amazingly productive day once every 10 ish working days!? How come you found it unsustainable? Just tired / couldn't get to bed early enough to make it work?
My man really did more studying in one day than I have done in the last 5 weeks of doing uni from home. I need to start waking up at 5am xD
During my internship at the hospital I had to get up at around 4.30am to get to my shift at 6am and I loved that so much. I loved being up early and going through the empty streets. I'd love to be that person that gets up at 5am everyday but besides me being a night owl, I also can't really do it for social reasons, like you. I usually meet friends in the evening.
Hahaha I've been waking up at about 4 for 1.5 months now, I NEVER feel low on energy throughout the day , about 9 pm i start to feel a bit tired and I sleep at 10 , I think I'm gonna continue this for as long as I can , I don't feel depressed or anxious or anything(Which I used to earlier before adopting this routine) . I get a lot of time to workout and study . Its just amazing.
Good to see someone who wakes up at 5 and learning its true value
Cheers!
Liam : wakes up at 5 am. Me : wakes up at 5 pm.
We're not same
*Me:* watches video
*Also me:* sleeps at 5:00 AM anyway
Hey enjoyed the video been trying this recently couple of things I think you should have done/ considered before your final decision. 1 you have to get enough sleep. 2 you get used to it like anything and it needs to be consistent. 3 you have to sleep earlier but as you mentioned you value your late nights soft family and social reasons fair. 4 Maybe consider doing this over a week or so I think you will find a much higher gain in productive minutes as well as quality of study 5 try to eat at regular meal times with the rest of the world for example when you wake up don’t go straight for breakfast maybe a coffee and fruit for 2 hours then have breakfast lunch dinner and maybe a light snack before dinner. 6 I have found the focus and quality of work especially in the first 6 hours to be so great! 7 have scheduled breaks try the pomodoro method either 50/10 or 45/15 have been good for me they keep you focused and you don’t just take a break when you get tired, find things hard or loose focus you know a break is coming up. Also don’t forget long breaks too maybe 1 hour for lunch and late afternoon or evening another 2 - 3 hours spaced according to your schedule and what works well. Great video mate! :)
As a secondary school student in Malaysia, it’s a norm for us 😌 waking up at 5am, sleeping at 12am and we don’t eat breakfast, school ends at 2pm, extracurricular activities, tuitions, homework and assignment 😌 Asians go through this everyday and we don’t even talk so much about it
Study_YS i had this type of routine too I was out most of the for school and tuitions 😂
Waking up at 5am? Are you a Muslim? I went to bed at 11pm and woke up at 6am back in my F4 and F5.
Great video. Late summer, I started doing the same. Except I would naturally wake up at 4 sometimes being wide awake. My routine was to hit some MTB trails for a couple hours and be back in time to start work. It was an awesome way to start the morning.
Waking up at 5 am is just an " experiment " to you ... honey , in egypt most of us have to wake up at 5am every day for school . We feel like ZOMBIES ! and for me i still feel that zombie state till I go back to my precious bed 😅
Hahaha - well all I can say is I'm very sorry to you and all your fellow Egyptians!! :p
Honestly same .. I thought everyone goes to school around 7.. so we have to wake up at 5 and get ready
@@hvsvn.26 I am from Nepal but I know exactly what u mean
We had to reach before 7 or we are dead
In Indonesia we don't care if you are primary-schoolers, middle, or high schoolers, we have to wakeup at 5 AM or even less, because class starts at 6.30 & we must arrive at school at least 10 minutes before
@@syifaputri7143 we indians are blessed bcuz most of the schools start at 8.30 or 9 :)
Yoh should get up at 5am but also go to sleep earlier 😂😂
I think it is about setting a routine. You are gonna see advantages after a week of following the same sleep schedule. For instance like 5am-9pm x7. Otherwise great video loved it 😄
Great content, really motivating to see you work so hard despite the lockdown and all that stress. One question, what's the light attached to your monitor?
You inspire me, you motivate me, you give me hope! That is exactly what I need in the middle of this lock down to keep going and not to give up on my study... Thank you! Lots of love!
Thank you so so much!! Lots of love back at ya 🤗
@@liam.porritt ❤️🤗
I’ve been waking up at 6am this past week just for a challenge to myself for mental toughness. But i could never do 5, that’s still night time. But testing these things out really help with finding an ideal time to wake up. In my experience I think I’m going to start putting my alarm at 6:30 and then let myself have a nice slow morning routine until 7:30 and start studying.
Having this time in the morning where I’m by myself I found really nice and calming since I’m introvert and being in the house with my family for so long is actually quite tiring.
chloé I really want to do the same but in my religion Islam there is Ramadan like for a whole month I have to fast from 5 am to 9:00 pm so I don’t want to wake up early bec I don’t wanna feel dizzy and weak so I just wake up at 2 pm or 1 pm
I tried it couple of times but I just can’t go to bed early
Let’s say I have to go to bed at 10 because I need to get up at 6 the next day
I really need to force myself and it’s simply not enjoyable
My natural sleep rhythm is 2 am - 10 am
I feel most comfortable with that
The productive hours you have in the morning is what I have at night
you deserve a lot of subscribers. you do amazing video.
Disliked.... Was expecting experiment to last longer than a day.... Conclusion following first days is irrelevant, you have to let your body adjust to the routine over months
Thank you ! Hope when you grow.. I can proudly say that I followed u since 10k subs
Thanks so much Aakriti! Well, hopefully I grow quickly, but I'll never forget all the amazing people who have followed me and kept me motivated along the way, so thank you!!
Love this! Thanks for sharing! For all of you who have adopted the early AM schedules, how long did it take for you to adjust?
U really motivate me to study and learn
For me the biggest advantage to wake up early is to have time to prepare myself for the day more, with less time constraints
"early brownie points" - haha smart!
this made me want to try waking up early as well. definitely, the whole quarantine lifestyle has made me slump in productivity...especially since my IB exams got canceled, I felt like I lost a sense of purpose.
Thanks so much for this! I hope you are safe and healthy :,) (also - what was the running app u were using?)
Hehe - thanks Ren :p Let me know how you get on with waking up early and if you feel like it starts to make you feel a bit more productive, although maybe try a bit later than 5, like 6:30ish!
Hope you're safe and healthy too, and the app is called RunKeeper 😀
@@liam.porritt I woke up at 7:00 two days ago but sadly woke up at 9:00 today...I'll try again tomorrow haha. I realized that need to sleep early to be able to wake up early because 7 hours is essential for me to be able to function! Thank you for the app - I've downloaded and love it!
@@ren7068 I'm trying but have failed mainly because I go bed very late
If someone wants to wake up at 5am, I recommend u getting a 26 minutes nap at 3-4 pm👌
Same here I try to wake early so I could prepare for my finals ⚡
I m so sure that u are going to get more audience very soon 🧡🧡
Ok, but my question is:you should me to wake UP at 5 am?
Hasta ahora no encuentro el comentario de algún hermano latino que se levanta a las 3 o 4am para trabajar y luego ir a estudiar :'v Se pierden las buenas costumbres
I wish I could see more vid Congragt new subscriber earned!!!
i love your videos!
Same Liam
Thank you so much as always Melanie!! 🤗
Thank you Morgan!!
Wow I applaud you sir for your commitment to productivity! 👏🏻👏🏻
Hahaha - we aim to please 😃... thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed this intense day of productivity 😝
Pleeease link the study playlist 🙏
im from brazil and this vlog is so beautiful and i dont understend everything but my eyes loved every minute.
Inglês bom o seu
@@luizadeto8661 valeuu, treinando sempre
Nice video! What is this calendar app? Google Calendar?
Greatly motivational!!
I've been getting up at 5am since I was in year 8 (I know that sounds crazy) 😂😂 it doesn't really bug me whatsoever now.
Feeling tired because you probably still aren't used to it. Ive been doing it for months now and it gets a lot easier. Even now do it on the weekend. The secret is to go to bed early and get the hours in. I'm in bed by 8:30pm, Asleep by 9pm and when my Alarm goes off at 4:30 am, i do hit the snooze a couple of times but i believe this is out of habit. I leave for work by 5:30am and am into the office by 6:15. that 90mins i get alone is what sets me up for the day.
Hi bro
I am from India
How about French language is it hard/easy to study?
I hope you will reply to my queries!
French is really easy to learn, if you speak spanish or english, it will be pretty easy for you
@@madboeing96 thanks bro
Where are you from?
I feel like this experiment was more about how well you can manage a day with less sleep than normal, rather than going to bed and getting up earlier :) You would probably have to do it for at least a few days, and try to get in the right amout of sleep even though you wake up earlier, in order to actually do this experiment haha
Very interesting video. Out of curiosity, do you generally find yourself to be more productive in the mornings or evenings? Do you think this affected your findings?
Thanks so much Kristina! Generally, I'm most productive in the mornings, pretty unproductive midafternoon and then very productive again in the evenings! I'd say, I think that how tired I felt when I first woke up meant I got a bit less really productive studying done than I would normally in the same amount of time. But of course, I don't normally have soooo much time in one day! But I'm a morning person for sure, so if you're not that would probably make this completely pointless - and likely counterproductive! 🤗
Liam Porritt Thanks for sharing-forgot to respond when you commented. Just an update, I’ve been trying out getting up early (not 5am, but 7 am sure is different than the usual 10/11!) and I have been LOVING it! I’m a morning person but college isn’t super conducive to early nights/early mornings so I haven’t been getting up early until now. I get work done for school as well as personal improvement and it’s just so refreshing. Thanks for the motivation!
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I wake up at 7 but I sleep at 9:30-10:30.
Interestingly I miss socializing time as you said because by then I’d be too tried from going to work, going to the gym and cooking my meals.
lmao anyone else going to bed later than 5am during quarantine?
Very motivating video! Could you perhaps share the playlist you were listening to?
This really works when you have a family with little siblings making noise all day
Waking up at around 4-5 AM is a little hard to get used to! I did it in increments (woke up at 5:00 for a week, then at 4:30 the next, and then finally at 4:00 am on the third week). I love studying at this hour, as my mind is fresher, compared to staying up late at night.
Then again, I juggle work and grad school, so apart from early mornings and the weekends, I don’t have a lot of study time! So yes, I really have to make the most of it. I mostly rest when I arrive home from work or class. :)
I study wakin UP to 6 am at 10 am I think os the perfecto time to wake and sleep
I too wwnt that music playlist
Pls help
What Calender app is that? It looks soooo good!
A bit irrelevant but what app do you use for running! love the video!
I love waking up at 5 because it's the only time of the day I have completely to myself which makes it so easy to do whatever I want without any distractions. However, I think it's always important to prioritise sleep over getting up early, because you literally will not be able to do anything properly whilst tired. I usually go to bed around 10-10:30 to get up at 5 - for law school, personally this is much better for me because my focus is so much better early in the morning.
Yeh - I think this point about distractions is absolutely true 👌, and something I maybe should have considered more! I think for me, because I was tired when I first woke up, I really lost out on the big benefits of having focused time with no distractions a little. But, I will definitely try this again at some point in the future and try and get to bed pretty early (10:30 ish), so I can hopefully get the full benefits of that distraction-free time! How do you find going to bed at 10 - 10:30 - as in do you find that difficult with doing stuff outside your studies, socially?
@@liam.porritt At the moment, I don't find it difficult socially because of lock down - but ordinarily, not really. I would only go out socially on Friday or Saturday, and I wouldn't wake up till 8 or 9, then get started with work. I usually stick with 5 am during the week because it gives it a bit of a work week split.
Waking up at 5 am experiment
Meanwhile I've gotta get up at 5 am everyday for school
I think u cant judge waking up at 5am by only doing it once cz u gonna feel tired on the first days till u ll get usedd to it so on the first days u cant mention a thing such as productivity
Finally, I understand why I study at Edinburgh and you graduated from Cambridge😩😂
Hahaha - well thank you Zach!! Although I would say that this is the only time I've ever done this and I don't think I'll be doing it again too often! Maybe once a every couple of weeks, I reckon 🤗
hey what do you use to film? which cam and which mic?
Hey Hayatt, I use a panasonic G80 or G85 - it's the same camera just different names in different countries. It's around $600 and one of the cheapest 4K cameras there is! I then use a combination of a rode mic and a blue snowball for audio, depending on whether I'm head to camera or just doing voiceover 🤗
2:17 you can tell the perfectionist personality aha
I want that playlist!!
Where did you get the lamp on top of the monitor ?
Ever since I joined Gym, in 2008 , I began waking up at 5. Earlier it was a problem, but now I have time for myself & I never feel like I need more sleep. So everyone trying this should know , All the RUclips guys tries for a week or a month, but that’s not enough. Try by yourself for atleast a few 3-4 months then one can get used to it.
he looks an awful lot like berlin from money heist
That awkward moment when in your country it's normal for students to wake up at 4 am or maybe 5 am if you're close to the school ... 😐
whaat? that‘s insane! in germany you have to get up at 7! what country are you from?
@@nellygranger2913 the Philippines 😓
Kind of hate how low the volume is - really screws up watch-later playlist for background.
Oh my
I go to sleep at 4am and wake up at about 11am
Cuz I figured out that I can't sleep at night so why not getting a coffee and study.
So I study late night
Can I ask where did you get your book stand? I‘m looking for one that can stand the weight of law books and yours looks rather sturdy.
OMG he does the Ali abdaal SIGNATURE pencil twirl
What software or app are you using to make the schedule in the video...???
I've been going asleep 5am
Bruuhhh!! U know the own ur holding at the very beginning of the video? I have the exact same one lol
At 5:03 min, what kind of program did you use for your schedule?
5 am wake ups through this video are made to look so enjoyable, I'm here like " kill me now"
Best, thank you for this awesome video. Love both of yours bro and Dr Ali's videos😍😍😍
Thanks so much Ashutosh! So glad you enjoyed it and thanks for coming over on Ali's recommendation 🙂
Your Editing seems professional and is satisfying. 😊
Hey, I saw that you did French and Spanish at Cambridge and got a training contract with CC. I was wondering if you have any tips for things to do while at Cambridge (ie societies) and in general to boost a training contract application? I’m going to be studying history at Cam from October, so just looking ahead :)
Hey!! Awesome that you are already thinking about doing a conversion and training contracts!! First of all, congratulations on getting in - which college you going to?
Then, I’d definitely recommend going to as many law events as you can - get signed up to careers service notifications early and you’ll be able to find out when evenings and events are! Then, get on applications for schemes in your first year - they didn’t exist when I was in first year, but if you get a TC then, it makes the rest of your time at uni much less stressful!! Hope that helps and best of luck Sara 🤗 x
Liam Porritt
Thanks for the great tips - and I’ll be at Gonville and Caius!
i think if you had refreshed a bit during daytime (may be a nap) it will make u last longer
Do take a bath right after you wake up......a cold shower is best
The only time I wake up really early is when I fly to another country for holiday and that's when I wake up at like 1 or 2 in the morning
As with all these things, it's not the time you have to get up that matters, it's the time you go to sleep...
Which mouse and keyboard do you use?😍
Dude, Blue India is a classy curry house though, never knew you lived round the corner :)
☺️ : wake up at 5 am is't that bad
Muslim : hold my kurma dude
What a coincidence, watching this video at 5AM
My friend goes to bed at 7:00 pm and wakes up at 4:00 am
Why is no one talking about the fact hes still ripped while studying this much??
What schedule application do you use on your Mac?
suberb vlog dude