How To Wake Up Early And Feel Energised - Marcus Aurelius (Stoicism)
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- Опубликовано: 16 июл 2024
- In this video we will be talking about 10 important insights for waking up early from the writings of Marcus Aurelius. He was also a devout student of the philosophy of Stoicism. During his rule, Aurelius found the time to construct a series of autobiographical writings, now known as the Meditations. Which is why in this video, we will be using some of his wisdom as a motivation to talk about 10 things we should do to wake up early.
So here are 10 important insights for waking up early from Marcus Aurelius.
01. Find your Ikigai
02. Prepare yourself for mornings
03. Avoid distractions after you wake up
04. Wake up consistently
05. Go easy on yourself
06. Practice voluntary hardship
07. Find an accountability partner
08. Remind yourself of death
09. Practice negative visualisation every morning
10. Appreciate your life
I hope you enjoyed watching the video and hope you find these insights very insights very helpful for you to wake up early everyday.
Even though Marcus Aurelius wrote it 2,000 years ago - his insights on Stoicism still carry strong weight today. Stoicism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium in Athens in the early 3rd century BC. Even though it is over 2000 years old, more and more people are discovering how Stoicism is not only relevant to modern times, but can be applied in very simple, yet strong ways.
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"While you wait for life, life passes" -Greatest stoic quote of all time
yes that is one of the best quotes.....
"Life passes anyway." - much greater quote.
@@PhilosophiesforLife a0p
That's mean we are not making progress.
Set a alarm
“You can start by minimizing your television and your phone time before bed”
- Marcus Aurelius, 170AD
He really said this, I was there
vaneeza b yeah me too I heard him say it
Hahaha
I too was there and can confirm he said this
You guys are old man!!! XD
"Modern problems require ancient solutions".
Nothing new under the sun
I never realised I was a Stoic even though I have never come across Marcus Aurelius. Everything mentioned in this video is what I am doing, except the part about waking up early
😹😹😴😹
marcus aurelius never imagined that he would become a clickbait 2000 years later
Not that he would care though
“What’s clickbait?” -Marcus Aurelius
uicukie 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
How is this clickbait?
Hahahahahhahahahahahahhahaha
how to wake up early: "
just stop watching youtube videos and get some sleep"
I need to do that
Hmmm? Are you sure?
simple solution. 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
I feel personally attacked
So ignorant smh, keep flipping ur burgers bye.
How to wake up early:
Step 1: Find out the meaning of life.
Me: yeah I'll try a phone Alarm first
"Minimize your television and phone time before bed." - Marcus Aurelius
Especially eliminating television Times.
There’s a great tablet joke here somewhere.
🤣🤣🤣
"Limit yourself from distractions" - Gets hit with a RUclips advertisement right after 😂
@Sari Çizmeli Mehmet Ağa I like that 💯
@Psilocybin Mushrooms 😂
YES Negative visualization. I always do that and people always say I’m being negative whereas I’ve always known I’m preparing for the worst.
Anyone else watching this late at night?
soumya bhattacharjee watching at 5:15 am.
2:15 am
I see the irony.
1:35 am
3:23 am laying on the bed watching this and in parallel hear f*ing ezan from the mosquethat situated near and the street dogs singing together with imam...im in a hell
Words of the ancients never become dated. Wisdom is timeless.
Couldn't agree more, haven't had to have cold showers yet thankfully. For me it's painting pictures and writing poetry that gets me out of bed. When I am super tired I just do hobbies. But I have gone from a night owl to getting up at 5am everyday person and my only regret is waiting until I was in my 40's to do so. It gives my very life meaning, I have coffee in the plunger the night before and just heat it up in the morning and get to work on my projects. Of all the getting your act together techniques this is by far had the most results for me.
A very encouraging message. BTW I'm a lazy 39 year old ;)
How to wake up early: Don’t work overnight shifts
Nah man I work overnight shifts up until 1-3 in the morning sometimes, and I can say that if you allow yourself to sleep in till like noon then you will feel like complete shit compared to if you wake up at 7-9 comparatively.
The Human Spider Don’t work graveyard shifts*
I love nightshifts, fk the day
reading this while doing...nightshift!!!! 6pm til 6am in the mines in Australia.
@@adrianenglish511 same I'm rocking that 10pm-8am VT
Buy one of those old school “hammer and bell” alarm clocks if you have trouble waking up. I had a terrible time waking up on time in the mornings. Bought one of those on Amazon for like $10. It’s terrifying and makes you jump out of bed. I hate it so much that now my phone alarm (which I set for 15-20 minutes earlier) wakes me up.
Maaaan if I had one of those my wife would be so pissed 😂
It would wake her and my son up lol and she doesn’t care about getting up early
This way you get a heart attack every morning, so you don't have to wake up early for long. Brilliant.
I know how to wake up early. Have kids and a job.
Its why ill never have kids lol
Exactly what I said lol
We are heroes
I cant sleep in past 7 am anymore.... even on the weekends. 😅
Cant complain. Ill admit, i do get more stuff done so i can comfortably play in the evening without worrying about what i need to get done.
Vector 01 no you just parents
Great advice. "If you want to wake up early, discover your purpose in life." Simples!
Loving these Marcus Aurelius videos! Keep it up!
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This has helped me in my decision to stay in school or not. It's more a "convenience" than what I want to do, and college has 100% brought out the better side of me. I wake up at 7 every morning and get up, before that, my entire life, I always slept in, felt groggy in the morning, and always wanted to go back to bed. Nowadays I haven't even touched my video games for weeks if not a month or two at this point. All I want to do is work, learn, save, and relax. My conflict with college is every day is eaten by studying, cleaning, and barely working to keep up with what bills I do have (fortunately). I appreciate these lessons, as I probably never would have learned them on my own. I can't help but care deeply about life now. I barely touch my phone when I'm bored, I read, draw, take notes, inspire myself through history. Life is so much larger and vast than we imagine, and it is not a bad thing like I used to think it was. These videos used to feel good but also overwhelming as I never could commit to waking up, but college tricked me into figuring it out (three classes a week make you decide whether laying in bed is a good idea when you can just get up, you're not playing video games or the phone anyway!) I commit to communicating big decisions with my boyfriend, who helped me establish my cleaning business (why I get away with working so little). I feel like the master of myself, truly for the first time.
Who ever reads this have a great day 👍👍👍
I hope you also have a great day😉☀️🤗
Hope you’re doing well
No
You as well 👍
Ah fuck off:)
I have so much trouble with waking up early, I've wasted a lot of my life because of it. I need to change, this video is great.
Pretty sure Marcus never said “ikigai” in his life.
He did not live enough to conquer Japan.
I believe the reason why he said "ikigai" instead of Aureliu's saying is that they are similar and that ikigai tends to be somewhat more powerful or more known to the world
He probably only had a vague knowledge of Japan
Also pretty sure he never said any english word, but good enough ;p
Turns out he’s actually a time traveller from 2020 Japan
This is what I used to start 2 businesses that combined bring over $100k a year, never thought I’d be there. And, money is not happiness.
Yo this video means so much to me. I’ve been struggling not to sleep 12+ hours or not to stay awake 24 + hours. I’ve been delving deeper into my depression since this COVID-19. I’ve suffered for 20 years or so, but it’s gotten worse since trump, and now even worse because I’m basically quarantined from society. Needing to have some tools to help.... we’ll I never even thought of looking it up, I just decided to live with it and overcome it on my own. But this sh0wed up on my home page a just the right time in my life. I suppose it’s the right time in many others lives who are surely going through the same thing. It’s 6:19AM now on the East coast of the usa and your advice is just what I needed. Thanks!
if you keep telling yourself to expect bad things in life, life will re-order itself to conform to this. Be careful what you tell yourself, over and over again...
I shall start telling myself cocaine hookers and money daily... let's see how it goes
@@HooyahPeacock let me know how that goes. 🤣 If you can handle it, why not.
Yeah right, everyone would be a millionaire
Yomo Cute gotta stay consistent
@@yomocute9403 Why don't you try and see. Bigger things take longer to form, but they do. Think of it like the difference between scooping up a ball of ice-cream and a planet forming in deep space.
Seems like waking up early in the morning was a big problem throughout the history of humanity
How to wake up early:
Step 1 - wake up early.
lol thanks jocko
There is another strategy I used in 2008 when I went back to work after a long absence and was worried I wouldn't wake up at the alarm. In the evening before going to sleep I would set the alarm to go off in a couple of minutes, then when it did sit up bolt upright in bed in reaction. Repeating this ten times was sufficient to train a response.
Who else is currently watching this at 4 in the morning and hasn’t gone to sleep yet?
Edit: I’m happy to know all of you are also sleep deprived 😂
It's 3:39 Am now..hahahahaah
Get a job lol
ravi sai sravan gopal 3:38 😹👌🏿
4.48 now
Whip Munson 4:57
How to wake up early:
Gift your house mate who wakes up early every morning with a noisy coffee grinder.
Dude... that's literally a war crime.
That's a great idea 😄
You should hear birds in my area. Every god damn day at 04:00 chirp chirp chirp chirp
*By going to bed earlier 😂* 🙏
This video made me reevaluate a lot. Thank you so much!!
Thank you for this video, these past few months have been a struggle mentally, physically and financially but this put me in the right mindset to get back on track.. thank you again
Well, considering we're now smack dab in the middle of 2020, with mass unemployment, a global pandemic, and riots in the streets, how are you doing my man?
HOW TO GET UP EARLY: Set an alarm, get out of bed when it actually goes off.
There, saved you 14:00 minutes of your life.
essentially this is the only thing that helps lol
I thought of this video more as applying the principles of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations using getting up early as a specific example.
The main ideas discussed are applicable to many activities a person could be struggling with.
And how do u get of bed before it goes off if you have no idea what's going on? I can't control my actions right after awakening because I'm literally non compos mentis in the mornings
No its not about the alarm, but waking up and going to bed at the same time every day, and when you have been waking early at the same time for a month, you will hardly need to set alarms any more, i have an alarm set to 7 am every morning, but i wake up on my own every time. its about habbits, not just waking up when the alarm rings.
@@00Spedmeg00 Not everybody can goto bed at the same time every day. And some peoples body clock is non exssistant. What if you have to get up at a time to which you do not normally wake? I to can envisage a time I'd like to be up and can guarantee I'll wake up within ten minutes of the time I would like to wake, providing an external source hasn't disrupted the patterns [which always happens because, unfortunately the majority of the human race are ignorant, self centred ass whipes] even as we speak I should be asleep, instead, I'm enjoying the dull thud of continuous, rhythmic bass. So therefore one may have to set an alarm to ensure arousal.
Funny how we learn from someone who lived 2000 years ago
Most of what exists today has is roots in the classical world. You have been anointed by a false doctrine. peace.
CL2 Raven how so?
@@user-is9ff4zh6p I'm only responsible for my own ignorance.
Mmm egotistical much?
@@user-is9ff4zh6p straight to the ad hominem. Good job
Grateful to watch all these videos! 😊
“Avoid distractions after you wake up” I am watching this as the first thing in the morning LOL
Marcus Aurelius was the only Roman emperor to earn the rank of Jedi master.
The longer you stay in bed, the longer you stay in bed.... just sayin..
Thats all that really needs to be said tbh. Well put.
bill Bloggs bum
Profound
So true
@bill Bloggs lol
Thank you for spreading great content such as this for free on the Internet. I appreciate it a lot
Thanks man .. i was eagerly waiting for it..
thank you...glad we could add value
I find it humbling to know that Marcus Aurelius also found it difficult to leave his warm bed in the morning. Ah the human condition transcends.
eu sou grato por canais desse tipo, desbloqueiam novos caminhos na minha mente.
Timeless wisdom, thank you for the video.
You can’t unhear that pronunciation of “issues”
Me watching this at 3:00 am: “NOICE”
I’m very glad for coming across this video and very thankful for making it . ❤
Thanks so much for creating this video!
Watching this on my phone just before I go to sleep
Video: how to wake up early
Me: *watching video at 3 in the morning*
loooooooool
Try 5am
It's the answer I've been seeking for along time, thanks for your video. ❤❤
How easily society loses some knowledge, and how lucky we are to have works like "Meditations".
The morning breeze has secret to tell me; do not go back to sleep, lh!
An early morning walk is a blessing for the whole day: health, youth and freedom are the greatest blessings of life. Life is no joke.
I believe you mean Maya, instead of Mara.
It's in the great Sikh scriptures.
Love this channel!
Thank You ...it means a lot...
Thanks so much for this video, it's helped me a lot
Your videos have become a daily routine for me.
What you think you will become - by Earl Nightingale, Napoleon Hill, Jim Rohn , etc.
Choose positive visualization and self talk
What about Hitler?
was hoping for some actual wisdom from one of my favorite stoics, instead i got a dude talking about the most general things
Rafipuff what are you doing here
You realize the channel is called Philosophies for life right? That's practical application of philosophy to daily life, if you want abstract wisdom go read Mark's book directly.
I bet you can't even follow these general things
@@anayelisoria37 HAHDHHAH MARK
The thing is humans are pre disposed to either be early risers or late sleepers. It may stem back to someone been up at all times to watch the camp/hut/village as has been suggested but I think its just one of those things you're born with. Myself and my daughter can easily stay up late and are happy to have a sleep in, my wife ,however, is sleepy at 8pm but can rise easily in the morning.
"Momenti Mori" love that quote
Powerfull. I got these kind of informations from all angles now! This time, is the Time. Take my word for it. Shaking your hand in gratitude @philosophers
Alot of girls already have an "icky guy"
😂😂😂
I totally thought that...
Haha nice one!
This is the first time when we understand how Romans learned Japanese concepts.
Thank you that was so very helpful 🙏
I wake up early in the morning because I treasure and enjoy every moment of my life
Ikigai: Why you're paying your son's rent because he wants to be a comic illustrator. Skip all steps and just do a fat rail first thing in the morning
I feel this... that nasal drip lol
That made me fall off my couch laughing
Hahaaa
Man meth heads ain’t no joke they in the RUclips comments now
serendipidus1 a line a coke
Be content, its an impenatrable fortress.
1. Find your Ikigai - raison d'être, reason to live. If I had more time, what would I do?
2. Prepare yourself for mornings. Have a routine for waking up and going to bed (prepare for the next morning)
3. Avoid distractions when waking up. We get distracted by shit we shouldn't be focused on in that second.
4. Self Discipline. Habits take a while to form, eg waking up early. Be consistent. 30 days divided into 3 phases, with different emotions to be expected. 1 - feels unbearable. 2 - uncomfortable but better. 3 - easiest phase.
5. Go easy on yourself. Our brain likes gratification, so deal it to yourself. Forgive yourself for errors but fix them TOMORROW.
6. Voluntary hardship. Constantly testing ourselves, eg cold shower.
7. Accountability partner. Holding ourselves accountable to our commitments.
8. Memento mori. Live as if you were to die tomorrow.
9. Negative visualization. Rehearse negative scenes in our mind.
10. Appreciate life. Be grateful for stuff and life.
I love the voice of the guy in these videos thank you so so much
My Ikaigai is my beautiful baby girl.
Yea there also the reason I wake up 10 times a night too :)
Tho ‘only’ an uncle-in same house-of my precious 1 & 3 year old nieces-there’s NOTHING I wouldn’t-HAPPILY do for them! (Or my brother if he wants to sleep in a bit ; )
I wish you both well a/ your little gifts from God!!
😁
If today is the last day of my life...I'm sleeping in....cuase I already wake up at 5am so I can be at work at 7am 😒
You have a two hour commute? Jesus
Cut Off Your Head does it not take time to get ready and eat
Great and practical thoughts....thanks to such great men of wisdom.
Grateful for this video. Thanks!
Reasons to go to bed:
1. Chance of never waking up
Nice
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This requires going to sleep early, which I am not physically or mentally able to do
This was cool. Thanks for creating!
Thank you for this video. Precious
I thought he said find your "Icky Guy". I thought he meant a guy who doesn't shower or sneezes into the air without covering his face.
LOL
Dude I laughed the shit out loud 🤣
11. Marcus Aurelius said : さようなら
Thanks a lot.
My ikagi is my millwright trade and learning the craft. As a morning person going strong for about 4 years now after starting to open the coffee shop at 5:30am I can atest to all these being true and helpful I use many of these tips in my daily life already especially now since I’m waking up at 4:45 and making an hour drive at 5:30am to a work site for my new millwright job. Putting clothes out before hand always helps you save the most time I swear and keep your keys on the wall somewhere you can see when you wake up and keep your wallet next to you on your night stand
Man my ikigai is to sleep
I thought that and was like... Well dammit...
I feel this so much. Always have relished and embraced sleep.
Watch movies is my purpose in life
How to wake up early: Get kids...
tominatorrix Until they are teenagers and sleep until 1pm.
@@silencenhikes6692 have more kids lol
At 15 years old I praticed and thought as most of theses ideas, wow!
Smart man learn from their mistakes but wise men learn from this others 💯
This guy acts like everyone goes to work at 6am lol.
I had to get up at 5:30h am for some months. I kept up with that habit until the quarantine and I feel bad for losing it, my days were way more productive.
I’ve been waking up every morning at 4am to work out in the morning, shower, get ready for work. And start work at 6am for the past.... 7 years now. Just easy. And I got to bed around 7:30pm
@@alejandrop.s.3942 that's amazing. What time did you go to bed?
@@ktee6370 Take the wakeup time you want and subtract 8 hours..........
If you go to bed at 7:30pm you completely lose your evening. And thats the best part of the day for me.
- The reason for waking up in the morning? Survival.
as usual great content. ❤️
Loved it, thank you.
I didn’t suffer any privation when young; my parents were both successful professionals. Yet for some reason I liked the idea of self imposed “suffering” after I read a great book. Cold showers, running and intense workouts were a constant and when I played tennis I trained for 2 or 3 hours a day rigorously. As the book said, every routine that started out as a painful exercise later became a pleasure, so much so that not doing it created the same pain that at the beginning it caused. Also, as the book said, there are positive spillovers of any willful routine you impose on yourself. Run 5 miles every morning and facing that challenge will make you immediately better at facing any other challenge. This later applied to my professional life and bit by bit it was equally true. Do 3 or 4 algebraic equations with breakfast, by the time you get to work you are a razor sharp trouble shooting machine. Unfortunately you g people today lack this spirit and cell phones are very much to blame.
Ok Boomer
You think really highly of yourself huh? This whole comment was just an opportunity for you to say how wonderful you are.. LOL
TLTR.
How to wake up early: set the alarm. When it goes off, Count to five and get up. Make yourself some coffee and go on with your day
Thank you !
watching this video at 5am n still hopping that my life has a purpose
really, they didn't say: 0: "go to bed early" ...
No they did not - - there was not bed not yet invented
Waking earlier is overrated, it means I worry about things for longer
Worrying is overrated, I mean we're going to die eventually, I might die tomorrow what's the point of worrying about something when I can just change it or be ok knowing it can't be changed. Don't worry, be happy.
Anonymous I shall adopt your sentiment for the day and review it tonight. I will be happy and joyful and won’t leave a moment on its own without some form of prancing/dancing being part of the time that elapse. If I find your idea more subjective to the individual I shall be getting an early night and a late following morning. Thank you for your thoughts and stay happy, you lucky bastard
@@maxleighgrace8858 scratch the be happy part that shit overrated just don't be worrying all the time
Thank you very much!
I need to write some of these down & keep it on nightstand ❤
Marcus didn’t have an iPhone with an alarm set to the Doobie Brothers to Minute by Minute
You are in a bad, BAD way if you do.
Clearly you must be stupid they still had clocks back then fuck face
"how to wake up early"- read by person who work only night shifts 😂
Joj... Znam kako je xD
thanks! wonderful!
I can envisage Marcus Aurelius fighting the Marcomanni Germans and then telling them to stop and go to bed early! Because they can all fight better in the morning...
Now I am inspired to practice voluntary hardship!