I have been struggling to wake up early for several years now. On a typical day, I used to get up at 8:30 - 9 AM.
And trust me when I say this - I’ve tried a lot of things to wake up early - hitting the bed early, stay away from mobile and laptops an hour before going to sleep, reading a book, taking a shower before bed, etc.
These things would work for 2-3 days, and then I was back to my routine wake up time - 8:30-9 AM. And then no matter how much I used to stick to the schedules, the earliest I would wake up is 8:30 AM.
But there’s something that has been working for me for past month or so. Thought will share it with you too.
A friend of mine used to wake up between 5:30 to 6 AM. I asked him to wake me up at 6 AM. He calls me up every morning at 6 AM and does two things - repeat a task from my Trello side-project board and mention anything motivational and different.
Some days, he repeats what Rocky Balboa said, “It ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward..”
Some days, he would mention names of people who woke up early. And some days, he would blurt out, “Wake up you lazy ass… Don’t you dare sleep now. I’m calling you again in 10 mins to check on you…”
For whatever reason, it worked. For nearly a month, I have been waking up at 6 AM.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5ki7roj40b6ghds/stj-6am-streak.jpg?dl=0
And that’s when I thought. Why not have a service whereby an unknown person wakes you up every single day at your selected time and reminds you of your goal.
That’s what 4:30 AM Club is all about. To gradually wake up at 4:30 AM.
Would love to hear your feedback on the service. It's on https://430amclub.shalintj.com/