Home
Forums
New posts
Contact Us
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Search All
Members
Current visitors
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Contact Us
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Really good
Life
Waking up early won’t change your life—but it’s awesome for capitalism
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 596" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://qz.com/work/1435324/how-to-wake-up-early-dont/" target="_blank"><strong>Waking up early won’t change your life—but it’s awesome for capitalism - Quartz</strong></a></p><p></p><p>The internet really wants you to start getting up earlier. Everywhere you look, there’s an article touting waking during the pre-dawn hours as the ultimate life-hack.</p><p></p><p>There is Mark Wahlberg’s viral <a href="https://deadspin.com/i-lived-by-mark-wahlberg-s-schedule-for-a-day-and-it-br-1829186432" target="_blank">morning routine</a> that involves waking up at 2:30am to go to the gym, which ostensibly helps him stay focused on…whatever it is that Mark Wahlberg is trying to achieve. There’s the widely-ridiculed <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/a-day-in-the-life-of-hsbc-executive-melania-edwards-2018-10?r=US&IR=T/#at-630-am-she-catches-up-with-friends-and-family-2" target="_blank">portrait of an HSBC executive</a> who rises at 5:30am, using her early morning hours to meditate, drink green juice, and talk to friends and family on FaceTime. The New York Times talked to 300 successful people and determined that the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/21/smarter-living/tips-better-morning-routine.html" target="_blank">average wakeup time</a> for a business leader or Olympian type is 6:27am. And finally, The Cut’s Edith Zimmerman <a href="https://www.thecut.com/2018/10/on-waking-up-early.html" target="_blank">recently (and somewhat cheekily)</a> suggested a 4am or 5am wakeup call for anyone trying to get ahead in life, noting, “When I helped start a website almost a decade ago, I didn’t know anything about how to do it, but I knew that at the very minimum I could wake up early as hell.”</p><p></p><p>But the cult of early rising seems to miss a pretty obvious point: There is an <a href="https://www.investopedia.com/terms/o/opportunitycost.asp" target="_blank">opportunity cost</a> involved. First and foremost, if you’re waking up this early without going to bed early, you’re going to be very tired and sleep-deprived. If you<em> are</em> going to bed early, that means you’ll need to cut down on other non-work-related areas of your life such as exercise, doing household chores, cooking delicious meals, having drinks with friends and colleagues after work, reading actual books, having free time after you put your children to bed, or watching one of the 17 Netflix shows everyone is talking about. Indeed, unless the goal is to make like a <a href="https://qz.com/1098242/silicon-valleys-fasting-craze-is-proof-that-self-denial-is-the-new-indulgence-for-elites/" target="_blank">Silicon Valley ascetic</a> and eschew friendship, pleasure, wine, home-cooked meals, and downtime in the service of ruthless productivity, this advice seems pretty useless.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 596, member: 1"] [URL='https://qz.com/work/1435324/how-to-wake-up-early-dont/'][B]Waking up early won’t change your life—but it’s awesome for capitalism - Quartz[/B][/URL] The internet really wants you to start getting up earlier. Everywhere you look, there’s an article touting waking during the pre-dawn hours as the ultimate life-hack. There is Mark Wahlberg’s viral [URL='https://deadspin.com/i-lived-by-mark-wahlberg-s-schedule-for-a-day-and-it-br-1829186432']morning routine[/URL] that involves waking up at 2:30am to go to the gym, which ostensibly helps him stay focused on…whatever it is that Mark Wahlberg is trying to achieve. There’s the widely-ridiculed [URL='http://uk.businessinsider.com/a-day-in-the-life-of-hsbc-executive-melania-edwards-2018-10?r=US&IR=T/#at-630-am-she-catches-up-with-friends-and-family-2']portrait of an HSBC executive[/URL] who rises at 5:30am, using her early morning hours to meditate, drink green juice, and talk to friends and family on FaceTime. The New York Times talked to 300 successful people and determined that the [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/21/smarter-living/tips-better-morning-routine.html']average wakeup time[/URL] for a business leader or Olympian type is 6:27am. And finally, The Cut’s Edith Zimmerman [URL='https://www.thecut.com/2018/10/on-waking-up-early.html']recently (and somewhat cheekily)[/URL] suggested a 4am or 5am wakeup call for anyone trying to get ahead in life, noting, “When I helped start a website almost a decade ago, I didn’t know anything about how to do it, but I knew that at the very minimum I could wake up early as hell.” But the cult of early rising seems to miss a pretty obvious point: There is an [URL='https://www.investopedia.com/terms/o/opportunitycost.asp']opportunity cost[/URL] involved. First and foremost, if you’re waking up this early without going to bed early, you’re going to be very tired and sleep-deprived. If you[I] are[/I] going to bed early, that means you’ll need to cut down on other non-work-related areas of your life such as exercise, doing household chores, cooking delicious meals, having drinks with friends and colleagues after work, reading actual books, having free time after you put your children to bed, or watching one of the 17 Netflix shows everyone is talking about. Indeed, unless the goal is to make like a [URL='https://qz.com/1098242/silicon-valleys-fasting-craze-is-proof-that-self-denial-is-the-new-indulgence-for-elites/']Silicon Valley ascetic[/URL] and eschew friendship, pleasure, wine, home-cooked meals, and downtime in the service of ruthless productivity, this advice seems pretty useless. [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Really good
Life
Waking up early won’t change your life—but it’s awesome for capitalism
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.
Accept
Learn more…
Top