Summary: Your time is an asset, and therefore should be utilized to its maximum potential. This post provides a way you can think about structuring your day to maximize productivity and get things done.
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Morning (4 AM-9 AM):
- Wake up at 4/4:30 AM: I choose to wake up at 4:30 AM to make sure I'm not waking up in the middle of a sleep cycle. I'll go into more details on this in a second.
- Make your bed: Starting with a small task like this can spur your productivity, and lead you to continue this throughout the day.
- Make sure you've gotten 7-8 hours of sleep: For this, I aim to get 7.5 hours of sleep. This gives me roughly 5 sleep cycles and leaves me well-rested throughout the day, despite the time I wake up at.
- Workout in the morning: I used to workout in the afternoons, but I found that getting my workout in during the morning leaves me energized and ready to tackle the day ahead of me.
- Take a cold shower: Cold showers are a great way to revitalize your body and mind. Also wakes you up pretty quickly, too.
- Don't overthink what you're going to wear: Make sure you dress nicely, but don't waste time putting in too much thought on your outfit for the day. Keep it simple.
- Plan out the day: The morning is a great time to plan out your day and analyze how it's going to be. Take this time to make sure you know what you have planned for that day, and prepare accordingly. I like to use the Eisenhower matrix when planning my day to see what is really important to do and aim to get that done first.
- Check email: I like doing this in the morning. Doing this early in the day prevents you from mindlessly checking and responding to emails during your actual work hours, during which you should be doing things.
- Eat a solid breakfast: If you don't do IF, eat a nice and healthy breakfast. Kicking off the day with a really wholesome breakfast will leave you energized and ready to get shit done.
Whatever you do with your time before your commute/class is up to you. I like to open up Duolingo and work on learning French, but you can do whatever you want. After getting the general routine down, it should be second-nature to you, and you should ideally notice that you're always starting the day on the right foot. This was created as a structure for people who work 9-5. If that's you, then you should be ready to hustle by 9 AM by following this. Once the day is over, around 5 PM for those with office jobs, then the following routine will get you ready to end your day on a more relaxed note.
Nighttime (7 PM-9 PM):
- Wind down by doing chores: Doing chores and not staring at electronics is a good way to begin the winding-down process before you sleep. You make sure you keep your shit together, with the added benefit of not looking at technology too much before bed.
- Charge your stuff outside of your bedroom: For me, a college student, this isn't really possible, so I charge my phone on the other side of my dorm room to get it as far away from me as possible. You want to do this to not be tempted to snooze your alarm and stay in bed. It's worked well for me, as it forces me out of bed to turn off my alarm.
- Dim the lights and cut off electronics an hour before bed: This is mostly done to improve your quality of sleep. Keep some candles lit around your apartment/room and cut off the lights. Leaving just candles as light gets you into a much more relaxed state and allows you to drift off to sleep easily.
- Designate a set of clothes to sleep in: By doing this, you begin to associate this outfit with sleep. Making this association with sleep is beneficial and will already start to make you tired.
- Go to sleep at the same time every night: Get to bed by 9 PM. This is the reason I choose, personally, to wake up at 4:30 AM. By sleeping at 9 and waking up at 4:30, I wake up as soon as I'm coming out of a sleep cycle, which I previously said leaves you well rested.
- List the top 3 things you want to get done the next day: Since I use a task-planning app in conjunction with the Eisenhower matrix, I always have a list of things to get done the next day, which is already sorted by order or importance and urgency. I don't necessarily need this step, but it is a helpful step for those who do.
- Read fiction before bed: When you're ready to get in bed, get a fiction book out and begin reading it. Reading about topics that are easy on the mind is good to help wind down even more. It doesn't take much to process the content and provides for a pleasant reading experience. I don't suggest to read self-help books or anything similar to that genre as its better to read them in the morning. You will get your mind working more to digest the information, therefore making it better to leave for reading in the morning.
Conclusion:
Having a good daily routine helps for providing a structure for you to follow. A good morning routine is just as important as a good nightly routine. I've been following this protocol for 3 months already, and I am able to manage all of my schoolwork while also participating heavily in extracurricular activities on my college campus. It has significantly boosted my productivity, to a point where my friends even think that it's something "superhuman." If you are looking for a way to operate at peak productivity levels, I would suggest this structure for you. If it has helped me, I'm sure that it may help others as well.
TheDicDoc 5y ago
i like to fast in the morning while doing my workouts, growth hormone is increased
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kylerosa21 5y ago
No, actual workouts. I’m doing GZCLP at the moment, do all of my sessions in the mornings
trueliberal1 5y ago
I love how morning people think that everybody has to be morning people to be productive. In an era of artificial lights and indoor mental labor, there is zero reason your productivity is tied to daylight.
Revolve your day around what works for you. I find the afternoon and evening to be the most productive times for me.
TheElitistReturns 5y ago
That's a Beta cuck life if I've ever seen one.
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True Alfas wake up whenever they want and do whatever they want .
ChrimsonChin988 5y ago
Waking up at 4:30 is just plain stupid long-term imo. Fucks up your sleep rhtyhm too much compared to 'normal' people. You can only do this if you're a fucking robot without social life and pretty much never stay up late because it will completely ruin your sleep rhythm.
Edit: also I was watching some motivational tape some time ago this dude said 80% of millionaires wake up before 5 AM, loudest chuckle I had all week long, nobody who knows at least a hand full of millionaires is going to believe that
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Seize7 5y ago
What the f is it? Are you a robot?
tirado8014 5y ago
Great post man! Althought I dont have a completely set routine yet, Ive noticed that, just by going being in bed at 9pm on a weeknight instead of going out has already helped me immensly in getting shit done. Ive completely cut out going out during the week (meaning i also drink less so thats another benefit). Ive been performing better at work, putting in more work at the gym etc. Still working on a couple parts of my routine, but Im getting there!
MrSaiyan_333_ 5y ago
Maybe it sounds robotic but if you have a shitty life you must be "robotic" and systematic for a while (~monk mode) to reach an at least "good enough" level. Then you can loosen up a little bit and chill.
kylerosa21 5y ago
I think you’re right about that. When you have a system in place, it makes it easier to loosen up and enjoy yourself at appropriate times.
havelbrandybuck 5y ago
"How to Structure Your Day to Maximize Productivity"
"Make your bed"
"For me, a college student"
Lol.
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Captain_Quick 5y ago
Why does it seem like every year all of the "personal development" people advocate waking up earlier and earlier? First it was 5:30, then 5:00, and now 4:30 and 4:00. This is getting ridiculous. As long as you get up at the same time every day and go to bed at the same time every day and get however many hours of sleep you might need (7-10 hours, depending on age or if you were blessed with good genetics), it doesn't matter how early you wake up unless you want to brag like this guy. As if waking up early really matters.
SalporinRP 5y ago
The marginal benefit of waking up at 4:30 instead of 6 is probably non-existent.
As long as you have a regular sleep schedule and get your 8+ hours you're fine.
Mr_KenSpeckle 5y ago
Because if they gave you advice that was doable then you would realize, when it didn’t work, that the problem lies with them. By giving you advice that isn’t really doable, you think the problem is you.
Go to bed about 10 to 10:30. Get up 6 to 6: 30, depending on what you’ve got going that day. You can stay up a little and sleep in a little on the weekend. Done.
SalporinRP 5y ago
Exactly. I'm guessing that the marginal benefit of waking up at 4:30 instead of 6 is non-existent. And what can you even do at 4:30 anyways? My gym doesn't even open until 5:30. I meditate for 10 mins every day in the morning and stretch but that takes 20 mins maximum.
ILikeToBurnMoney 5y ago
I don't get it either. In most jobs you work with other people, so at best you can be there at 8 in order to answer emails and prepare stuff so that you can start with the calls/meetings etc. at 9.
And what if you have to work late and go to the gym after that? Or you go out to a networking meeting? If you come home at ~22-23 and still have to eat there is no way you will get anywhere near the ideal amount of sleep while constantly waking up at 4:00 or something like that.
A_confusedlover 5y ago
4:30 is absurd. Wake up after sun rise for God's sake. I believe it's best to wake up before most people do. People tend to wake around 6:30 or 7. 6 is just the perfect time for me.
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I am in the army and I can attest that waking up at 4:30 is retarded. The whole point of it is that it sucks. People do not normally function at their peak at 4:30. Waking up at 6:00 is actually good for you, but only if it makes sense for you to go to sleep at 10:30. If you have roommates up past midnight and you live in a loud neighborhood, don't even bother. go to sleep at 12:30 and get up at 8 like a normal person.
randomTATRP 5y ago
Can agree. When I lived by waking up at 6:00 and went to sleep around 22:30/23:00 I was productive as fuck. Got enough time in the morning to do stuff I want, got enough time to chill out after work. Great balance. Anything before 6 AM is retarded for me.
scissor_me_timbers00 5y ago
Yeah those Jocko Willink types have such a hardon for waking up at 4:00-4:30. I like Jocko but it’s getting silly how many of these podcast circuit guests humblebrag their wake up times.
AreOut 5y ago
from my experience it does matter, generally you want to get into bed before 10 PM and wake up before 6 AM, the earlier the better
Captain_Quick 5y ago
That wasn't my experience. I woke up at 5:00 for a while and while I was more productive than when I would just wake up as late as humanly possibly before I needed to go out, I was no more productive waking up at 5 consistently than when I woke up at 7 consistently. Going to bed early and consistently is important though. I think waking up later is a good "buffer" for the times you want to stay up a bit later than usual.
Vouch33r 5y ago
What if we then go back even more and start going to sleep at 6 PM and waking up at 2 AM? By sleeping the same amounts you have a range of time you can do things. If you won't have 4 hours before work in the morning, you'll get the same 4 hours after your work. Makes no difference to me in the terms of time. Unless you take things like afternoon traffic into consideration. The only upside I see is the morning productivity surge but I guess not everybody posseses that anyway.
AreOut 5y ago
going to sleep when the sun goes down and waking up when the sun goes up is good for your health/metabolism/hormones
Brazilian_Slaughter 5y ago
Sleeping at 8-9 and waking at 4:00 and 4:30 is actually my favorite sleepcycle. Its like the best combination of being an early sleeper and a night-owl. You sleep pretty early, sleep enough, AND you can be up "late", enjoying the last hours of the night, quiet and solitude, if you like that kinda thing (I love the night). You also wake up earlier than everyone.
Also, if you feel tired or something and want to sleep more, you can take two extra hours and wake up "late" at 6 AM.
The one offside is that once the sun went down, I started feeling drowsy. It kinda sucks when you have to stay awake until later, for some reason.
This was actually how I did when I was a kid, and at some periods in my life.
Sadly I am not allowed to do it at the moment.
Captain_Quick 5y ago
You do make a good point. Maybe as a young man I'm a bit biased against waking up early since I didn't see an appreciable increase in productivity compared to when I wake up at 7:00. That, and I like going out with my friends late, sometimes until 3:00 am, and that's a lot more manageable when I wake up at 7:00 compared to waking up at 4:30.
Brazilian_Slaughter 5y ago
Yeah, I don't think that sleep schedule is good if you have to be up at late night at some point for some reason.
Hah, wish I had that luxury. I'm generally home by max 23:00 or so, but generally by nine or ten I don't even like being out of home after eight. When I used to go out with my friends and we wanted to stay in late, we slept in each other's houses and went back in the morning. Unless we had a car available and a sober driver.
Then again, my city is one of the world's most dangerous.
lookoutitscaleb 5y ago
Waking up early is silly.
There are 30% of people that are night owls. It's in your DNA. Your ancestors determine your sleep schedule. If you are a night owl you can try to go to sleep early and not fall asleep. In the morning you are groggy because your body isn't awake, it still wants to be asleep. You're not getting enough REM sleep because your Rhythm is all fucked up.
There's all these people that think being an early bird is the best. It's not. A lot of society is structured to reward the early bird but night owls aren't lazy. When we were in tribes we took turns keeping watch to maximize our species' survival. It doesn't matter how much good shit you do and set yourself up to sleep early your body isn't able to.
Mr_KenSpeckle 5y ago
Because if they gave you advice that was doable then you would realize, when it didn’t work, that the problem lies with them. By giving you advice that isn’t really doable, you think the problem is you.
Go to bed about 10 to 10:30. Get up 6 to 6: 30, depending on what you’ve got going that day. You can stay up a little and sleep in a little on the weekend. Done.
lookoutitscaleb 5y ago
That's not how it works. But good try.
frooschnate 5y ago
One thing I’ve learned is that bodies adapt. When I was 13-17 I couldn’t sleep, as a kid I was always a “night owl”, after forcing myself to sleep early and keep up the routine now I wake up at 8am tops, without an alarm clock, even on weekends.
FUCK_SNITCHES_ 5y ago
You could just do both if you're genetics work out that way. I can sleep at 2-3 and wake up at 7-8 most of the time. 5 hours is just enough, 6 is perfect.
Howdoiusesync 5y ago
I'm 22, I was like you as a kid. I can't naturally fall asleep early at all even after working out. i can wake up early though no problem. It's probably the worst thing to know that no matter how many times I fuck, workout, work, etc. I can't fall asleep before 12am.
frooschnate 5y ago
I’m still younger than you. I don’t have to wake up early tomorrow so here I am, though. That’s the thing, if I don’t have to sleep early I won’t have such an easy time going on my own.
If I had a heavy workout, heavy exhausting day, or finished up fucking a girl for the third time of the day I will most likely fall like a rock.
lookoutitscaleb 5y ago
That's where most people's misconceptions come from about sleep.
But that's not how it works.
You can sort of hijack your melatonin based on sunlight if you're in different time zones but your circadian rhythm is always the same.
frooschnate 5y ago
I don’t care to know how it works, I figured out how to make it work for me.
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lookoutitscaleb 5y ago
I've been reading a book called:
Why We Sleep
Unlocking The Power of Sleep and Dreams
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by Mathew Walker Phd
Great read and very informative. I'm finding out a bunch about my body.
Doing a quick google search this is one of the first articles that popped up on the subject if you want to learn more:
https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/being-a-night-owl-raises-your-risk-of-early-death-10-percent-worlds-inflexibility-is-to-blame.html
frooschnate 5y ago
I’ll look into that.
I’m prone to staying up late, having good productivity and ideas flowing through at that time, especially when I did graphic design. I’m more “visual” at that time; best word I can think about to describe it.
It isn’t too feasible when you got a job in the morning or school. Great if you manage your time completely.
lookoutitscaleb 5y ago
Totally understand.
Basically your body doesn't totally wake up until later in the day.
Even if you go to bed early and wake up early, you're groggy and unproductive. Usually unproductive until about 12/1 without coffee. There are tons of factors but so many people think "OH go to bed early, get up early = productive"
It's just not the case. I know for myself I'm more productive later in the day. I run a business and it's a 24/7 job. I'm not in the most optimal sleep pattern right now, but the goal is to eventually get there. Work now and fix later. Which honestly sleep debt doesn't really work that way, but it's the best I can do now.
ElHitch22 5y ago
That is very interesting.
As I feel I fall into the category of night owl (I am far more creative and alive at night and even when I change my sleep cycle towards day I don't feel as much, fun in life) I would ask what you think the best approach is. Accept the night life cycle of my body at the expense of better sleep (that happens 9-12 pm) or try to go against my genes and follow the 10/11 pm - 7 am sleep cycle, regardless?
Cheddar_Curtain 5y ago
I do both by split sleeping. I think I got the idea when I was reading an article about Buddy Guy (blues legend) who runs a bar in Chicago. He mentioned how he sleeps late nights 4-5 hours and then again in the afternoon.
I have an odd work schedule where I'm up at 6am but home by 3pm. What the fuck is there to do at that time on a weekday? Not much. So I sleep a few hours. Then go to bed again at midnight or so.
I hate the idea of going to bed at 9pm. I love being up and enjoying the chill vibe of the mid night. So I split sleep. Keep that in mind.
lookoutitscaleb 5y ago
It depends. I'm not a doctor. From what I understand though it is better to get restful rest than the other way around.
4 Hours of restful rest (entering REM and NREM, being in sync with your suprachiasmatic nucleus, and circadian rhythm, etc) is better than 8 hours of non restful.
Cheddar_Curtain 5y ago
REM sleep is so important. I feel much more rested after dipping into dream sleep.
KumonRoguing 5y ago
I believe he was on Joe Rogan as well. He had some interesting stuff to say. Also dmt and monkeys cause Joe Rogan.
lookoutitscaleb 5y ago
No way!? I'll have to check that out.
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Dingdangdoodle21 5y ago
I live in the American Gardens Building on West 81st Street on the 11th floor. I’m 27 years old. I believe in taking care of myself, and a balanced diet and a rigorous exercise routine. In the morning, if my face is a little puffy, I’ll put on an ice pack while doing my stomach crunches. I can do a thousand now. After I remove the ice pack I use a deep pore cleanser lotion. In the shower I use a water activated gel cleanser, then a honey almond body scrub, and on the face an exfoliating gel scrub. Then I apply an herb-mint facial masque which I leave on for 10 minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine. I always use an after shave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older. Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion. There is an idea of a Dingdangdoodle21. Some kind of abstraction. But there is no real me. Only an entity. Something illusory. And though I can hide my cold gaze, and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours, and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable, I simply am not there.
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EdmondDaunts 5y ago
Thanks for the input Patrick
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RossoDino 5y ago
What is the phone app that you use beside the matrix? Btw, did you get the matrix of the book 7HOHEP??
kylerosa21 5y ago
Todoist.
I believe so, but I didn’t read the book yet, just read a review that mentioned it
dachyals 5y ago
Great Post How did you fix your sleep schedule? I'm also a college student in my 1 semester and I get to bed 1am and wale up at 9 am It's killing my productivity.
kylerosa21 5y ago
Sleep and wake up at the same time during the week
dachyals 5y ago
Do you breakfast before or after you go to the gym
kylerosa21 5y ago
I’m doing IF, so no breakfast.
I train fasted, but not for any magical benefit, just simply because it’s part of my routine. You have to read up more about how to train fasted on an IF protocol
JJ9OO8KK5II 5y ago
You have combined every single aspect of day to day lifestyle improvement. After watching countless videos about how to combat procrastination, the benefits of waking up early, and keeping yourself away from blue light, this is the result.
Time is an asset, but assets are also assets. 70% savings rates, micro-budgeting, and multiple facets of savings and investing truly is the most efficient usage of your financial assets, but it doesn't make it necessary to using money wisely; same goes with time.
Efficient allocation of one's time and energy does not always construct the happiest or most suitable choices to a goal.
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100% agree. This is why after a few years being obsessed with Tim Ferriss (hey most of us have this phase), I just lost interest in his content. Like a robot, analyzing risk-benefit, if it's worth my time, could this thing transfer to multiple things in my life, etc. etc. is just too robotic and unnatural. It's not a way to be happy. Tim himself admits he is Type A, suffered from depression, anxiety, etc. and this is probably one reason why.
Live is meant to be lived. Not every action, not every investment should generate a maximum ROI. Secondly, we humans change all the time, what is important this year is not important next year.
I've had my own person n=1 money/happiness experiment. I earned about $45K/yr. at age 25, and since then have almost exactly a $10-12K per year bump in income per year, on average. The Harvard and Yale studies were 100% bang on. No increased happiness/comfort/contentedness past $75K/yr. .. !
Happiness and life fulfillment comes from within. We don't need to maximize and micromanage every decision. Same if we didn't workout or meditate that day, or didn't wake up at 4:30AM, it's not a big deal.
This is where Tim Ferriss falls short. If you have already experimented and tried everything, and constantly chasing the next "life hack", you will truly never be contented.
When I lived in Hawaii, I spent $100K per year, had multiple girlfriends, and lived in paradise. I've since then not lived in paradise, spent MUCH less money (despite earning way more) and I am happy to report that I'm happier now than I was then. Happiness and success are skills that are cultivated.
My advice to young people: stop reading the self-help books, stop trying to risk-benefit analyze every little thing in life, and just go out and breath in, eat, inhale, feel, and love life.
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acekandy 5y ago
This comment gives me hope :)
MatrixofLe3adership 5y ago
I mean, it's like power. You'll never have enough. If you're not happy now, in the present no matter the circumstances—there's a good chance you may never be.
neomorphivolatile 5y ago
What's wrong with Tim Ferriss? I still listen to his podcast.
Mr_KenSpeckle 5y ago
He is a snake oil salesman. He later admitted that you couldn’t get the results he was talking about in just 4 hours a week but that he titled the book that way because he thought “The 4 Hour Work Week” would sell better than “The 20 Hour Work Week”. The book has a handful of good ideas but needs to be taken with a big, big grain of salt.
I saw a video on YouTube where he talks about hacks to learn a foreign language. He claims to have learned Spanish, among other languages, with these hacks. He makes some very, very fundamental Spanish mistakes that a first year student wouldn’t make. This tells me he is full of shit about knowing Spanish which tells me his system is overblown, at the least, and it makes me wonder what else he is full of shit about. He claims to be fluent in Japanese, which I know nothing about, but I wonder if he is fluent in Japanese the same way he is “fluent” in Spanish.
Plethora_Ethereal 5y ago
What he actually said was that it was possible to manage a business with just 2 hours a week, but as you mentioned the title sold better with 4HWW
Mr_KenSpeckle 5y ago
He has probably said many different things at many different times.
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Living that way is too robotic. Constantly analyzing risk-benefit ratios to determine if you will do every little thing, being hard on yourself for missing self-imposed deadlines and timelines and schedules, and just being a type A personality. From my observation, those people are more stressed day to day and aren't the happiest individuals (often by their own admission).
I probably listened to over 200 of his podcasts. Once you've listened to that many or likely much less, it just gets repetitive. Same old stuff. Meditate, journal, sleep well, and make money. Well, I already know to do those things. The guests are 90% rehashing the same stuff while Tim makes millions in ad revenue. Huge diminishing returns with that podcast.
Nothing wrong with Tim Ferriss as an individual.
smartstarfish 5y ago
I always try to look these resources up because I think they’ll “fix” me by making me happy.
But it’s an endless cycle where I read something, try to practice, I don’t feel happy, get sad because it should have made me happy, move to the next article and repeat.
It might be hard to answer this but where does that happiness come from? Does it come from not being self-critical? Does it come from letting yourself make mistakes and not make a big deal out of your errors? Or maybe it’s none of those things and instead it is to just not care about anything that happens, or, IDGAF.
When I try the IDGAF mentality I turn it into IDGAF I’m sad and discouraged about the situation so IDGAF what happens cause it’ll turn out bad anyways.
How do I work on changing that mentality to: IDGAF because I’m happy with whatever.
wanderer779 5y ago
Happiness for most people is going to come from the old fashioned stuff, having a family they love who loves them back, a job they don't hate, friends, a sense of community. Now we have half the guys not getting laid, people aren't starting families, wages have stagnated for like a half century, our health care system sucks, the government is corrupt, the courts are biased, and on an on. You can't just knock out the basic foundation of a healthy society and expect happiness in the people living in it. The answer ain't in a daily routine. Not that that you shouldn't have one.
Praeda18 5y ago
What sort of answer do you propose, if grounding yourself is of no use?
wanderer779 5y ago
What do you mean by 'grounding yourself'?
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Agree. See my other replies this thread, may help you.
lettucebogs 5y ago
sleep at 9 and wake up at 4:30, great way to spend university years lol
kylerosa21 5y ago
Sucks sometimes, but I realized that as I began to participate more in extracurricular activities, I would need to have my daily time management on point, which is why I structure my day so strictly like this.
Additionally, I don’t follow it on the weekend. I use the weekend to go out and enjoy myself and forget about my work during the week. I get stuff done on Friday that’s due on Monday, so then it doesn’t turn into a task to do on the weekend. I have fun when possible, but when it’s time to get to work, I get to work.
ILikeToBurnMoney 5y ago
Are these extracurricular activities not in the evening for you? For example, I have a club meeting once every week at 19:00, which means the earliest time I could possibly be home would be 21:00 and then I'd still have to cook and eat.
kylerosa21 5y ago
Most are within the 9-5 range. I only have one thing that isn’t, and that’s my fraternity’s chapter meeting which is on Mondays at 7 PM. On Mondays, I usually will have to knock as soon as I get back from them
ChrimsonChin988 5y ago
I simply have trouble believing this. If you usually go to sleep at 9 pm and go out with the boys until 2/3 AM you will be tired af from 11pm making those last hours not enjoyable.
Also, by the same monday rolls around you're sleeping in till 10AM and it will take you until Thursday before your sleep rhythm is fixed....
DAOcomment2 5y ago
You're winning young buck. That's a good balance to strive for.
alright-butthole 5y ago
Absolutely.
Weekends as sacred for a reason.
Keep doing you brother.
I wish I had had the courage and commitment to have done something like this in my college years.
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This is a really good point. I mean....let's be honest, if you want to get laid on a regular basis, you're gonna wanna be up later than 9 PM.
JuicySosa300 5y ago
Can confirm. Used to sleep at 10 PM and wake up at 5 am, which influenced me to have few friends and become pussy starved. Led to a nice little depression which killed my productivity. Gave up on that for now and am doing great. Once I'm not in university maybe I'll go back to that, but I'm glad I didnt waste my whole college experience
unwantedApathy 5y ago
That's your fault. It's not the result of a balanced sleep schedule.
JuicySosa300 5y ago
An equally balanced sleep schedule is 1 am to 8 am. When you go to bed when everyone else is finishing their homework and coming to socialize, it's not super easy to manage a lot of relationships.
Quo210 5y ago
Depending on the career, having a good sleep schedule is a god send.
Try going halfway through med school with bad sleep habits, then discover 1 of the main reasons why health personnel have one of the highest suicide rates among proffesionals.
_tlex 5y ago
Don't want to derail the discussion but do you have any tips for someone who will be entering med school soon? How to prioritize school/lifting/gaming etc.
Quo210 5y ago
Get used to the idea you'll have very little time to complete everything needed in a day or not at all.
You should try to get lifting done as early as possible, have your meals ready on the fridge with days anticipation, get as much study done as you can pull off on weekends.
And do enjoy the years of preclinic education. Party, go out, game, do whatever. Your schedule will throtle you badly once you begin visiting (and practically living) at the hospital.
HangisLife 5y ago
How the hell are you getting enough done while waking up at 3 for surgery rotations. If I’m supposed to get full 7 hrs of sleep i basically come back home from work, eat and go into bed. No time to study
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Agree. Sleep is so underrated. Ate like crap and slept 5-7 hours in medical school. As an attending now, diet and exercise on point, sleep 7-9 hours per day. Zero anxiety or stress these days in a job that's "supposed" to be hard / stressful.
HangisLife 5y ago
I’m surprised the time you take for documentation isn’t giving you stress
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I don't do any documentation other than dictating my report (radiologist). So my documentation takes me as fast as I can talk ;)
INNASKILLZ2K18 5y ago
I wake up at 4, I'm spending an hour and half at least smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee
randomTATRP 5y ago
Hahahaha, filling the kettle with water and turning on the stove=first thing after I open my eyes and get out of the bed
OSaraiva 5y ago
Having a routine is necessary, becoming a robot not really.
IRunYourRiver 5y ago
I struggled with insomnia off and on for most of my life. Because sleep is so central to endocrine function, recovery, and a host of other important processes, you can imagine how something like this can limit your progress.
I tried a lot of the recommended behaviors to minimize it but to no avail. Melatonin helped a little.
A few months ago I drastically altered my diet. I eliminated many foods known to be allergenic- dairy, gluten, legumes, alcohol, etc. I've been eating relatively clean since then - with some cheats here and there. I sleep like a rock now. When I decide it's time to sleep, I turn off the light and drop off completely.
If you have trouble pulling it together because of something as mundane as sleep issues, try to get that under control first.
kylerosa21 5y ago
Do you have an allergy to dairy, gluten, legumes, and alcohol? I highly doubt you do. Legumes are a source of protein and I have yet to hear about anyone who is allergic to them. Furthermore, alcohol can be beneficial when consumed in moderation. If you have 2 beers a day, you’ll still be in good shape.
IRunYourRiver 5y ago
No, if I had to guess I'd say it's probably dairy. But I'm continuing the diet because it works for me. In terms of alcohol consumption, don't underestimate the multitude of effects it can have on you. Plus it is highly addicting in the right body. I drank 2-3 drinks on most nights for a decade or more. At times it would creep up into 4 a night. I don't recommend this. Go clean for a while and see what happens.
kylerosa21 5y ago
I’m not. I’m saying that 2 beers or less for men a day is fine because it’s part of what I learned in my major.
IRunYourRiver 5y ago
Sure, and taking warm showers is fine too. The point is to maximize yourself. If insomnia is holding you back, proper diet and avoiding alcohol can be very effective.
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Atheist_Utopia 5y ago
Structures are a snowball effect when you are consistent. I personally can't not get up at 7-8 every day now. There's a force from the dark side lifting me out of bed. And from then on it's productivity all the way.
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Captain_Quick 5y ago
I like shaving with cold water, so I'm guessing there must be something wrong with me. I don't have to shave very often though.
randomTATRP 5y ago
Cold water closes your pores so the hairs get off harder. I wash my face with warm/hot water before shaving and after I rinse it with cold water so less dirt gets into the pores.
zylo47 5y ago
Yeah I don’t agree with the cold shower thing at all. That’s a good way to come out feeling just as disgusting as you went in. Hot showers clean better
Captain_Quick 5y ago
I like washing my hair with cold water. It seems like less hair falls out when I do that.
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zylo47 5y ago
I think that would work much better
acidaus 5y ago
This was me in my 20s. Just focused on work and productivity. It's a recipe for burnout and dissastisfaction. We are all going to be dead soon and your advice just trains people to be good little worker bees in their concrete jungle prison clocking in and out until they drop dead. More important than maximising productivity is waking up every day doing what makes you happy and knowing you're spending time on something that is important
juice_bomb 5y ago
Or you could also have a good routine to make you a healthy human being and go to a job that makes you fulfilled and happy....
vullnet123 5y ago
I go to bed around 10PM, wake up at 5AM for work, its nice having your day in front of you coming home
OldPeopleLeather 5y ago
Can I ask, how long have you kept up this schedule?
kylerosa21 5y ago
That information is in the Conclusion
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There's a theory that any hour of sleep before midnight is worth 2 hours of sleep after midnight. Something to do with the natural circadian rhythm and hours of sunlight. Thought you'd be interested given that you fall asleep at 9pm.
Not the most solid link, but thought I'd share
kylerosa21 5y ago
This is easily the most bullshit thing I’ve read so far
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I'm just sharing anecdotal evidence that may/may not be useful. It's not proven as a fact, but there are enough people who have mentioned such a thing to make it worth mentioning.
If I sleep from 10.30-05.30 (7 hours) I always feel more refreshed than sleeping 00.00-07.00 (7 hours).
Drop the soyboy mentality and go clean your room Bucko.
smolzino 5y ago
Congratulations, you're living your life like a NPC. I'd rather cut my wrists than to live like this.
throwitpplaway 5y ago
Could you expand as to your rational as to why he’s a NPC AND what you do differently?
Been on both sides of spectrums, currently on OPs, and I’ve yet to find my sweet spot
smolzino 5y ago
Man this dude is in college. He's not out here grinding trying to get his business off the ground and working day and night in order to succeed. You are in college once in your life, and you'll never be this young again. The best you can do is give your best when it comes to grades (and fitness if that's what you want), but college years are supposed to be memorable.
There is so much fun to have while in college. Personally I had my clique and we just did tons of shit all the time, there was no schedule, and I had so so much fun. It was also very formative of my character, due to accumulating a lot of social experiences, and learning how to live with people. And trust me, there is a BIG difference between someone who spent his years as a recluse compared to someone who did a lot of different shit, it's like comparing a blank page to a book.
ih8it1995 5y ago
to this I'd say: what is more NPC? Living moment to moment by whims, fleeting desires, and feelings that you have no control over? or living a routine and predictable life according to what you have decided is best?
Captain_Quick 5y ago
Which one is easier to code in a video game?
daSynth 5y ago
I'd rather cut my wrists than live like a junkie sleeping from 3Am to afternoon and not working out.
JJ9OO8KK5II 5y ago
Good thing there's a middle ground right everyone?
SelfUnmadeMan 5y ago
And the option not to cut one's own wrists.
lookoutitscaleb 5y ago
I posted it higher up.
But there are 30% of people who are programmed by their DNA to sleep from 2 am to 10 pm. It's not due to being lazy or being a junkie.
scissor_me_timbers00 5y ago
What about 3 AM to afternoon and jacked?
Vikingcel 5y ago
If you were a proper junkie you'd wake up at 10AM monday and go to sleep at 5AM on friday.
scissor_me_timbers00 5y ago
Depends on the type of junkie
Fragosus 5y ago
Well.. to each his own, right? I know some people, including me, thrive on tight schedules and productive days. It makes me feel happy, and that is what counts. Some people, including you, don't. That is perfectly fine too, just find your own way.
daSynth 5y ago
This sounds beautiful and i wish i could agree but... Some people just can't find their own way alone. Without a guide on a few subjects life turns to shit, and this includes me. That's the purpose of all those links in the sidebar.
Fragosus 5y ago
I didn't mean to imply that you have to find your own way literally on your own without any resources. You have to try things and you can learn a lot from others. But the important thing to keep in mind is that you do not have to emulate them exactly. Always be critical and analyze if something actually benefits you and adds more value to your life. You can get little pieces from different resources and build your life around that.
daSynth 5y ago
Great way of pointing that out, i agree.
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As a college student myself, +1. Having a structured and consistent routine is the foundation to self-improvement, and I will definitely incorporate ideas from this post. It's nice to see general knowledge posts on TRP as well, keeps things interesting.
Quick question - do you have any information about circadian rhythms or any of that stuff? I hear people saying that everyone has different sleep cycles that are best for them. I've tried sleeping and waking up early a couple times but I just feel drowsy and tired the entire day. Do you have any suggestions on how to overcome this?
kylerosa21 5y ago
The only thing I can tell you about circadian rhythm is that it’s your body’s internal clock of sorts. If you go to sleep and wake up at the same time most days, your body will get used to it over time. Was incredibly difficult beforehand to wake up at 4:30, let alone sleep at 9, but I’ve done it so much that I’ve gotten used to it.
Brazilian_Slaughter 5y ago
Thank you, this is a pretty good article.
I've been getting interested in the matter of sleep cycles, but I'm without a smartphone at the moment, so I can't use a proper app for it. Maybe tomorrow it will arrive.
Where do you sneak some entertainment time? Weekends only?
What about the Pomodore Method? What do you think of it?
Do you have any alternative for someone who can't use this sleep schedule for reasons?
kylerosa21 5y ago
Entertainment time can be before 9 AM, time permitting, 5-7 PM (8 PM if I don’t have any chores to take care of), or the weekends.
I use the Pomodoro method when working, keeps me focused.
Getting 7.5 hrs of sleep at the very least would be my suggestion. Time constraints might have you getting less for whatever reason, but it’s preferred to time your sleep according to the average sleep cycle length (1.5 hrs/cycle), so you don’t wake up drowsy as shit.
Brazilian_Slaughter 5y ago
Thank you for the clarification.
Makes sense, might be a good way to awaken the body.
Any tips?
Hmmm... I understand. You sleep 7.5 hrs because otherwise you would end up having to sleep 9hs to obtain maximal sleep quality. Guess "eight hours of sleep" is kind of an old, obsolete canard?
I have been getting interested in the concept of sleep cycles. I notice that sometimes I sleep less and wake up pretty well, and other times I sleep more and wake up like crap.
kylerosa21 5y ago
Use the Eisenhower matrix so you’re not dicking around on unimportant shit during your pomodoros.
Brazilian_Slaughter 5y ago
I don't know what is the Eisenhower Matrix. Could you elaborate?
kylerosa21 5y ago
Pesquisa no Google “Eisenhower matrix.” É uma sistema que divide suas tarefas. Elas podem ser importante e urgente, importante mas não urgente, não importante mas urgente, e não importante e não urgente.
Brazilian_Slaughter 5y ago
Ver compatriotas BRs subitamente respondendo em português em locais gringos nunca vai deixar de ser estranho. Estamos em todo lugar!
Interessante isso ai, vou pesquisar.
womans_algorithm 5y ago
When do you work on your hobbies, school, projects, etc.?
kylerosa21 5y ago
Any actual workload I handle between 9-5 during the week.
PoundofChicken 5y ago
I thought I'd post this since ours are so similar, but I have a few variations to mine.
This is my current daily routine if anyone is interested in applying it for themselves. It's literally designed to maximize efficiency and health (that's why there aren't any gaps for me to wonder about what to do next). Of course, there is also an off day routine but that's more personal and I think it wouldn't benefit you guys. Oh! Also, the work periods will only work if you're an entrepreneur with freedom of when to work.
4:30
Wake up
Brush teeth
Wim Hof https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU6Oi80n5J4&list=LLzg2ejLK\_QgNEg5xLDCg9sQ&index=31&t=0s
5:00
Cardio
5:30
Wim Hof https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU6Oi80n5J4&list=LLzg2ejLK\_QgNEg5xLDCg9sQ&index=31&t=0s
5:45
Cold Shower (self-care)
6:00
Positive affirmations
Take neutropics
6:30
Work period 1
11:00
Eat apple
Brush teeth
11:30
Work period 2
16:00
Sit down and discuss (have a discussion with someone (anyone), about your day, about a random topic...)
16:30
Gym
17:30
Swim
18:00
Dinner (only one meal a day)
18:30
Cold shower (self-care: like taking care of your skin...)
Brush teeth
18:45
Relax (clean, laundry, dishes)
19:45
Prepare for the next day (clothes, 3 things to accomplish the following day)
20:00
Meditation
20:30
Read
21:30
Sleep
aDrunkenWhaler 5y ago
You forgot to mention the part where you don't have any sex and don't meet any girls because you have to be in bed around 8.30pm to read your fiction books.
kylerosa21 5y ago
Mentioned in another comment that I don’t follow this on weekends so I have an opportunity to enjoy myself occasionally.
Regardless, I go out to have fun. If I spot interest from a girl, I know how to handle it. My goal is to be as successful as I can at school and learn as much as possible.
archaic-guy 5y ago
Great advice , a good sleeping routine will boost your Testosterone power levels over 9000
This is great for your social and mental health the proof is that the thing that fixed my life was me solving my insomnium problem.
Normal days I sleep from 23:00 to 7:00 and from 2:00 to 10:00 during fridays + saturdays so being a natural high energy guy I wake up feeling like a God ready to take the world.
fruxzak 5y ago
It's so glaringly obvious that this post is written by a college student, with no concept of how life is as an adult...
Thinkingard 5y ago
I noticed that too and rolled my eyes. I guess most of the people on this sub are pretty young and inexperienced. But yet these posts are always at the top like a generic post about lifting.
Numero34 5y ago
Great list. That is for compiling.
Regarding prebed rituals, lately I've found that doing mobility work before bed has been a godsend. Foam rolling, mobilizing, and stretching tight/problem areas.
Also using a meditation app to learn to clear your mind has helped greatly. I like headspace and the sleepcasta that have ambient noise.
botferrero 5y ago
According to Deep Work book you shouldn’t check your emails in the morning. If you just take a glance they will occupy your mind and drain your mind energy for the remaining of the day. It’s the best to check emails in designated blocks of time later in the day. Mornings leave for the most important stuff that needs deep focus.
kylerosa21 5y ago
Sounds like bullshit to me. Never once have emails drained my mind of energy.
RevolutionaryPea7 5y ago
Great post. Before people start commenting about the OP's routine, the point is not that his routine is the best, but simply that having a healthy routine is a good thing.
I also think that most people go through phases of being highly productive and phases of being less productive. OP's routine seems like it's set out to take advantage of, and nurture, a highly productive phase. Just the kind of thing you want if you're studying. A routine is also essentially during the less productive phases, though. The most important bits are keeping care of your body by eating, sleeping and lifting, even if your brain is just recovering ready for the next productive phase.
One thing that helps with choosing clothes is just having a pre-set choice of outfits. Literally just have one outfit per day of the week for work. If you think you can pull it off you could even go for the single outfit. It really works to free up brain power for more important things.
donkeydodo 5y ago
\^This; all the people berating this is either a) projecting their own personal flaws or b) missing the point. It's about structure in life, and scheduling your way around the day - not waking up 4:30/going to bed 9:00 per se.
Our brains work in habits and most of the things you do each day are habits. Why not program in some conventionally sophisticated habits of your own instead of being controlled by the habits you sloppily caught along the road?
Recommended read: The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg
He explains this better than me
Hombremaniac 5y ago
I find it a lot easier to plan next day outfit the evening before. Well, at least when I'm in a bit of hurry in the morning. Going to bed at 10pm, waking up at 5am, doing a bit of grooming, breakfast preparation (I eat it at work) and that's about it.
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I might try waking up at 6 instead as perhaps it's more important to get enough sleep than to bail out of work at 2:30pm, unless you have something important planned.
SalporinRP 5y ago
Yep. I have some hooks on the back of my bedroom door. Hang up outfit for the next day there so I can just put it on after my lift and shower and go.
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nitchbigger- 5y ago
How does one
use Mod/Adrafinil to reset your sleep cycle.
_PM_ME_UR_LINGERIE_ 5y ago
Shoutout to the Europeans with no 24 hour gyms and with them being packed from open till close. No large supermarkets open early/late either. Makes it more insentivising to sleep in when you cant access most things
Vikingcel 5y ago
I sleep through afternoon and early night, work through late night and morning. That way I can fit 32 productive hours into my day.
vullnet123 5y ago
If only man. 5AM and its nearly bumper to bumper in my commute.
GoingToMakeItBrahs 5y ago
Disagree. I go to the gym at 6pm and never been crowded. I do my grocery shopping at 8:30pm once a week. Never crowds.
Some people are morning people and some are not. I sleep 1am to 9am and like it that way.
SalporinRP 5y ago
Well you're in the minority then. Every gym I've been to has been crowded as fuck at 6pm because everyone is hitting it after work because they're too lazy to get up early.
Also of course the super-market isn't gonna be crowded at 8:30 at night. The majority of super-market goers are moms who shop at 11-1pm for stuff to make later that night.
GoingToMakeItBrahs 5y ago
YOU’RE too lazy to burn the midnight oil to get things done. There’s no virtue in getting up early. The virtue is in the results you can output while you’re awake.
SalporinRP 5y ago
Of course there's no virtue in getting up early. I'm just saying your anecdotal experience of having your gym be a ghost town at 6pm goes against logic and my experience in working out at 15-20 gyms.
Cool that your gym is empty at 6pm but I bet that doesn't apply to 95% of the guys on here.
fruxzak 5y ago
I've never seen a gym not crowded at 6pm. Where the fuck do you live?
GoingToMakeItBrahs 5y ago
I live in a major city, I just go to a luxury gym that doesn’t have any riff raff
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Captain_Quick 5y ago
What vegetables go bad in less than a week?
Adam1394 5y ago
Those not GMO cancerous bullshit you have in the States.
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frooschnate 5y ago
Keep it up this might be the best bullshit assumption I’ve seen this month
Hombremaniac 5y ago
Always strive to be the best, aye?
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Managicall 5y ago
This post is exactly why so many college kids go stir crazy insane. Sleeping with candles lit is a fire hazard. Checking emails in the morning when half asleep leaves you open to get scammed. Everything else is dubious at best.
kylerosa21 5y ago
Blow the candles out before you go to sleep.
I’ve lost count of the amount of times I’ve given my credit card information to Nigerian princes because I wake up at 4:30 AM ^/s
i_love_chicks 5y ago
Your forgot to tell me to scrub my cock nice and clean Jordan Peterson
frooschnate 5y ago
You’re so drowned in self improvement you’re not living
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EdmondDaunts 5y ago
Read Wealth of Nations. Adam Smith has a great section about workers and moderation. It’s a story as old as time. Cumulative gains win the day but you don’t have to be intelligent about efficiency of how those gains are achieved. If you want to be productive do one thing well a day. That’s it. The rest falls into place.
The mastery process is about practice. Or in lifting terms, progressive overload.
Maddash 5y ago
Can anyone recommend a task planning app as OP mentioned? Cheers
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TheRedPillRipper 5y ago
u/kylerosa21 are you me? Eerily similar Monday-Saturday routine. 05:00 start; 05:00-06:00 training; breakfast, shower and dressed 06:00-07:00; into the office by 08:00. Work then depending on schedule; dinner and study/work then in bed by 21:00.
I honestly haven't met anyone of notable worth that isn't organised and living goal oriented routines. Great success is found in your daily routine. Great post OP.
Godspeed and good luck!
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TheRedPillRipper 5y ago
Through habit. I usually have a massive dinner so if I have nothing too pressing I’ll relax; do some rec reading; then shower, brush teeth and take a book to bed around 20:30. Depending on how tired or wired I am I’ll be asleep usually before 21:00.
You just got to find a routine that works for you.
Godspeed and good luck!
GoingToMakeItBrahs 5y ago
If you work a 9-5 waking up early is overrated.
I get up 10 minutes before my day starts and get to my desk at about 9:15am.
At work I check personal and business emails while I eat my breakfast.
I leave work at 5:30pm and then go to the gym.
I’m home by 7:30pm, unpack meal prep for tomorrow then I have a block of time 8pm to 1am to work on side projects.
It also doesn’t dramatically change my sleeping schedule on the weekends.
Only way I’d switch to waking up early is if I was self employed, I’d get the grind over as early as possible.
SMRII 5y ago
The 530-730 gym block is a fucking nightmare. Good luck getting in a serious squat or deadlift workout
GoingToMakeItBrahs 5y ago
I literally squat and deadlift 3x a week, never once had an issue.
You must live in a poor neighborhood or something
scissor_me_timbers00 5y ago
There’s tons of yoga pants ass in that block tho...
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juice_bomb 5y ago
What you do with your life is up to you, what he does is up to him. This post is helping to provide structure to a daily routine not about fucking women. There is more to being a successful man than sleeping with babes.
kylerosa21 5y ago
If you want, you can use the hour before you sleep to fuck a plate. On the weekend is when I would prefer to do anything tho
inbredostrptw 5y ago
What year in college are you. I’m about to wrap up my first year. I’ve got a decent schedule going, wake up at 8 everyday in bed by 12. Gym, cold shower, meditation (this is an addition I would recommend to your routine) in the morning. This really helps me push through my day. Sometimes though I have problems with napping in the middle of the day, did you ever deal with this?
kylerosa21 5y ago
Junior. Every now and then I get drowsy, so coffee at the right time will help that
Rushin_Rulet 5y ago
Glad I'm not really the only one here who sees the subtle naivety of this post. Good for you OP for sticking to this. the real question is if you will stick with it once you are not a student anymore and you work on your job's time table, not one you chose out of your school catalog.
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you're probably taking a lot of flak because a lot of us were like you at one point and were really excited about some self improvement progress we were making. the thing is that it comes off as very hot off a self help book. You could cut out a good portion of this stuff and still be "productive." That's what a lot of us have to do after adjusting schedules to a full time job and other commitments. it may not be popular around here, but some of us even are able to do it while still indulging now and then in the occasional TV show or video game.
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It's ok to veer once in a while or on a few things regularly. like someone else in here said, we aren't robots.
kylerosa21 5y ago
I think I will try my best to stick to it once I’m out of college. It’s a nice structure imo
Regarding veering once in a while, I do that. I outlined how I balance work and play in a diff comment
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alright-butthole 5y ago
Excuse me but I wear a banana suit to bed. Who’s the idiot now?
DoNotEatTheTail 5y ago
Your body leaks. You should plan sleepwear the same way you plan to wash your sheets.
mulga122 5y ago
Whats the deal with 4:30 AM and. “Not waking up in the middle of sleep circle” ? Didn’t get it.
I go in bed at 22 and wake up at 7. I want to get 8+ hour of sleep. But i wake up twice in the middle of the night to urinate. Then when i go back to sleep i need about 15 mins to fall asleep. Thats why i dont sleep enough. It pisses the fuck out of me. I even tried not drinking after 18. Guess what? Didnt help
Maybe your style will not make me wake up?
kylerosa21 5y ago
I described why in the post.
If it doesn’t work for you, don’t do it. This is just a structure that has helped me, so I shared it in the hopes that it would help others.
acornmoose 5y ago
How do I get used to cold showers, every time I attempt to take a cold shower I end up gasping and out of breath from the coldness
webs7er 5y ago
Look up the 'Wim Hof method', he's got a channel on YouTube, it's all you need. Also, try gradually changing from warm to cold water to allow your body to adapt. I usually take warm showers and make it colder towards the end.
kylerosa21 5y ago
I don’t set it to extremely cold, but to a point where it begins getting cold. If I get used to it, I turn it a bit colder. Takes time getting used to
frooschnate 5y ago
Hot showers make me feel slow and drowsy, almost sick now. Pretty fucking hard to keep the cold showers up in the winter though, so I’m happy spring came along.
Start off at “room temperature”, so it’s refreshing but not cold. Then keep going colder until you can’t keep going on. It’s not about freezing your ass off.
It’ll be good for your head sometimes, clears things up. Also skin and hair or whatever bullshit.
Vikingcel 5y ago
I prefer cold baths. I just lay down and let the tub slowly fill with cold water while I read.