Tag: 5am

  • 30 Days of Waking Up at 5 AM – Day 4

    4/24/2011 SU 5:27 AM Pacific Time 30 Days of 5 AM – Day 4 After a beautiful Saturday with friends in the Huntington Beach sun, taking myself to see the inspiring Limitless, and writing until 1 AM, waking at 5 AM this Sunday morning should not have been easy. Honestly, I didn’t return to consciousness…

  • 30 Days of Waking Up at 5 AM – Day 3

    4/23/2011 SA 5:07 AM Pacific Time 30 Days of 5 AM – Day 3 Last night, I was supposed to go downtown with a friend but I laid down to take a nap at 6:45 PM and never woke to my 8:15 PM alarm. As a result, I never set my 5:00 AM alarm. It’s…

  • 30 Days of Waking Up at 5 AM – Day 2

    4/22/2011 FR 5:00 AM Pacific Time 30 Days of 5 AM – Day 2 I awake with the painful explosion of one of LA’s many fuzzy Spanish radio stations and am instantly overwhelmed by an epiphany about why waking up early has always been so nearly impossible for me… Please forgive me: I’m not currently…

  • 30 Days of Waking Up at 5AM – Day 1

    It’s now 5:30 in the morning. I’ve eaten breakfast (2 fried eggs, oven roasted chicken, old strawberries, raw broccoli and Muscle Milk 100% Whey with almond milk). And now I’m writing this blog post while marveling at the unfamiliar variety of pains in my back, legs and feet. I can’t believe how horribly early it…

  • 4 Steps to Get Back to Basics

    Eventually, enough is enough. Whether we’re buried in successes or failures, stress and responsibility can crush us into an exhaustion pulp. When caffeine, 4 Hour Energy and NoDoz isn’t getting it done, it’s time for Plan B. Step back, relax, and reevaluate. Not everything you are doing is as important as you think it is.…