Why do you wake up so early? (The Mystic Powers of Magical Hours)
Photo taken during my trip to Masaai Mara in Kenya, the wee hours of the morning when I was the only hotel guest awake.
Why do you wake up so early?
Is a question I get asked every single day, and I always get the same reaction, literally. Every. Single. Time.
People twist their faces unable to comprehend why anyone on earth would willingly choose to wake up this early?
And no matter what answer I give, it’s never satisfactory for them 🤷🏽♀️
So my routine is as follow:
I go to sleep by 10–10:30 pm maximum, and if I was out with people I start falling asleep at that time wherever I am 😂
Then I allow my body to wake up whenever it feels like its time to wake up, I setup an alarm at 7 am on working days to ensure I don’t miss work, (no alarm on weekends) but recently I rarely actually wake up when the alarm rings, mostly its between 3:30 to 5, today it was 2 am, which for some it might be extreme but for me my body decided that it had enough rest and that it’s time to wake up so why would I fight against it? Even if its 4 hours at night which is not enough, I usually nap during the day so in total, I’m getting enough.
So what do I do when I wake up this early?
Most days nothing from what they tell you you should be doing when you wake up early.
- I don’t work out, I play tennis on some days and that is only because I live in Dubai so it gets too hot in the day to play, but in winter I would always play in the evening.
- I definitely don’t work for my day job (NEVER) I sometimes work for my freelance job and that is only because I’d have procrastinated for god knows how many days that the deadline would be in a few hours and I need to do work during my early morning routine.
So what I actually do?
The answer is: Nothing outstanding.
I make my cup of coffee, put a video of Fairuz with scenery from Switzerland (you know which videos I’m talking about 😂) and then I start checking what people are talking about on X, on reddit, on some technology websites that I like, so basically I update myself on what’s happening around, but it’s more tech & entrepreneurship news, pop culture and some useless gossips with rarely any political news as there’s nothing worse than starting the day with negative news.
*if the political news is major enough then it would reach my X timeline and that means its something important for me to know about, as that would impact all the other news that I’ve mentioned above.
Once I’m done from that, I start playing “2048” on my phone, a very stupid game where you swipe numbers up and down, I do that mindlessly while I let my mind wander.
And that’s when MAGIC happens!
I start getting the most creative ideas for solving obstacles around me, not only in my life but sometimes for people around me!
And it can range from work ideas, personal projects, relationships, travel, reflecting on what I’ve done wrong the day before, replaying the situations and conversations in my head and trying to analyze what happened, how did I react, is there anything I can fix.
The answer 99% of the times is yes, I could’ve done it better, so If I annoyed someone I reach out to them and apologize and share with them my analysis of the situation, if its not an apology worthy, then I just share how I think we can do this better next time, sometimes its not at all anything deep, and its just someone that I get the instinct to reach out to, whether to tell them that I love and miss them, or just to update them on my life and catch up, or even to send a joke or a meme.
No body is online at that time, so its a one sided conversation, that if you are close to me, you know that I’m really good at having one sided convos as I literally talk, and respond and end the conversation before the other person get the chance to see the messages lol 😂
But you can’t imagine how powerful that time is! I have literally changed my life and the lives of people around me just from inspirations I got at that time, both financially, emotionally, mentally…you name it I’ve done it!
Even sometimes an inspiration as silly as my house decoration, I figured out what I really need and where each item should go, that if you’ve been to my apartment lately you’d know how beautiful it is and the major difference from before!
So take this advice from me, an average human just like the majority of the people around, and not a billionaire, not a big name, I’m basically nothing!
So yes they tell you 5 am Billionaires club, and you should start your day with the most important tasks, or work out…or or or..etc. all of that mainstream rubbish.
I mean if it works for you then sure! Go ahead!
But you know what would work for everyone regardless of who they are, what’s their status, physical capabilities and their age, it’s just sitting and connecting to that divine magical energy, and it’s literally accessible to everyone!
I haven’t been meditating lately so its not linked to that, haven’t been praying and I’m surely the last person to preach about religious practices, so If I don’t do anything outstanding and I can tap into that MAGIC! that means everyone else can.
And once you do! It’s soo addictive that you start looking forward to it, you start pausing taking any major decisions during the day and wait to see how would you feel about them during the magical hours.
And you know whats shocking is that this is literally public information, all religions say the hours before sunrise are the most blessed hours, and in spirituality thats the time with the highest energy frequencies and the best time to meditate and to tap into your higher powers.
So that my friends is why I wake up early, because it unlocks a superpower that beats sleeping in 10000x times.
Try it and let me know how it goes 😉