3970: Actionable Tips to Help You Wake Up Earlier by Shirley of Daring Living on Building a Morning Routine

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🗓️ 5 April 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3970: Shirley shares practical, real-life strategies to make waking up earlier feel natural instead of forced, emphasizing clarity of purpose and self-awareness. By aligning your motivation, sleep habits, and environment, you can turn early rising into a sustainable keystone habit that improves focus and daily well-being. Tune in to discover simple adjustments that can transform how you start every day. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://daringliving.com/how-to-wake-up-earlier-habit/ Quotes to ponder: "Developing a habit requires willpower, and you have to really have to want to change and have the desire to wake up early in order to make it stick." "It’s important to determine how many hours of sleep you need daily to function at your best self." "If you really want something, you will do whatever it takes to accomplish it." Episode references: The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins: https://www.amazon.com/5-Second-Rule-Transform-Confidence/dp/1682612384 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is optimal living daily, actionable tips to help you wake up earlier by Shirley of daringliving.com,
0:08.0	and I'm Justin Mollick.
0:09.5	Welcome back to the podcast where I read to you every day of the year to help bring a bit more
0:14.1	meaning and happiness to your days.
0:16.7	So with that, let's get right to our next post and continue optimizing your life.
0:30.5	Actionable tips to help you wake up earlier by Shirley of daring living.com.
0:37.1	Waking up earlier in the morning is crucial to determining how my day will go, no joke. With the extra time in the morning,
0:39.3	I like to give time to myself and practice my morning rituals. I'm not saying that we should
0:44.0	all wake up earlier. It might not be for everyone as we all function differently. For me,
0:49.1	I find it a lot easier to focus and think with a clearer mind if I wake up at least three hours before I
0:55.1	head to work, usually at 6 a.m. I still do not wake up as early as I would like sometimes, but I do
1:01.4	strive for it every day to make it into a habit. I even consider it as one of my keystone habits.
1:07.4	Recently I also thought about waking up at 5 a.m., but that's still a work in progress.
1:12.3	When you're just starting to wake up earlier, it can be tricky in the beginning.
1:16.5	No matter how hard you try, you just can't get out of bed, or you keep pressing the snooze button
1:21.4	without realizing. I understand because I've been there. If you're like me and find waking
1:26.9	up earlier helpful for your
1:28.4	overall well-being, here are some tips to help you develop this habit. Four tips to help you
1:35.1	wake up earlier. Number one, understand your motivation. Before developing any habit, you must first
1:43.5	understand your motive.
1:45.8	Why do you want to wake up at 5 a.m. or 6 a.m. instead of 9 or 10 in the morning.
1:51.3	Is it just because everyone or the internet or Shirley is telling you to do so?
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