How to Wake Up at 4am Everyday: 4 Practical, Non-Hacky Ways

How I finally got myself to wake up early! I've been waking up at 4am for almost a month now—here's how I've been doin' it. This initiative has been 3 years in the making aka I've been wanting to do this for years but was in a long-term, toxic, love/hate relationship with snooze. ⇩ Pop open description for notes, timestamp & links! ⇩ Also, 2nd title slide says "Your night starts the night before." Fail. Meant to say "Your mornings start the night before." :) ••• Take a peek at my amazon page for all products (& more) I talked about in this video: http://bit.ly/amazon-rowena :) ••• ➊ : [1:50] Minimize time spent making decisions in the morning to combat decision fatigue ⇨ Article: Do you suffer form decision fatigue? (NY Times) http://nyti.ms/2t9FFLa ⇨ Article: Why successful people wear the same thing everyday (Mashable) http://on.mash.to/2tI1h4M ⇨ Book: The Power of Habit http://amzn.to/2u9MBfp ➋ : [5:04] Your morning starts the night before ⇨ Article: Why using your smartphone at night is destroying your sleep (Business Insider) http://read.bi/2u9VTbj ➌ : [7:25] Set the tune of your alarm to something you’d be happy waking up to ➍ : [8:24] Know why you want to wake up when you wake up and why you can’t wait up any later than that ⇨ Book: Start With Why http://amzn.to/2sLyidt ⇨ My spiritual practice: Falun Dafa http://bit.ly/2z49zqz ⇨ If you're interested in reading more, start with this to get an understanding of what qigong entails http://bit.ly/2u8DXOC ⇨ The main text we read is Zhuan Falun* http://bit.ly/2t48xJP *Best to read start to finish in the shortest time possible for the highest benefit. ⇨ If you want to learn meditation/qigong, I can't teach you as I am a student of the practice lol check out local contacts in your area! There are practitioners globally and in most big enough-ish cities: http://bit.ly/2E0PL6S As always, let me know if you have any questions/thoughts/feelings. Happy to share and discuss anything and everything. :) ••• Equipment: ▸ Camera: http://amzn.to/2khCf7V ▸ Tripod: http://amzn.to/2sPRaIu ▸ Edit: Final Cut Pro X ••• 🛍 Ebates: Get paid to shop (up to 20%+ cash back) https://ebates.com/r/ROOWEN4 🏡 AirBnB: Get $40 travel credit https://airbnb.com/c/rtsai21 🍟 Postmates: Get $100 in delivery credit https://postmat.es/qKmKfoxsxP ••• Don't be a stranger! ⇨ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subrowena ⇨ Instagram: www.instagram.com/rowenatsai ⇨ Email: rowenatsai@gmail.com