Why would you want to wake up thirty whole minutes earlier? The payoff here is that you use those thirty extra minutes to do something just for you—something you like but never quite have time for in your day. You could make a nice egg sandwich for breakfast, read the last few pages of a book you keep trying to finish, journal for a few minutes, stand in the living room and enjoy the view from your window, put on a face mask, watch the news, or just sit outside with a cup of coffee. It doesn’t have to be anything fancy; this is just about taking those thirty minutes to get back a little peace in your life. You’ll find that even after a week, you’ll crave this “me time” and you won’t mind waking up earlier to get it.
Here’s how you do it: you have a little flexibility here, but essentially pick a wake-up time that’s about thirty minutes earlier than your norm, enough to feel like you’re showing up differently but not a change that feels too hard. Remember, you’re not trying to turn yourself into a morning person for life, so the pressure is off.
These thirty minutes will become a little window of time carved out just for you. Rather than viewing waking up early as an annoying intrusion, consider what it would feel like to start your day with the knowledge that you at least did one thing for yourself.