Comments on: Healthy, Wealthy, and DEAD?: 5 Reasons Why Getting Up Early Might be Harmful http://www.projectmojave.com/blog/healthy-wealthy-and-dead-5-reasons-why-getting-up-early-might-be-harmful/ Create a Freedom Business in 3 Months Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:31:35 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Tishaport http://www.projectmojave.com/blog/healthy-wealthy-and-dead-5-reasons-why-getting-up-early-might-be-harmful/comment-page-2/#comment-11032 Tishaport Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:20:36 +0000 http://TheGrowingLife.com/2008/02/healthy-wealthy-and-dead-5-reasons-why-getting-up-early-might-be-harmful/#comment-11032 I have a very strange sleep pattern. I go to bed early in the morning because I don't feel tired at night, usually in between 3-5 am, and I end up sleeping 10-12 hours or more. I don't hear alarm clocks, at all, when they go off. And if I ask my partner to wake me up before I've gotten those 10-12 hours, it usually ends with either me waking up and having a very poor attitude or I talk to him (like normal), thus thinking I've woken up and I have no recollection of the entire thing when I actually do wake up hours later. I want to get on a good sleeping schedule, however that requires me to go to bed much earlier than my partner gets home and thus would sacrifice the time I get with him to eat dinner/ play around together. Our friends have the 'normal' sleep schedule where they go to bed at 9-11 pm and get up at 6-9 am, thus wanting us to go spend time with them when we'd normally be sleeping. It also makes me anxious about trying to get a job, because most won't give you a night time schedule. How in the world am I supposed to work around or with this dilemma? Is there anyone out there who has a similar problem, I wonder. I have a very strange sleep pattern. I go to bed early in the morning because I don't feel tired at night, usually in between 3-5 am, and I end up sleeping 10-12 hours or more. I don't hear alarm clocks, at all, when they go off. And if I ask my partner to wake me up before I've gotten those 10-12 hours, it usually ends with either me waking up and having a very poor attitude or I talk to him (like normal), thus thinking I've woken up and I have no recollection of the entire thing when I actually do wake up hours later. I want to get on a good sleeping schedule, however that requires me to go to bed much earlier than my partner gets home and thus would sacrifice the time I get with him to eat dinner/ play around together. Our friends have the 'normal' sleep schedule where they go to bed at 9-11 pm and get up at 6-9 am, thus wanting us to go spend time with them when we'd normally be sleeping. It also makes me anxious about trying to get a job, because most won't give you a night time schedule. How in the world am I supposed to work around or with this dilemma? Is there anyone out there who has a similar problem, I wonder.

]]> By: Tishaport http://www.projectmojave.com/blog/healthy-wealthy-and-dead-5-reasons-why-getting-up-early-might-be-harmful/comment-page-2/#comment-11031 Tishaport Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:18:51 +0000 http://TheGrowingLife.com/2008/02/healthy-wealthy-and-dead-5-reasons-why-getting-up-early-might-be-harmful/#comment-11031 I have a very strange sleep pattern. I go to bed early in the morning because I don't feel tired at night, usually in between 3-5 am, and I end up sleeping 10-12 hours or more. I don't hear alarm clocks, at all, when they go off. And if I ask my partner to wake me up before I've gotten those 10-12 hours, it usually ends with either me waking up and having a very poor attitude or I talk to him (like normal), thus thinking I've woken up and I have no recollection of the entire thing when I actually do wake up hours later. I want to get on a good sleeping schedule, however that requires me to go to bed much earlier than my partner gets home and thus would sacrifice the time I get with him to eat dinner/ play around together. Our friends have the 'normal' sleep schedule where they go to bed at 9-11 pm and get up at 6-9 am, thus wanting us to go spend time with them when we'd normally be sleeping. It also makes me anxious about trying to get a job, because most won't give you a night time schedule. How in the world am I supposed to work around or with this dilemma? Is there anyone out there who has a similar problem, I wonder. I have a very strange sleep pattern. I go to bed early in the morning because I don't feel tired at night, usually in between 3-5 am, and I end up sleeping 10-12 hours or more. I don't hear alarm clocks, at all, when they go off. And if I ask my partner to wake me up before I've gotten those 10-12 hours, it usually ends with either me waking up and having a very poor attitude or I talk to him (like normal), thus thinking I've woken up and I have no recollection of the entire thing when I actually do wake up hours later. I want to get on a good sleeping schedule, however that requires me to go to bed much earlier than my partner gets home and thus would sacrifice the time I get with him to eat dinner/ play around together. Our friends have the 'normal' sleep schedule where they go to bed at 9-11 pm and get up at 6-9 am, thus wanting us to go spend time with them when we'd normally be sleeping. It also makes me anxious about trying to get a job, because most won't give you a night time schedule. How in the world am I supposed to work around or with this dilemma? Is there anyone out there who has a similar problem, I wonder.

]]> By: Jen http://www.projectmojave.com/blog/healthy-wealthy-and-dead-5-reasons-why-getting-up-early-might-be-harmful/comment-page-2/#comment-10998 Jen Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:27:22 +0000 http://TheGrowingLife.com/2008/02/healthy-wealthy-and-dead-5-reasons-why-getting-up-early-might-be-harmful/#comment-10998 This article has somewhat revealed me of many guilty feelings. I am a college student and I have been trying and failing to get up early for the last 3 years of school. I have even taken an 8am Art class to motivate me, only to make a deal with the professor (after missing too many classes) to come in later and work outside of class, where then I made a deal with a friend of a friend to let me in the art building after hours. After this arrangement, my work started to greatly improve, and I ended up with an A in the class. However not all of my classes or work have been after 10am. I have had considerable difficulty waking up on time, and I am working on a degree in Education where I will have to wake up at ungodly hours everyday. As my body and mind prefer the late nights, I feel that the rest of the world does not cater to that system. I am not sure how to function well at 8am, should I just drink some coffee and suck it up, or is there a better answer? This article has somewhat revealed me of many guilty feelings. I am a college student and I have been trying and failing to get up early for the last 3 years of school. I have even taken an 8am Art class to motivate me, only to make a deal with the professor (after missing too many classes) to come in later and work outside of class, where then I made a deal with a friend of a friend to let me in the art building after hours. After this arrangement, my work started to greatly improve, and I ended up with an A in the class. However not all of my classes or work have been after 10am. I have had considerable difficulty waking up on time, and I am working on a degree in Education where I will have to wake up at ungodly hours everyday. As my body and mind prefer the late nights, I feel that the rest of the world does not cater to that system. I am not sure how to function well at 8am, should I just drink some coffee and suck it up, or is there a better answer?

]]> By: Andy http://www.projectmojave.com/blog/healthy-wealthy-and-dead-5-reasons-why-getting-up-early-might-be-harmful/comment-page-2/#comment-10976 Andy Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:56:28 +0000 http://TheGrowingLife.com/2008/02/healthy-wealthy-and-dead-5-reasons-why-getting-up-early-might-be-harmful/#comment-10976 It is not necessary to invent something new here, everything is already known.<br><br>Ancient Vedic knowledge says (<a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/104233/Ideal-Family-and-their-health-as-per-Veda" rel="nofollow">http://www.scribd.com/doc/104233/Ideal-Family-a...</a>) :<br><br>…<br>Meaning: The air in the dawn, i.e. before sunrise, is clean. Therefore one must breathe this pure air by getting up early in the morning. With that the health remains stable and one earns wealth.<br><br>Message: There is every type of strangeness and abundance in the nature. There is no limit to joy and good health for us. Enjoying good health, all the living creatures, whether insects, birds or animals enjoy their lives. Drawing their requirements from water, air, light and food they enjoy the happiness of longevity.<br> God has put health in every particle of nature, in leaves, flowers fruits and in every drop of water. Every part of air, every gulp of water, every particle of fruit, grain and vegetable, which we take in our breath, drink and food is very health-giving and strength- giving for us. For all-round development and strength Nature possesses every type of means.<br> Daily life begins by arising during the dawn only. All birds and animals get up in the dawn and giving up their laziness, join in their daily routine. There are many benefits in getting up early. The air at dawn is health-giving and pollution-free. It is also called ‘praan-vayu’ or ‘veer vayu’ because it contributes to life and strength. By breathing in this fresh air, there is increase in strength, in the lustre of the face, the mind always remains cheerful and the intelligence becomes sharp and all the organs of the body remain disease-free. By getting up early in the morning, the body feels fresh and energetic. Contrasting with this, those who remain sleeping after sunrise, their laziness and carelessness increase, they suffer from various types of diseases, they feel dull throughout the day and they cannot apply their mind in any work.<br> Dawn has been lovingly called ‘Usha Devi’ (the Goddess dawn) because of its benevolence like a mother. She gives generously with both her hands health, intelligence, strength, and the blessing in longevity and all those get these, who get up at that pleasant time. Those who get up early, they gain in life, those who sleep late, they lose in life. Man’s life starts at this pious time in the dawn only. The gentle breeze of this pure air fills every pore of the body with energetic freshness and stirs up enthusiasm in life’s creation, progress and development and the feeling arises in the mind to go ahead and do something for the world to see. The beautiful and pleasant atmosphere of the dawn, the singing of the birds and the play of the animals help greatly in awakening our inner vitality for a new life.<br> We should never keep away from this blessing of Nature. All birds and animals breathe this air in the dawn and never fall ill. Getting up at dawn is very useful to man for his health, mind, intelligence and soul. It stirs up vitality in the body.<br> Men wishing bodily, mental and spiritual progress must get up at four o clock in the morning, get out of the bed and come out into the open air.…<br>… It is not necessary to invent something new here, everything is already known.

Ancient Vedic knowledge says (http://www.scribd.com/doc/104233/Ideal-Family-a...) :

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Meaning: The air in the dawn, i.e. before sunrise, is clean. Therefore one must breathe this pure air by getting up early in the morning. With that the health remains stable and one earns wealth.

Message: There is every type of strangeness and abundance in the nature. There is no limit to joy and good health for us. Enjoying good health, all the living creatures, whether insects, birds or animals enjoy their lives. Drawing their requirements from water, air, light and food they enjoy the happiness of longevity.
God has put health in every particle of nature, in leaves, flowers fruits and in every drop of water. Every part of air, every gulp of water, every particle of fruit, grain and vegetable, which we take in our breath, drink and food is very health-giving and strength- giving for us. For all-round development and strength Nature possesses every type of means.
Daily life begins by arising during the dawn only. All birds and animals get up in the dawn and giving up their laziness, join in their daily routine. There are many benefits in getting up early. The air at dawn is health-giving and pollution-free. It is also called ‘praan-vayu’ or ‘veer vayu’ because it contributes to life and strength. By breathing in this fresh air, there is increase in strength, in the lustre of the face, the mind always remains cheerful and the intelligence becomes sharp and all the organs of the body remain disease-free. By getting up early in the morning, the body feels fresh and energetic. Contrasting with this, those who remain sleeping after sunrise, their laziness and carelessness increase, they suffer from various types of diseases, they feel dull throughout the day and they cannot apply their mind in any work.
Dawn has been lovingly called ‘Usha Devi’ (the Goddess dawn) because of its benevolence like a mother. She gives generously with both her hands health, intelligence, strength, and the blessing in longevity and all those get these, who get up at that pleasant time. Those who get up early, they gain in life, those who sleep late, they lose in life. Man’s life starts at this pious time in the dawn only. The gentle breeze of this pure air fills every pore of the body with energetic freshness and stirs up enthusiasm in life’s creation, progress and development and the feeling arises in the mind to go ahead and do something for the world to see. The beautiful and pleasant atmosphere of the dawn, the singing of the birds and the play of the animals help greatly in awakening our inner vitality for a new life.
We should never keep away from this blessing of Nature. All birds and animals breathe this air in the dawn and never fall ill. Getting up at dawn is very useful to man for his health, mind, intelligence and soul. It stirs up vitality in the body.
Men wishing bodily, mental and spiritual progress must get up at four o clock in the morning, get out of the bed and come out into the open air.…
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]]> By: Kathy http://www.projectmojave.com/blog/healthy-wealthy-and-dead-5-reasons-why-getting-up-early-might-be-harmful/comment-page-2/#comment-10962 Kathy Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:50:31 +0000 http://TheGrowingLife.com/2008/02/healthy-wealthy-and-dead-5-reasons-why-getting-up-early-might-be-harmful/#comment-10962 I really DO want to get up earlier - Even if my sleepy self fights against it. I think part of the battle is if I'm not excited about the prospects of the day ahead, or worried about stuff, it's just easier to stay in "escape mode" - ie: asleep. Sigh. I do agree that getting up earlier would give me the illusion of having more time. I really DO want to get up earlier – Even if my sleepy self fights against it. I think part of the battle is if I'm not excited about the prospects of the day ahead, or worried about stuff, it's just easier to stay in “escape mode” – ie: asleep. Sigh. I do agree that getting up earlier would give me the illusion of having more time.

]]> By: hannah trinity, web designer http://www.projectmojave.com/blog/healthy-wealthy-and-dead-5-reasons-why-getting-up-early-might-be-harmful/comment-page-2/#comment-10913 hannah trinity, web designer Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:19:43 +0000 http://TheGrowingLife.com/2008/02/healthy-wealthy-and-dead-5-reasons-why-getting-up-early-might-be-harmful/#comment-10913 Nice post..you give justice to my habit...I guess I'm more productive when I wake up a bit late...more energized than wake up 5-7 in the morning... Nice post..you give justice to my habit…I guess I'm more productive when I wake up a bit late…more energized than wake up 5-7 in the morning…

]]> By: shellysolis http://www.projectmojave.com/blog/healthy-wealthy-and-dead-5-reasons-why-getting-up-early-might-be-harmful/comment-page-2/#comment-10860 shellysolis Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:15:27 +0000 http://TheGrowingLife.com/2008/02/healthy-wealthy-and-dead-5-reasons-why-getting-up-early-might-be-harmful/#comment-10860 Getting up early sucks for me but I need to because of school. Between sleeping and waking up at 5 in the morning, the choice ain't difficult to make. Ahaha. Nice read, your post was very informative and readable. Getting up early sucks for me but I need to because of school. Between sleeping and waking up at 5 in the morning, the choice ain't difficult to make. Ahaha. Nice read, your post was very informative and readable.

]]> By: symptomsofpanicattacks http://www.projectmojave.com/blog/healthy-wealthy-and-dead-5-reasons-why-getting-up-early-might-be-harmful/comment-page-2/#comment-10836 symptomsofpanicattacks Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:30:37 +0000 http://TheGrowingLife.com/2008/02/healthy-wealthy-and-dead-5-reasons-why-getting-up-early-might-be-harmful/#comment-10836 I have to admit I love getting up early to get things accomplished. I feel as though I get more done if the house is nice and quiet with no one else awake; I tend to get up at 4:00 am. However sometimes my body will let me know that it needs to sleep in; so at least twice a week I sleep until 7:00 am. <a href="http://www.symptomsofpanicattacks.org" rel="nofollow"> Symptom of panic attacks</a> I have to admit I love getting up early to get things accomplished. I feel as though I get more done if the house is nice and quiet with no one else awake; I tend to get up at 4:00 am. However sometimes my body will let me know that it needs to sleep in; so at least twice a week I sleep until 7:00 am. Symptom of panic attacks

]]> By: maren kate http://www.projectmojave.com/blog/healthy-wealthy-and-dead-5-reasons-why-getting-up-early-might-be-harmful/comment-page-2/#comment-9831 maren kate Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:03:07 +0000 http://TheGrowingLife.com/2008/02/healthy-wealthy-and-dead-5-reasons-why-getting-up-early-might-be-harmful/#comment-9831 Very interesting, I sleep in SOO late all the time, my body just does it but I have been reading Tim Ferriss' blog too and trying to get in better with my sleep cycles. This gave me food for thought! Very interesting, I sleep in SOO late all the time, my body just does it but I have been reading Tim Ferriss' blog too and trying to get in better with my sleep cycles. This gave me food for thought!

]]> By: Helen http://www.projectmojave.com/blog/healthy-wealthy-and-dead-5-reasons-why-getting-up-early-might-be-harmful/comment-page-2/#comment-5355 Helen Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:40:14 +0000 http://TheGrowingLife.com/2008/02/healthy-wealthy-and-dead-5-reasons-why-getting-up-early-might-be-harmful/#comment-5355 I had been used sleeping from midnight to 8am in the morning for a while, and then I got a job where I had to get up early. Normal office hours starts at 8am and I have 1.5 hours of commute. I sleep from 8:30pm to 4:30am now. I feel a lot more energetic throughout the day, but I am less creative, less sensitive in emotions on this new schedule. I had been used sleeping from midnight to 8am in the morning for a while, and then I got a job where I had to get up early. Normal office hours starts at 8am and I have 1.5 hours of commute. I sleep from 8:30pm to 4:30am now. I feel a lot more energetic throughout the day, but I am less creative, less sensitive in emotions on this new schedule.

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