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About
Simply, we would like to see how its to be an early riser. In our endeavour we shall list down what worked for us and what did not.
Why?
Wikipedia is our guiding light. This is what it had to say with respect to waking up early:
Waking up early is a productivity method of rising early and consistently so as to be able to accomplish more during the day. This method has been recommended since antiquity and is presently recommended by a number of personal development gurus. Benjamin Franklin wrote a book entitled Early rising: Natural, Social and Religious Duty.
Within the context of religious observances, spiritual writers have called this practice "the heroic minute," referring to the sacrifice that this entails.
Personal development writers have noted that waking up early can be developed through practice and correct preparation.
Why? - Akshay
Read more here.
Why? - Barkha
Read more here.
Why? - Anil
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Participants
Pledge (We shall...)
- Wake up at 5:30am everyday for 42 times ( without excuses).
- Capture 30 sunrises without fail.
- Share our endeavour with everyone.
Links
Our Approach
- Protocol: Follow a 3-way protocol for the first 7 days(?) (As alarms don't/haven't workd for me :)
- One who gets up on time calls the other, till the other cancels the call (req).
- Now the other calls back (as ack). One who innitiated cancels the call.
- Now the one who initiated gives a final call (ack) which is then cancelled by the other.
- (add others here)
Akshay's Approach
- Keep telling yourself that you *have* to get up, you have no other alternatives as you close your eyes to sleep.
- Chose a bed which is not the _most comfortable_ alternative available, I sleep on a floor mat.
- Act dumb! Don't think when you hear the alarm clock, just get up.
Specifics
(Things outside the scope of our project pledge)
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Akshay
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Barkha
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Anil
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U?
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Early morning activity (Needs to be a good reason and something specific)
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Getting over my design block. Design 2 website!
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This probably needs a blog entry or a separate page.
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Learn things
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Exceptions (Days you know you may miss the target. Ones not here would be considered as excuses ;)
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5th May (All-nighter)
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None. (Yes, any missed day is an excuse)
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(none as of now)
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Project Failure condition (When would you say you failed in the project)
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If I miss the target more than 12 times.
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If I miss the target 15 times.
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If I miss the tarkget more than 12 times.
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Anything else...
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Track our progress
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Date
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Akshay
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Barkha
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Anil
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U?
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1st May, 2008
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5:30am
Had set two alarms in an interval of 5 minutes.
Protocol worked perfect. It rained slightly in the morning near my place.
Captured some cool sunrise pics.
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5:30 am.
The alarm went off at 5:25, snoozed and slept on till Akshay called at 5:30. Need to work on the sunrises.
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6:20 AM
The first day. Had not set any alarm. :(
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2nd May, 2008
(Anil joined us :)
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4:27am
Slept at 10:30pm. Didn't need an alarm to wake up ;) Captured the sunset and parrots from the terrace.
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5:55 am.
Slept with silent mode on. *sigh*
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5:20 AM.
had set alarm of 5.25AM, but got up 5 mins earlier :).
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3rd May, 2008
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5:23am
Slept at 3:23am. Woke up when Anil gave a buzz. Mom woke up in a few mins to drink water and she lured me into sleeping for another 1 hour. I didn't give in to it. Feels good now :)
Captured the sunrise with mom.
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5:25 am.
Slept at 1:30 am. Got up 5 mins earlier just to get a headstart and beat Akshay at the protocol. :D
Need to work on teh sunrises. Will find out places where I can capture them. Any idea fellow participants?
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5:25 am,
Slept at 11:00pm. Got up at 5:25am by alarm call. Called Akshay. I also need to find the place to watch Sunrise. The large trees near my house don't allow me to watch it clearly from terrace. BTW experience of sunrise is too good too.
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4th May, 2008
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5:26am (G or R?)
Got up, freshned up, took a bath and went to sleep at 6:50am. LoL
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9:30am.
Slept at 4:15 am, got up at 9:30. Did not feel the alarm go off, neither heard the protocol call. :(
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5:25 am,
Woke up by alarm, did not watch sunrise but experienced it.
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5th May, 2008
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Off-day since its been an all-nighter. Though, I did follow the protocol. Seems Barkha would again be having a RED day. :)
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8:30am.
Slept at 2am. Too much partying this weekend. Won't last long, this. Yes, again, did not wake up after the protocol call.
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5:27 am,
Woke up by alarm, did not watch sunrise but experienced it. Had slept between 7 to 7:30 again. But wokeup again. :)
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6th May, 2008
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5:20am
Woke up on time. Gave the customary proto-calls to both before they could get at it :p.
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4:28 am
Was up really early today. Got the protocol call before I could start it. Slept for a couple of hours at 7 though :P
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5:30am
Got call from Akshay at 5:25am, but could not wake up. (was feeling eye strain, might be because of Monday's throughout day work )
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7th May, 2008
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5:28am
Received proto-calls this time ;)
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5:30am
Got up, felt sleepy. Had a difficult time keeping awake, but did not give in.
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5:25 am
Woke up by Alarm. Did protocol calls. Experience cool sunrise.
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5:55 am
Had slept at 11pm. Woke up, turned on radio, listened to morning bhajan songs :). Read a Ruby ebook and tried some codes. Later spent time in reading news paper while drinking tea.
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- What did you do in the morning when you got up on time?
- Do you feel active/sleepy later in the day (after good 6 hours of sleep)
- What works for you?
- What isn't working for you?
- What can be improved from here on...? (suggestions)
- Share quick tips/tricks you found out in the course of last few days...
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