 Hey guys, so it is 9.30pm at night, it's the day before I start my 5am morning wake up calls every day for the next week, cause you guys might have seen from my title of this video, you would have guessed that already. So this is the first time I'm actually doing a whole week of just waking up at 5am. I have done it in the past on the odd occasions where I wake up at say 4am or 5am for work but to do it every day for a week is going to be very interesting. I'm a bit nervous about it too because I'm someone who does love to sleep in. My normal time I wake up usually is about 7-7.30am. So I had to counteract this so I'm going to bed earlier to be able to still get my 8 hours of sleep at night because I find if I function on anything less I'm just tired just constantly throughout the day. So I thought I'll go bed at 9-9.30am to get up at 5am the next day. So I've heard that getting up earlier is actually known to help with productivity so it increases productivity throughout your day because you have more hours in the day so you can get more done. It's also wonderful to get up early because you have that time of just silence before the whole world wakes up basically or your area of the world anyway. It's really peaceful that hour. There's no traffic. There's barely anybody up. Even the birds aren't up yet. It's very quiet and very peaceful. That's the thing I'm probably looking forward to most is that just peaceful hour or a couple of hours in the morning where it's just me awake. Yeah so those are a few of the benefits I've heard of waking up really early. I'm sure there are a few others and I'm sure I'll find out through my own results what I find helpful for waking up at 5am. I take my hat off to everybody who actually wakes up at 5am every day for work. Like my heart goes out to you guys that takes a lot of strength because my goodness I would be someone who gets super exhausted doing that day in and day out. But I've heard you do get used to it after a while. So if I did this for more than a week or like two weeks, three weeks, four weeks maybe I'd adjust and get used to it more. But for now I'll stick to the one week and see how we go. I might even continue it after this little challenge. Also being able to watch the sunrise in the morning would honestly be so amazing. I haven't watched the sunrise in a while so that would be really lovely. Something I'm really looking forward to. I love sunrises. Honestly probably more than sunsets. I know it's just something about that hour in the morning where you're watching the sunrise and seeing the world wake up with it. Ugh. All set for 5am. So all good to go now. I've set my alarm for 5am so I will see you guys in the morning bright and early for day one. Woo! Good morning guys. I just woke up. Oh my gosh I was like so out of it. I was so tempted just to turn off the alarm and just go back to sleep. I'm up now and I feel more weak now. It's 5am now so I'm going to go start my day. I'm going to head off to gym at 5.30 so I'll go get ready for that. And I think I'll go make myself a tea just to get myself up and going. A bit of water. So it's 7.33pm at night and I don't know why so I have my glasses on. Whoops. Wear my blue light blocking glasses I use them all night when I'm working on my laptop. Anyway so it is 7.33pm at night and I currently bought my last vlog. I think I've vlogged me just working on my computer. I was just doing my editing. I was editing one of my videos for next week so exciting. I thought I'd just give you guys an update on how I'm feeling and how the day went and how it overall just went waking up at 5am for the first day. I feel like I was really tired this morning waking up as you guys saw. Waking up at 5am I was like took me a while to kind of get going. But once I went to gym and did my morning exercise at gym and then came home I was so wide awake then. But then I sort of had my crash at around 10.30pm and from 10.30pm to 1.30pm I was super tired. Like editing my video I was like... And then for the rest of the day I've been fine. For productivity wise I feel like my productivity wasn't super improved today. I think I might pump a lot more things out tomorrow and try and do things a little bit quicker rather than take my time as I did it today. That was one thing I really liked about it. Because waking up so early I did feel really relaxed. Watching that sunrise while I was working out outside was amazing. But yeah productivity wise I basically just finished editing a video just now. But I am planning on being a little bit quicker tomorrow so I'll try and pump things out a bit faster. I really liked having that extra time just to not be so rushed. Hopefully tomorrow day 2 will be just as good. So it is 9.34pm now and I'm heading to bed. Hopefully I won't be as tired so I'll wake up feeling a bit more refreshed and my body kind of kicks into it. Doubtful but hopefully. And I'll see you guys in the morning. Good night! Good morning guys. I wake up much much easier this time. I might go make myself a tea or some lemon water. We even just have a big glass of water to sort of keep myself awake. Get started with my day. Ready for the gym again? I'll do some reining before I go. Because I have a bit of time before I head off at 5.30pm. I'll make you sort of the morning while I have it. I'll do it myself which is really nice. Can you just hear it? I'm going to go get myself ready to start my routine off for the morning. So it's currently 7.25pm. You can see. Oh my gosh this is like the worst learning place. I just made myself a tea. I was drinking like just cold filtered water all morning. I just thought I'd have some tea because I'm a bit cold. And that's because you can hear in the background I'm sitting in front of my heater. Just like trying to warm up. And this is honestly so good it just warms me up from the inside out. Waking up and doing my workout almost straight away in the morning has really helped wake me up. I find like after I've come home from my workout and I've gone changed and you guys can even see me. So I found that's been super beneficial just going into my workout like half an hour after waking up. Really really helpful because then I feel really awake and just alert and ready to go. Roaring to go in the morning. Also going into the pattern of drinking something as soon as I get up in the morning really helps too. I think the cold water just sort of wakes me up and just gets my digestive system going and that's in turn helps wake me up a bit more. But yeah honestly working out best thing to do when you want to wake up. Or even having like a cold shower. I've heard that's really helpful too and super beneficial for your health as well. So you got two and one there. So I'm going to go do my meditation and then get started on today's work. I'm just going to be editing another video today. But yeah I just thought I'd let you know that I'm pretty awake. It's actually a good morning today. I think I'm more awake than I was yesterday. So much better. Yesterday took me a while to sort of wake up. But today I'm feeling so much better. Hey everyone. So I thought I'd give you guys a little update on how I'm going. It's currently 416pm. We can see that on the camera. I felt like for the first part of the day I was really awake and like super alert. But since it hit 3pm and onwards so till now I'm feeling just on Struggle Street. I am feeling it super bad right now. Although I did just have something to eat. So I hope we kind of wake up a bit. And I had some more water because that always helps me feel a bit more awake as well. So I feel like maybe for like the first few hours of the day. So from 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. I'm feeling really good. Then from like 2.30 onwards, 2.33 onwards. I really feel it. And I'm like oh those eyes are starting to shut. Oh I'm going to have to get like a Mr Bean situation going on. And just use two things to keep my eyes open. I feel like I have been able to get more done during the day. Like for sure. Like today as well. I feel like I finished my videos a lot faster. Usually takes me till the evening. So being up earlier and getting started earlier. I feel like I do have that last bit of the day to use how I please really. And I also feel less rushed in the morning. I'd also be really interested in knowing what time you guys get up. If you get up at 5am, do you find it helps? Are you more productive? So it's 7.58am. I just went to the gym before and did a bit of my morning routine. I had a cold shower this morning to help wake me up. Because I actually felt it so much this morning getting up. I was like so tempted just to turn off my alarm. And just go back to bed and go back to sleep. I think she just hit me the third day in. Coming back from gym, I was a lot better. Especially because today was cardio. So I was a bit more awake. But having my cold shower, I was like right awake after that. I didn't talk this morning just because my sister and her boyfriend were asleep in the other room. So I didn't want to wake them up. I was pretty productive this morning. I did a bit of cleaning. I read. I did my morning gratitude journaling. And after that, I just went to the gym. Did my session. Came home. Had a shower. Had a cold shower. And then made my tea and did my meditation and read a little bit more. I feel like my main problem with doing this is that I'm just not tired at 9.30. So I just sit there in my like lying awake for like an hour. Just like going over thoughts in my head of like things to do and whatnot. And it just keeps me awake. I think that's because it's just early. I'm used to going to bed a bit later like 10, 30, 11. My body's still adjusting. So then again, it just means that I'm getting up earlier and I'm just not used to that either. Today I'm running about 10 different natural homemade shampoos you guys can make at home. I've been testing them out. Hence why my hair is sopping work. And I'll be so excited to share those with you guys. If you guys want to check out the blog post before I do the video, feel free to check it out. I will link my blog in the description below for you guys. And you can welcome to subscribe to that and you'll get updates. Yeah, I'm going to go off and start the rest of my day. Hey little me. Hello. Good morning. You tied too. Oh my gosh my hair. It just looks like not even. This looks worse. Hey guys. I can't remember what the... The last thing I filmed was just me sitting out this side this morning watching the sun rising. It's been a while. I haven't filmed the rest of the day. I think today was probably my most productive day out of everything. I got everything done super early. The afternoon off and I went for a walk. Enjoyed the sunny weather we're having because tomorrow it's supposed to be raining. Even just getting up at 5am when it's raining. You just want to like curl up in bed even more on those rainy days. I was just finishing playing guitar here with my family. And we were like doing like a band with us. So like one was on guitar and one one was singing. So much fun. Anyway I'm going to wrap it up now because it's about 10 past 9. And I want to get like 8 hours sleep which probably won't happen. I'll probably lie awake a bit again. Just find it so challenging to get to sleep. Because I'm going to bed so early it's like manageable. Like I can do this whereas if it was like another week where it wasn't quarantine and I was going out to friends places or having friends stay over at mine or family staying over and we were staying up late playing games, watching movies, doing games nights or just hanging out. And then going to bed at 12am or going to bed at 1am. This would be so much harder like to then wake up at 5am the next day. So tomorrow is day 4. Woo! Almost past the halfway mark. Go us. I'm going to go get ready for bed now. And I'll see you guys bright and early tomorrow for day 4. Back at it again. It's 8.54 now and I'm pretty happy. I had a pretty productive morning again today. I think yesterday was still my most productive the whole day but today has definitely been my most productive morning. So I've basically already gone to the gym. This morning as you saw I made some more coffee and I made some more of my body soap for like when I have a shower and things. So that was all ready to go. Oh and we made pancakes as well. So fluffy. The trick is you put apple cider vinegar in the mixture and it makes it so fluffy. It's like oh! Here they are. Mmm mmm mmm. And we have some caramelised banana on top, berry compote and the beautiful pancakes at the bottom. The first couple of days they're probably my slowest. I felt like I was just taking my time which was good. It was nice to slow down for once and just to kind of chill. But it feels really good to be productive this morning. So today's my day off. It's Thursday today. And this is usually my filming day. But because it's my sister's birthday, which is why we made pancakes as well this morning. And we're going to go to the Blue Mountains today. I'm so looking forward to it. I love, love the Blue Mountains. So yeah I'm going to film tomorrow instead. And also I'm going to be having a phone free day as well. Because I absolutely love doing them. Ever since I did that 24 hours no phone challenge. She's a bit scared because of the storm happening outside. I might be able to hear the rain. There's just a huge lightning strike and then thunder. And it scared her because she doesn't like storms. She's come hiding. Trying to get away from it. Oh little girl. So it's a little bit later in the night. It's about 9pm now. And I'm already for bed. I'm just about to head into bed now. Today was so much fun. I had the best time with my sisters and my mom up at the Blue Mountains. We had brunch there. Walked around some of the gardens that they have up there. One of the Everglade gardens. It was so beautiful. Bit cold. But so beautiful. I had like a vegan burger. And the best thing was that it actually cleared for us. So the sky became clear and sunny. Which was so wonderful. So we sat outside in the sun for a bit and walked around. Which was like such a great surprise. But I guess you guys can hear now it's like raining outside. The rains have come back again. I must say today I hit a wall at like mid afternoon as we were driving home. And I was so tired. Like it took all my energy just to stay awake. I imagine the first week is always the hardest. As you're adjusting and transitioning to going into early mornings if you're not used to it. So I imagine after the first week it gets a little bit easier. So I kind of want to keep this up for like two weeks in a month. And see if I can get kind of get used to it. And get my body to transition over to waking up earlier. I am going to get ready for bed now though. Because I'm so tired. I can't wait to go to sleep. Like this has been like the build up from 7 p.m. I've just been like yes. It's almost bedtime. I can finally go to sleep. I never thought I'd be that excited to go to sleep. But it turns out it's possible. Good night. Good morning guys. Last night was such a weird night. I kept waking up like every few hours. Like every couple of hours. Because I kept thinking I'd slept through my alarm. I don't know why. It was like a disturbed night in a way. So I didn't have great sleep. That's alright. As you can hear I think I've got like a cold or something brewing. Because I remember all the early mornings and I didn't think my body was used to it. Yeah so I just had some supplements and some vitamin C to help kind of kick it before it gets hold of me. So I skipped gym this morning just because I wasn't feeling great. So I'm just going to go and do some other things instead. So I'm going to do my meditation. Got my gratitude. Little journal there. And my big plans for the day are just to really film. So I'll film a video for next week. And that's pretty much all I have planned at the moment to do today. Just a side note how gorgeous are these flowers. My sister got them for her birthday yesterday. And they're so pretty. And I absolutely love some flowers. So this literally rightens up the house. It's like the most colour we have in our whole kitchen. It's so nice. I thought I'd update you on how yesterday went. I think my last clip was yesterday morning. I got a pretty productive morning and I was like wide awake. And then it hit like 10 a.m. And I just felt it so much. Anyway I was like reading, sitting on the couch. And I don't know what happened. But next thing I know and I fell asleep. You fell asleep? And I was like oh my gosh. And I woke up like after an hour. So it was about 11 a.m. and I was like oh my gosh. I fell asleep. And I think all the mornings have just caught up on me. And I'm still really tired. But this morning I did it. I got up. But yeah I'm trying not to be too hard on myself. Because I was tired and I'm still tired. Even looking at the camera is a real struggle. I think I'm going to make a tea. So I'm washing my reusable tea bags at the moment. And I don't have an actual tea strainer like a normal one. So I'm just going to use this huge mesh strainer to strain my tea. Oh my gosh. It's just so big. You know what? I don't think I really thought this through. I just wish to strain it. My gosh. I'm going to pour it in the tea. And then let it soak in the tea. And then I'm going to strain it out afterwards. So, so, so tired. Okay guys. Welcome to day seven. We've officially made it. This has been such a fun week. Like although I have been super tired and I've been showing that with you guys the whole week. It's actually been super fun. I've been telling my family like yeah I'm tired but getting so much done and being up so early before everyone else is is so nice. I've absolutely loved it. So I'm definitely keeping this going. Like over at least a few days a week. Every week which would be really nice. I don't think I filmed much yesterday. I think I filmed a clip or two. It is currently 8am now. And it's actually not raining today. I'm so happy. I mean I can go outside and do some things out in the open air. This morning I've pretty much just been doing my meditation and my gratitude journaling. Doing a few things on my laptop so I've got quite a lot done this morning. Must say I really enjoyed these productive mornings. It's so nice to be at 8am and having most of my work done for the morning. I really enjoyed this experiment like waking up before everyone else. Before there's traffic on the road. So it's just completely quiet. Super peaceful. And the best thing of all is like not feeling rushed. Like I don't think I've felt rushed at all this week. It's been so nice. I've definitely had some productive mornings. At the start it was a little bit slower. Just kind of kicking into gear. By the end I feel like for the last four days it's been super productive. I'm sure there are people who actually do this every day. They get up at 5am for work. And it's their norm. Like they do it every week. I even know some people that do this for work. They get up at 5am every day. And I must say I take my hand off to them. That is such like a trooper of an effort. Every day getting up at 5am. Wow. So I respect anyone who has to get up at 5am every day. So I think I'm going to wrap it up here. Thank you so much guys for sticking out this whole video with me. I hope you enjoyed it. Definitely let me know if you want me to do another experiment or challenge like this for like a week or a month. Let me know. There's lots of fun. I hope you guys enjoyed it. Thank you for sticking out this much of the video with me. It means so much to me. And I hope to see you guys in my future videos. Bye.