// HYPOTHESIS_LOADED
Every CEO, Navy SEAL, and Hustle Bro on LinkedIn claims the same thing: "The day is won before 6 AM."
They say if you wake up at 4:00 AM, you are unstoppable. You get 3 hours of deep work done while the world sleeps.
I am a night owl. I usually wake up at 8:30 AM in a panic.
The Experiment: 7 Days. Wake up at 4:00 AM sharp. No snooze.
> DAY 1: THE FALSE HIGH
04:00 AM The alarm went off. It was pitch black.
I got up. I felt... surprisingly good? Adrenaline.
I worked out. I read a book. I answered emails.
08:00 AM The rest of the world woke up. I had already finished my
day's work. I felt elitist. I looked down on the sleeping masses. "Peasants," I thought.
02:00 PM I crashed. Hard. I fell asleep under my desk.
> DAY 3: THE ISOLATION
Waking up at 4 AM means going to sleep at 8 PM.
My friends went out to dinner. "I can't," I said. "I have to sleep."
My partner wanted to watch a movie. "I can't," I said. "Goodnight."
The 4 AM life is incredibly lonely. You are synced to a timezone that no one else lives in. You are
a ghost in your own life.
> DAY 6: THE BIOLOGICAL REVOLT
My body hated me. My eyes burned. I was perpetually cold.
I realized that "Hustle Bros" don't mention the nap. They have to be napping. No human can
sustain this without a mid-day recharge.
> FINAL_VERDICT
Was I productive? Yes. The silence of 4 AM is magical. No emails. No Slack. Just focus.
Was it worth it? No.
You sacrifice your social life for productivity. You become a machine that works and sleeps, but does not live.
CONCLUSION: Wake up when your body wants to. Unless you are invading a country or running a Fortune 500 company, sleep until 7.