Millionaire Morning Routine: Will the perfect morning routine make you more successful?

For the most part. And I like being in my own space and so that was really difficult for me. So this year when we decided to do this, I'm like, heck yeah. Like I could say, I'm sorry, you got to go to bed at 8:30. I'm waking up at 5:00am can't come.

Yeah. It did shift to earlier hours in terms of self care, but with work productivity, like Megan said, there were days where I found myself having to work later because I didn't get to finish my to do list. And I am more creative at night. So sometimes I would cut myself early and allow myself to take a longer break so that I could pick up again in the evening when I knew I would have higher productivity levels when it came to creating content or any of like the more creative stuff that we do.

Hey. Hey.

Great to see you. I am pumped to dig into this episode and I think you're gonna like it, especially if you've ever felt the pressure to wake up nice and early. You know, you maybe heard the saying early bird gets the worm. I've tried it and two people that I have the pleasure of working with on a regular basis shared with me about a month ago that they were also trying like a 5, 6am an earlier than usual routine to see does waking up earlier have positive impact for us? So I was so curious about their experiment, I asked them to come on and share. So this is a conversation about what they learned in their experiment, some of the science around being a night owl and the rhythms of our day and how it worked out for them and where they ultimately ended up with this experiment of waking up earlier and starting their days earlier and they get more done, will they have more productivity? Will they experience more joy? We're going to find out in this episode. The two guests are Sam, who is responsible for social media across Amber McHugh, Stay golden and Three Boudoir. She's an incredible marketer and as you're going to find out, an incredible human. In addition, we've got Megan with three boudoir and she's also supporting strategy on Amber McHugh and stay golden. Megan and I have been working together and known each other for years. Brilliant mind, so creative and has some fun things that she did in her experiment as well. What we are talking about is about how you reach your goals, how you live your days with more joy and how you get where you want to be going and really how you tune in to what's going on for you and what you need. This is what we are all about at Stay Golden. StayGolden.com is the place to go if you want to check that out. But without further ado, let's get this conversation started. Sam and Megan, I'm so happy to be here with you today. Thanks for coming on.

You betcha.

It's gonna be fun. So, a little background. We were talking, I don't know, maybe a month ago, and you two shared that you were experimenting with early morning wake ups.

Oh yeah.

Why did you do this? Tell us more.

Yeah, we, we had been, we were just doing a social day at my house. We live like five minutes from each other. And so we were just doing a social day and we both were like in this group. We wanted to be more productive. We wanted to be up when the rest of the world was asleep, you know. And so then we started thinking about this idea as Sam brought it up, this idea of testing and then, you know, showing it on social. What would it be like if we followed the lifestyle of a billionaire, of a millionaire? You know, these entrepreneurs who are mega, super crazy successful. Does that make you more productive? Does that make you more successful? Does it make you feel better waking up earlier by following these routines that they have? And so she followed just like a kind of a routine where she's waking up at. What did we say, Sam? 6:30, 6 o'?

Clock? Yeah. So I started waking up at 6am Every day. It was my wake up and I was used to waking up at like eight every day. So it was a two hour difference and we pretty much started cold. We didn't go into it in 15 minute increments. We started right at 6:00am yeah, mine.

Was at 5:00am and I was already waking up around 6, 6:30. So I was, I was trying to just like give me one more hour.

This is.

Nobody's awake right now. I know I won't be tempted to work at 5am so we tried that and like, I think the general consensus for both of us was by 1 o', clock, 2pm I was so tired.

I already lived so tired.

It was like I had seven hours under my belt of like trying to be as productive as possible. So then like, I'm in the middle of my work day, you know, I've still got some hours to go and I'm like, I'm dying right now. It was interesting for sure.

Experience.

Yeah, There were a lot of different. Like there were things that I loved and things that I felt could have been better for sure. And sometimes I'm like, I just don't even know if this really made that big of a difference because at the end of the day I was just so tired from having such a busy morning that I felt it didn't really make a ton of difference. It was just I was shifting my productivity from one part of the day to another. Pretty much, yeah.

So good. Okay, I've got some follow up questions on that. Sam, you woke up at that 6am hour, two hours earlier than usual. How did that flow for you?

Okay, so in the beginning I felt like I was really in on it. Like I was like, I'm going to go all in. I'm going to get all this stuff done. And when we actually started this, so like Megan said, I had kind of brought it up as an idea. We worked together on the Stay golden social media account. And so it was something that we kind of were like, okay, let's explore this productivity, see if it helps so, so that we can kind of post about it on social and see if we can help people out if we feel like this is more productive. And so we actually sat down that same day and we wrote out an entire routine that we want to follow. Like our most ideal routine. If we could have the best morning routine that we consider like productive and healthy, what would that look like for us? And so it started for me pretty strong. I got up at 6am, my alarm went off. I think I set a 5:45 and a 6am and I got myself out of bed by the 6am and I immediately got out of bed and I started my skincare routine, which typically for me that was something that I would get up at 8am, I would scroll on Instagram or check. So I'm a social media manager, so I would check all of the social media accounts that, you know, I help run and I would kind of just get straight to work right away, which I don't think was always the healthiest for me, but that was just what I was used to. So it was different to get into skincare right away and not touch my phone.

Not touch your phone. But then you went from skincare straight to work.

I actually this time around I attempted a 10 minute meditation before I got into anything work related. So it was like really we wrote down our ideal morning routines and tried our best to stick to them. So I was using like the Calm app to try to meditate for 10 minutes in the mornings, just like one of their daily meditations. And then I would, I don't know, eat some yogurt or granola or whatever in the morning for breakfast, which I again was skipping breakfast because I would just jump right into work. That was different too.

That was before.

Okay, before.

What are these morning steps that you introduced? You introduced meditation, skincare meditation.

Right away meditation, breakfast, and then I would also start work away from my bed. So that was like a big thing for me was like I was always working from bed in the mornings because I would start right when I opened my eyes. But instead of going and checking the insights on every account, right at 8:00am, I started, you know, skincare breakfast. And then I would go sit at my dining table and start my work.

Oh my gosh. So Megan, did you follow that same morning routine or did you do something different?

Mine was a little bit different. And you know, I found that being up at that hour really was super peaceful because it's like same thing, you know, when you jump into work immediately after you wake up, it's just like, okay, and here we go. You know, you don't really have any like, me time, so to speak. So it was really nice to have time to focus on me in the morning. And that's something that I was waking up and I. I would scroll, you know, for 45 minutes. Just like anything, basically. It wasn't productive. It was just mindless scrolling. And so I kind of eliminated that. I would wake up, I would do the five minute journal. I would or read a self help book for about like right at 5am while I'm still in bed. And that would kind of help me wake up. Then I would get up, I would do skincare routine, vitamins, dry brush. I was trying to do my new face. Have you guys heard of new face? You know what it is, right, Amber? That little. Yeah, I was trying to do that every day and that fell off quickly. I would chug a water first thing in the morning. I think I read this was in Gwyneth Paltrow's morning routine or something like that. I would work out. So I'd get on the peloton, I would work out and then I would do a 10 minute meditation. And then I would drink or I would eat breakfast, drink a celery juice, and then I would walk my dog. And while I was walking my dog, I would listen to a podcast and then I would start work. And that all happened before 7:30. So then I would start my day at 7:30, which is probably, I would say an hour earlier than I normally start my day. Sometimes I start at 8:30, sometimes I start at 9 on a normal day. And then that would mean that if I was starting around 7:00', clock, 7:30, I would try to cut myself off around 3:30. And that felt so weird to me. That was the biggest change, I think, because a lot of days I would still end up working until 4 or 5pm because I'm just used to that. So I'm working a lot of a longer day. You know, I'm, I'm feeling that burnout a little bit earlier and sure, like if I was stepping at 3:30 and if I'm feeling that burnout around 1:00pm, that's pretty on par with where I would be at, you know, 3:30 before a 5:00pm cutoff. But I, I was not totally great at setting that boundary for myself. And then I was like, okay, I need to get like, I'm done at 3:30, I'm going to stop working and then I'll go do something productive like I'll go do a DIY or whatever. And I was just so tired. I did it like a couple days where I was going and doing a DIY project. But then I'm just like, just like exhausted. And then I'm like sitting there like, I can't cook dinner yet. It's only 3:30, so what am I supposed to do right now? So that was different. I think it was also the dead of winter. So we're in Chicago, snowy, not fun. At that time. If it was summer and I could get outside and walk my dog or, you know, whatever be outside in nature, I think I would have made it would have made me feel better about being done at 3:30. Okay. I can go and be active right now and still get daylight and enjoy the day still. But without that, you know, when it's winter, I don't want to be out there anyways. So what am I doing now for the next however many hours?

That's so interesting because Sam, I think you had a similar experience around the daylight, right?

Yeah, definitely. So for me, now that it's, you know, April and we're getting closer to summer, I definitely feel like with the sun being out earlier and just like having that sunlight come into your room so much earlier, it's so helpful to get yourself out of bed and actually start your day. Like yesterday, for example, I started bright and early with a Pilates class and that was easy for me. I didn't feel the same burnout as quickly. It's just something now that like you kind of get used to living in Chicago. It's like, okay, these are the months that you take advantage and then when it's dark and dreary and you really want to stay in your bed and it's warm in your bed and it's so cold outside, like, it makes it so much harder to get yourself up and get the day going, especially with things. For me, my experience with like, meditation first thing in the morning, yes, it's nice to have a mindful practice, but I would find myself like, yawning my way through the meditation the entire time. I'm like, I'm tired. Like, this is kind of almost putting me to sleep. And I found that I prefer to have mindful minutes in the evening compared to the morning. It's just more productive for me. Like, I actually feel like I'm getting something out of it in the evenings versus the morning. I just know myself now, and I know that also for me, I'm way more creative at night. So I feel like I can get my work done more efficiently in the evening than I could in the morning. So sometimes an earlier wake up for me almost made me lack productivity in the same in the sense that I wasn't as efficient with getting my stuff done. It took me a little bit longer to, you know, get content finished or come up with some creatives or anything like that. So I think it's. It's really dependent on the person. And I think that there's this whole trend about like, oh, it's like, hot girl, summer, get your ass up. Like, let's do something. Let's go work out straight in the morning or whatever it might be. And it's like, yeah, that works for some people. And I do like working out in the morning. I feel that wakes me up. But meditation, something calming in the morning, it doesn't wake me up. It makes me more tired. And you learn that about yourself as you test different routines.

It's so interesting. I mentioned to you both that I had a book that I read ages ago on this, and I pulled it back up. I'm like, oh, I can't wait to dig in and see. Because I have tried those early mornings too. And I will tell you, the only place that worked for me was when I was living in California. And it was gorgeous. The sun's up, it's beautiful out. Yeah, I can get up at 5am no problem. Like, let me add it. In addition, it was east coast hours, so people were already up and working. So, like, okay. And then we ended our day early together, which is beautiful. But when I was living in Chicago, I could not wake up that early. No Way, no chance. And then even here, now that we're we're back in Africa, specifically in Cote d', Ivoire, it is so beautiful and so warm. But because of where we are, the sun sets fairly early. Like 6:15, I think it set last night, maybe even 6. It was like inched up just a smidge. It stays right in that range though. And it rises about the same time every 6:00am Maybe 6:30, it's a little brighter. And that's about. I follow the sun and Andrew Huberman on his podcast and in this book when the Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing by Dan Pink. They both talk about like getting light will wake you up, right? So light will give you energy. Getting that light in. There's even in one of Andrew Huberman's podcast episodes, he even talks about looking up, like bringing your eyes line up also has impact. So I think there's the science supports it and we're obviously seeing it. Even though there's that beautiful miracle morning and the 5am Wake ups, it is not what we have found. I think consistently is it's not necessarily for everyone and it's also not for all seasons.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I think in the summer it does make more sense for me. I would love to be able to end my day a little bit earlier. And you know that's, you know, If I'm ending 3:30 here, that's 4:30 EST. That's still a good time to have like a good cutoff point and I still get to really enjoy my day. But yeah, in the winter months it's not, not it for me. I was just struggling to, to get up. It's so dark out there. And I actually, I programmed my, I got these light bulbs from Amazon that you can change the colors of them. They're like, I did like an orangey glow on it. And I would program it to turn on at 5am every morning so my light would just come on to this nice little sunrise look. And I was hoping that would help me. And it did. Because once I, you know, I'd open my eyes, my alarm would go off, I'd have to go shut it off. And then the lights are on and I'm like, okay, I need to stay awake now. But still I'm just like, I want to get back in my bed. It's so cozy there.

You know what I'd be, I'd be curious to see too how those like sun lamps help you in the winter. I actually own one and I didn't try it out. And I would be Curious to see if that would have changed things for me because I know there's a lot of people, especially in climates like Chicago's climate, that deal with seasonal affective disorder. And like that is the reason that I personally have that sun lamp because it is so much harder for me to be productive, keep myself awake, keep my energy levels high, keep myself working in the, in the winter months when it's so dark outside so early and the sun doesn't rise till later. And so for me, I'm curious to see if that would have affected things differently. I'm going to try that out.

I was noticing too that when we were trying this out and I mean it was getting dark at 4:00pm, you know, is already almost pitch black outside here. And I was noticing that I normally go to, I go to bed early, I'm like 100 years old. I go to bed at 9:30, I'm ready to hit the hay, you know, I'll read my book for maybe 30 minutes and then try to wind down, try to fall asleep by like 10 o', clock, 10:30 maybe. And I was noticing that 8 o' clock I, the first week that I was doing this, I could not keep my eyes open. I was so exhausted at the end of the day I was like, I have to go to bed right now. Joe was like, you can't go to bed, it's eight o'. Clock. I'm like, I can't, I'm gonna wake up at 5am so what, like, what else am I supposed to do? So that was the only thing that was troublesome for me too is that I was cutting my day so short as well, you know, I wasn't able to have that like just wind down, chill time at the end of the night where I'm just watching TV or hanging out with Joe. So that was hard. But I think in the summer when we can get outside and be active, that will be nice.

Are you a night owl, Samantha?

I am, yeah. I find myself, you know what I'm, I can pretty easily morph to the people around me. And that's just something about my personality. I feel like I'm good at adapting with the people around me. And it was actually interesting I was entering a more serious relationship during this process. And he is someone, my boyfriend is someone that stays up really late and he can consistently wake up at the same time no matter how late he stays up. And that is just not my experience. So that was something that was interesting for me to navigate. I feel like he's really Spontaneous with making plans. And I'm always getting invited to hang out with his friends. And it's like 9pm when they start their hangout, and I'm like, I want to be in bed. Like, this is crazy. But I also want to be social. So I feel like that was interesting for me to try to navigate. Like, okay, how do I balance my health and productivity with trying to enter a more serious relationship and balance my social life and keep up with people that I want to have close connections with that are these people that stay up so late. So I'm someone who, yeah, I'm probably more of a night owl than a morning person, but it's so much harder for me to wake up or go to sleep if I don't have that consistency in my routine. Yeah. So that's really what matters most, is the consistency for me.

So early. He wakes up at 5am every day just like that, not even a problem. He's up, he's stretching. He's got like a solid routine in place. That was kind of bothersome for me, like, having him, like, wandering around in my space while I'm trying to meditate or like, things in the morning. We were kind of getting in each other's way, which normally we, you know, we miss each other. So that was definitely different. Not kind of having that, but his routine, I feel like, helped me wake up a little bit earlier because he's already up and out. I'm like, do this. I can do this.

That's so good. It's true. Getting the space for yourself whenever that is, I think is part of the important part I see a lot of in the moms that I see are trying, like, let me wake up early so I get that quiet time for myself before the kids wake up. So that kind of aligns. Joe's waking up early. Matt wakes up early here too.

Like, how do you do?

Do it, dude, just please. I don't want to hear you. I just want to stay in my slumber. I like to wake up slowly. Even when I wake up early, I like to just lay there and ease up. There was a season in life. It was actually like high school college, Right? Hit the alarm right away and I jump up. Why? Racing towards every day all the time. I don't want to live life as this race. And on the night owl thing. Listen to this, Sam. This might make you feel good. Night owls tend to display greater creativity, show superior working memory, post higher scores on tests like the gmat, and even have a better sense of humor.

Wow.

I don't know if I believe that last bit. I know some pretty funny people who wake up early.

I'm like, hey, are you calling me not funny?

Oh, my God.

The memory thing. I could. I could work on the memory building.

I was gonna say. I don't know if I believe that for myself. I'm like, I am a night owl, but sometimes my memory is pretty shot. It depends, though. See, it's. It's that consistency. But I'm noticing I'm not getting enough sleep. And also, Megan and I were chatting about this when we felt like we were kind of failing. Like, it did eventually get to the point where we were like, I don't know if I want to do this anymore. I started waking up at seven instead of six. I was like, this is just not good for me anymore. I think it was like two and a half weeks in. Megan and I were chatting and we're like, you know, this like, isn't really working for me. And we were talking about how women require more sleep than men. And that's something that I was struggling with. With my boyfriend was like, he's like, okay, like, let's get up, let's get our day started. And he had gone to sleep at midnight. And because he went to sleep at midnight, I also went to sleep at midnight. And suddenly I'm exhausted and he's ready to be in his day. And I'm like, what? This doesn't make sense. But it's because in that instance, that was a display of how women require more sleep than men.

Typically, I need a solid nine hours. Like, I know that sounds absurd, but I just do. And I'm okay with going to bed early in order to make that happen. Like, I don't. I, I personally don't like waking up at 9 o'. Clock. It makes me feel like I'm missing out on a bunch of hours. My day seven is probably like the latest that I feel comfortable and otherwise, yeah, I'm down to go to bed early and get a full, fat, nice sleep in because otherwise I'm going to regret it during the day.

How do you. I'm so curious how you wind down your days. On the flip side, Maggie, start with that.

That's something I'm so bad at. And it took by a lot of mindfulness during this little project we were testing out. I am definitely a scroller because I'm sitting here on my laptop all day. I'm so bad at just being stationary and not getting up and moving my body. That's why I have to work out in the morning. At the end of the day, my mind is just drained. My body's tired. I don't want to move my body, so I have to work out in the morning. Otherwise I know I will make an excuse at the end of the day. And so at the end of the day, I really like to just cook dinner and then I like to scroll, which I know that I shouldn't. And so I tried to eliminate that during these, this kind of two and a half week, three week period that we were testing this out. And I would give myself like strict timelines, like you can have an hour of scrolling or like a day, unless it was for work while I was, you know, if we were posting things or whatever, I would allow myself that. But otherwise I was not doing my own scrolling on my own personal social media. And I would just make sure that I was reading. Every night before bed, I take equilibria cbd. So that kind of helps me wind down and helps me stay asleep as well. And then, yeah, just reading and trying not to stare at my screen after I've been staring at my screen all day was something that definitely helps me fall asleep and stay asleep.

That's interesting. I don't think I fall asleep faster when I do not read the news. My problem is not social media. I'm like on a news catch up. And I do that more when I'm living abroad because I'm like, oh, I want to be connected. Am I missing stuff? I can't watch the new. I mean, I could watch the news here, but I can't understand anything they're saying. Need to work on my French. But I would wind down catching up on the news. So I blocked my news sites during the week. So no news for me during the week unless I choose to override. And when somebody else send me an article, sometimes I'll override. But I maintained it for a solid three weeks with no overrides. And then I would allow myself to watch the news on the weekend. And I put all these timers into my phone with the built in Apple settings. And then I also limited my social media to an hour a day. And that part was easier for me. And honestly, I could probably cut that down to 30 minutes. Like catch up, do the work, catch up with, you know, people I want to catch up with, see the things I want to see. And there's Parkinson's law, the. The work activity, work will expand to fill the amount of time that you give it. And I was really surprised I'm like, oh, you don't even need an hour on social. Like, hello, hello, check in. Okay, good to go. When I was focused and intentional, but.

The news gives me the spookies I can't do.

Understandable.

This is good.

Yeah. It does not give me a lot of anxiety or concern. So, I mean, obviously I have concerns when I read some of the news, but it doesn't seem to translate into anxiety or fear. And if it did, I would definitely have to dial that in. There are other things that give me anxiety and fear, but what I found is that after I was doing this for even a week, the first week was a little bit weird because I was getting in my routines. But after a week, I'm like, oh, I'm like, just thinking at night, letting my thoughts wander. So that's where I say, it didn't necessarily make me fall asleep faster, but I was thinking differently. I could feel things rewiring in my brain.

You know, I remember you posting something about this while you were doing, like, a night swim, and you said that you wanted to, like, have your head in the clouds a little bit more and just kind of, like mindless thinking, just putzing around, not so, you know, go, go, go, go, go. And I agree. I could use more of that, too. Just kind of being alone with my own thoughts is not something that I'm well practiced in it. I'm very. You know, in the summer when people are like, let's go lay out. Let's go tanning. I'm. I sit there for five minutes and I'm like, okay, now what do we do? You know, just sitting and being stationary. I like to be on the move and working towards something. So that's something that I could definitely be practicing, too.

I think it's interesting, though. I think it's dependent on, like, the stage of life that you're into, because I feel like when I was in a long period of, like, singleness and I wasn't really actively dating, and I didn't have as many friends that stayed in Chicago during college, a lot of them went away. And I had a couple of friends in college that I was really close with, but I also was a commuter, and they lived in the city and I lived in the suburbs, and I feel like there was a lot of time for me to be alone in my own thoughts. And I took those years to learn more about myself and what I liked and what I wanted. And. And then when I did start dating, I found myself jumping for adventure a little bit more. Like I didn't really want to sit with my thoughts anymore. I felt like I had that time. And I think that that was also difficult for me when it came to trying to have a stricter morning routine. Um, like I said, when everyone around me was so actively social and I wanted to jump in and say yes to every opportunity to hang out with people and connect and I think that I was craving that a little bit. So that really did make it harder for me to stick to this routine. And I know that, I know that I would have if this was a year or two prior, I would have been locked into this routine. No issues getting out of bed, doing yoga, meditating. Like that would have been my lifestyle anyway, so.

And so on the opposite spectrum of that. I feel like my social life has been so full for so many years. And last year especially, I went on, I think 18 plus trips last year, which was just wild. Everybody and their mother got married last year in my friend group and we had a billion big birthdays and just all of these trips that we had planned and it was so overwhelming. I felt like my calendar never stopped. I hated it. I am a creature of habit. I like routine for the most part and I like being in my own space. And so that was really difficult for me. So this year when we decided to do this, I'm like, heck yeah. Like I could say, I, sorry, gotta go to bed at 8:30. I'm waking up at 5:00am, can't come, darn it. Like this was yes to be able to say I can't come. And I have to set that boundary for myself to be able to have me time. So I feel like I'm on the opposite spectrum from you.

But I think there's something interesting about the fact that we had such opposite experiences in tackling this. But our experience at the end of the day was fairly similar in that, you know, we didn't feel like we had increased productivity of anything. It just shifted to earlier hours. Or for me it's, yeah, it did shift to earlier hours in terms of self care. But with work productivity, like Megan said, there were days where I found myself having to work later because I didn't get to finish my to do list. And I am more creative at night. So sometimes I would come myself early and allow myself to take a longer break so that I could pick up again in the evening when I knew I would have higher productivity levels when it came to creating content or any of like the more creative stuff that we do.

So oh my gosh, this is Also good. Okay, so here's what I'm. I'm boiling this down to in terms of takeaways. There were some benefits, but ultimately it was not what you expected. Seasonal, depends on the season, depends on the personality. And honestly, I'm also sort of thinking, like, no judgment if you're not the 5am Wake up, like corporate, and everything is designed, like, get there at a certain time, do these things, but do what works for you as much as you can, because we've got so many boundaries and constraints that are just happening in society around us. Find what works for you.

I got so much feedback when I posted about this on Instagram. There were so many people that were like, heck, yeah, 5:00am let's go, baby. And then so many people that were like, I tried this and it was the worst experience in my life. I am not a 5am or so. I really think it does depend on the person. And I also think if you're just looking for a more flexible schedule to try and add some more, if you end up every single day saying there is not enough time in the day to get things done, try waking up a little bit earlier, an hour earlier, and just really trying to micromanage your time and really get diligent about when. When are you doing what activities. And I like how Sam talked about maybe giving herself a little bit more of a break in the middle of the day so that she knew she could go back to work at the end of the day. It gives you the flexibility to be able to kind of parse out your day how you want. And I mean, we obviously have very flexible work schedules. We can kind of. That is a big portion of this. We're not typical nine to fivers, you know? Um, that is a huge aspect of this, obviously, because that's why we're doing this, to be able to have more flexibility in our day and be able to do the things that we want during the day. So I do love that aspect of it, and I think it just. You have to do what works for you. And maybe you wake up at 5am One day, maybe you don't the next day, but just knowing that you have that time to be able to add in a little bit more me time or be able to end your day a little earlier if you have something like coming up is. It's kind of nice to know you can do that. And it. I don't think it would have made me a more successful person. I don't think it's gonna make me a billionaire by Any means. But yeah, I don't know, I. I enjoyed it. I think I will try it this summer. I don't know if it'll be 5am, but I think I'll stick to the 6am club.

So I love it. Sam, final words from you. Are you gonna keep this up? Try it again.

I think that, like I said, it's really dependent on the lifestyle that you're experiencing in the moment. Like for me, when I was commuting in college, this would not have been possible. For me, I had to schedule out like two hours to make sure that I was there a bit early in case the train was delayed or whatever it might be to get to my classes. And if you have an 8:00am, you're out the door by 6. So, like for me, in that period of my life, there would be no judgment that I could not do something like this, you know, but now that I am in a flexible career and I work in social media, it's like I have the opportunity to experience social media trends through my job and not have the time where I'm scrolling constantly to like locate that on personal time, if that makes sense. So there's a lot of flexibility with that. And I feel like now that the sun is out and I just recently like discovered like a total love for Pilates, I'm interested in that. I like waking up and going to a class and so I think that, yeah, and the lifestyle that I'm in now, it works, but it might not always be this way. And I feel like I'm totally okay with just taking it as it comes and not being too strict on myself and not saying, you know, you have to be up at 6am every day. It's just not necessary. Like, I. I have such a good flow with my day and I'm able to just kind of take things as it comes. And yeah, I'm okay with whatever comes. If in the summer I want to wake up one day, then I'll do it. If I don't, I'm going to let myself sleep in and get the rest of my day done when I can.

Oh my gosh. Thank you both so much for sharing about this experiment with us. This was awesome.

Yeah, this is so fun. Thanks for chatting, having us.

Love you both.