There are many reasons to start the day early, but if you’re not a morning person then becoming an early riser will be one of the hardest, and, most rewarding routines you will put into place.

Here are at least five good reasons to consider why you would change your life completely!

1. Early risers are more proactive and future-focused.  According to Harvard biologist Christoph Randler – people who rise early are more likely to set long-term goals and commit to those goals.
2. Early risers are more likely to have an exercise routine, which boosts mood and energy for the rest of the day.
3. Sleep experts agree that going to bed earlier and rising earlier will tune your body to the earth’s circadian rhythms meaning sleep will be more restorative.
4. Early risers report higher levels of overall happiness and wellbeing.
5. Rising early means you will have time for breakfast.  Eating breakfast has been linked to more stable weight control, lowered heart disease, and reduced risk of diabetes.

And if that’s not enough, here are 5 more reasons to become a morning person

1. The morning brings a beauty that is different from any other part of the day – there is a reason that birds sing in the morning.
2. Rising early means you will be more tired earlier at night which will encourage you to go to bed instead of watching mind-numbing television programs just to ‘fill in time’ before you go to bed.
3. Getting up early will give you space from other people in your world – you can decide how you spend this time just for you without the demands of others.
4. Taking this early time to sit in silence (meditation) gives your day a whole new perspective. Instead of getting out of bed anxious about the demands of the day you can start your day with perspective – mileage you can draw on throughout the rest of the day.
5. If you get up just 1hr earlier every day you will gain 15days in a year! What could you do with 15 more days? – everything you love to do, that’s what!!!!!

Start small, set that alarm for 15mins earlier, and then gradually build up to 1hr.  When you hear that little voice say “I don’t want to get out of bed” know that that is just a habit.  Ask yourself “is it easy to do? To put your feet on the floor?” Yes, it is. 
Is it easy not to do – too right it is.  But when you win the debate and do it because it is easy, it will continue to become easier and easier and you will have become a ‘winner’ in the battle of the mindsets.  Once you win that battle, others throughout the day will be a piece of cake.