6 Jan 2025
Early to bed, early to rise,
Makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
- proverb often attributed to Benjamin Franklin
Obviously this old saying is not literally true. Going to bed early and getting up early does not magically make people healthy, wealthy and wise. However I have noticed that when I get up early, I tend to be more productive in terms of the basic things I do around the house.
I have a hypothesis about this productivity. When I see something that I want to or think I should do, I respond differently depending on whether I am well rested. (Or perhaps it has more to do with the time of day.)