Tell me about life as an early riser

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After rashly encouraging DD's enjoyment of swimming, we've got to the point where I need to get up at 5am three times a week to take her to training. I'm wondering whether to try and make it my usual waking time so it's less painful, use the extra 1-2 hours to go for a walk, clean the bathroom, do archery practice or something. I'd love to hear about other people's experience of being a very early riser - how you use the time, how you adjusted (or if you didn't adjust) and how it impacted time with family members in the evenings. My usual waking time is 7am, and I'm ok with 6am, but anything earlier tends to leave me feeling sick all day. I'm happy getting up early in theory, but I would like to see DH occasionally (not an early riser) and I'm thinking 5am starts might simply be incompatible with the odd evening glass of wine. Thanks for any thoughts!

I just wouldn’t physically be able to get up at 4.10am. Or function! My DP often goes to bed at 9pm, but even if I’m actually tired I would lie there awake until past 11pm. I’m a terrible sleeper, I’ve times so many things. I cannot get to sleep in under 2 hours.

Even when my dc would wake at 5am every day, I could go to sleep early. I’m doomed!

Yes, I live in a detached house. When I used to live in a flat I often had to get up around 4 for flights, but crept around so as not to disturb neighbours. I wouldn’t have put on the washing machine or been noisy at that time. It’s not fair.