起早牀能讓你成爲成功人士?大綱

Does getting up at the crack of dawn really hold the key to success? I decided to try it and set my alarm for 5am for a week. Here are seven things I learned:

破曉時刻早早起牀就能打開成功之門？我決定實驗一下這個說法，在一週的時間裏都把自己的鬧鐘設在早上5點鐘。我有如下7點體會。

1. You suddenly have time to exercise

突然你有時間鍛鍊了

As someone who always prioritises her social life over her fitness, I’d for a long time told myself I didn’t have time for exercise. It turns out that when you get up four hours before you have to be at work, there’s so much time to fill you’d be silly not to get moving.

作爲一個永遠重視社交、輕視健康狀況的人，長期以來我一直告訴自己我沒時間去鍛鍊。後來我發現，當你在上班時間之前四小時起牀的時候，你獲得了非常充裕的時間，不去動一下就太蠢了。

2. You’ll feel smug

你會覺得有優越感

Exercising in my living room at 6am, whilst not only my flatmates but the majority of people everywhere were still asleep, felt kind of awesome.

早晨6點，當我的室友，以及周圍大多數的人都還在睡夢中時，我已經在起居室裏鍛鍊了，感覺自己棒棒噠！

3. You’re hungrier all day

你一整天都會更加飢餓

One of the nicer parts of getting up earlier was having the time to cook myself nice breakfasts at home. But being awake longer and eating breakfast earlier seemed to mean I was hungrier all day long.

早起的一大好處就是，我有時間在家給自己做一份豐盛的早餐。吃早餐的時間提前了，這就意味着一整天我都感到更加飢餓。

4. You have to cut short your social plans in the evening

你不得不把晚上的社交時間縮短

On an average day when I’d be getting up at my usual time of 7.15am, I’d go to bed around midnight. But if I had to get up at 5am, there was no way I could stay up that late.

平時我一般7點15起牀，12點左右開始睡覺。但是如果我5點起牀，就不可能熬夜到那個時間了。

5. You’ll look better

你的狀態更好

I spent my mornings curling my hair, painting my nails and doing smokey eye makeup and was a little overwhelmed by the lovely comments on my “glowing complexion” and “glorious hair.” My poor colleagues have had to go back to my regular look now.

我用早上的時間做髮型，擦指甲油，畫煙燻妝，大家對我“透亮的膚色”，“靚麗的指甲”讚不絕口，這些讚美讓我非常精細。我可憐的同事們現在都回到我平時的樣子了。

6. You hit a wall

你有點力不從心

On the first couple of days of my week as an early-riser, I didn’t even feel tired.

在早起這一週的頭幾天，我根本沒覺得累。

And as the week wore on, the novelty wore off. By day five, I did not want to get up and was feeling really tired. When my friend cancelled our dinner plans for that evening, I was secretly thrilled that I could go home and go to bed. Which is most unlike me. The week felt so long.

隨着時間一天天過去，新鮮感逐漸消退，到第五天的時候，我完全不想起牀，感到疲憊極了。我的朋友取消了我們的晚餐之約，對此我暗中十分興慶，想着我可以回家睡覺了。這太不像平時的我了。

7. You’ll be more efficient at work

你工作起來更有效率

Incredibly, I actually achieved more at work than usual and was surprisingly productive. I genuinely felt energised throughout most of the working day all week long. I was more focussed too.

難以置信的是，我能夠比平時完成更多的工作，效率也出乎意料的高。在這一週中，我真切的感覺到自己幾乎一整天都能量滿滿。我的注意力也更集中了。

Perhaps being productive first thing in the morning before you get to work does in fact make you more productive for the rest of the day.

在早晨一天的工作開始之前就讓自己保持高效率，或許這樣確實能讓你一整天都效率更高。