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Waking up is a goal, not a task

I have wanted to do a lot of things. I usually use a task app to list these and try to accomplish whatever I can. It took me a while and a lot of reviews (on tasks) to realize that some of those 'tasks' were not really tasks. Some of them were goals. It can't be achieved directly. One of those task was 'waking up at 4'. This was more like a challenge I wanted to try at least for a few days. I couldn't do it, btw. I knew I needed around 6 hours of sleep every night. But I rarely slept before 1am.  And so I added a task to my task list: 'Sleep before 10pm'. Why would I want to wake up that early? - Waking up is 1st accomplishment, motivating to do other tasks - Getting that extra 2 hours for myself - With less distractions, better focus can be achieved - A lot more peaceful - Good time for jogging & workouts - Before getting exhausted of office works, personal works can be done during this time. - Waking up early, in turns, helps to go to sleep early, ...

Waking up is a goal, not a task

I have wanted to do a lot of things. I usually use a task app to list these and try to accomplish whatever I can. It took me a while and a lot of reviews (on tasks) to realize that some of those 'tasks' were not really tasks. Some of them were goals. It can't be achieved directly. One of those task was 'waking up at 4'. This was more like a challenge I wanted to try at least for a few days. I couldn't do it, btw. I knew I needed around 6 hours of sleep every night. But I rarely slept before 1am.  And so I added a task to my task list: 'Sleep before 10pm'. Why would I want to wake up that early? - Waking up is 1st accomplishment, motivating to do other tasks - Getting that extra 2 hours for myself - With less distractions, better focus can be achieved - A lot more peaceful - Good time for jogging & workouts - Before getting exhausted of office works, personal works can be done during this time. - Waking up early, in turns, helps to go to sleep early, ...