Anyone notice the resurgence of insignificantthoughts.com lately? Sure you have. 5-10 posts a day. Every day.

It’s utterly amazing. How am I doing it? Every day I get up at 6 am and write. I post all the links I collected, stories I want to write about, etc. This is my little way of squeezing in time to write and not interfering with the rest of my life. Well, it appears another productivity guru has come to the same conclusion…

It starts out innocently enough; a crisis happens that pulls us from our priorities and we have to make time up after work. Before we know it, we begin to stay after hours more and more. Pretty soon, out of sheer habit, it becomes part of our regular routine. We begin to count on those extra hours. As a result, the hours earlier in the day begin to lose their importance because, after all, we can always catch up after work, so we don’t hustle — we don’t feel that sense of urgency that drives us forward.

The cure for this is simple. Stop working late and put that sense of urgency back to the early hours of the day where it belongs. Jim Citrin, best selling author and careers expert, surveyed 20 CEOs and found that they placed extreme importance , not on the hours at the end of the day, but upon those at the start.

It really works. I get my writing done, and then I can go about the rest of my day and there’s never anything being pushed off or put aside. Magic, I tell you. Pure magic.

Give it a try. If you find yourself “cramming” stuff into your day, try rising with the Roosters. You’ll be surprised how easy it is to get used to. I had trouble the first few days, but now I almost naturally get up at that time and if I do wakeup later, I’m more refreshed, alert, and seriously less tired.

Sometimes the obvious solutions are the ones we check last…

Open Loops via Lifehacker

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As a bonus…

Don’t miss Bert’s tips for what to actually do with that time (in case you don’t already have a plan).

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