Your struggle is not waking up early. Your struggle is sleeping early.
If you are scrolling and ‘Netflixing’ till late at night, you obviously can’t wake up early or do your morning walk.
And why do you do that late-night scrolling? Because you crave some entertainment in the evening.
So your ‘waking up early’ problem was really a ‘manage your entertainment-craving’ problem.
Always solve for the root cause. And how do you do it?
In this case, see if you can finish work an hour earlier and look for more wholesome/less addictive entertainment options. Trust me — there are many.
Building good habits is not about tormenting yourself — it does not work long-term.
Make habits sustainable and rewarding — those are the only habits you will sustain for decades. And thankfully, most good habits start feeling rewarding after a while.
Often, like escape velocity, you just need to give it that initial push.
– Rajan