what is the earliest you have regularly had to get up for in your life?

[Spinneret]

for me not too early 07.30am

 

[Kooks and Bay Bay]

6:30am.
I have vasovagal syncope that is made worse by getting right out of bed and starting the day which means I have to build in a solid 30 minutes to be awake but not up and moving which does make me more stressed that I'm being "lazy".

 

[antmaril]

5:30 a.m.

 

[bwr827]

Having kids made me a morning person. Trouble sleeping at night made me follow a common tip and set a consistent schedule regardless of workday or weekend.

6:15am alarm every day, 365. Many days I don’t actually sleep that long, so 6:15 feels like sleeping in.

The positive is I love my quiet morning coffee with no one else awake.

And on Disney trips I’m ready to manage Genie etc and rope drop, no problem.

 

[hertamaniac]

6:15 AM for about 10 years. The one hour commute each way mandated we were on the road by 7 AM. I am so thankful those days are long gone.

 

[nursejackie]

I start work at 7.30am (as a nurse) so get up at 6.30am as I live close by. Been doing that since 2012. Before that it was 7am starts so up at 6am for years. Roll on retirement

 

[TippyThomas]

Back in the day we got up around 5am to start the work around the farm. That was pretty much the norm for years and years. I now just wake up when I want and really don't have a set schedule. I can't remember the last time I set an alarm to be honest. It's been a pretty long time.

 

[nene0182]

When I had a kid at home and worked in the office I woke up at 4:45-5am. Now my alarm is set for 6:30 but I’m usually up before that.

 

[Meriweather]

Have to get up?
Just early enough to get kids to school.....but that was years ago.
But now I do get up earlier than ever before in my life. I have an internal alarm that just won't let me stay asleep. So in retirement I am up every day by 4:15 am

 

[WDWEPCOT]

4:14 AM did it for years -went to bed most night at midnight - twice a year 2:30 AM to be at work by 4AM - that would be for two days twice a year fir a special event and they were full days ! Ugh hated those
Now it’s 5:35 AM I feel like I’m sleeping in

 

[E&Cmom]

I wake up at 5:15AM when I work my day shifts ( I start at 7 AM).

 

[tvguy]

Last 13 years before I retired, up at 2 am to be at work at 3 am. Previous 25 years, I worked 11 pm to 7 am so the 3 am shift was SLEEPING IN for me. Pandemic I worked from home, got up at 2:50 am, got dressed and logged on at 3 am.

 

[leebee]

I worked in Bar Harbor for almost three years, meaning I had to leave the house by 5:30 to be to work on time. That meant getting up by 4:45am. I'll tell ya... when that grant didn't get renewed and my job no longer existed, I wasn't terribly heartbroken.