Early to Bed, Early to Rise

“Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” Benjamin Franklin

“It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.” Aristotle

For some reason, both of the above quotes have been cycling through my head this evening. I’m not sure what reminded me of them, but as I have mentioned before, I tend to practice the habit of both rising early (around 4 a.m.), and going to bed early (by 9:30 p.m.).

Do those habits make me healthy, wealthy, and wise? That’s debatable. I do know that my mental performance seems to be increased when I go to bed early, and get up early. I also tend to feel better on those days than on days when I sleep in, or stay up late. However, I’m not 100% convinced that it’s not all in my head (ie, I’m convinced early to bed, early to rise is better, therefore I perform better when I follow those maxims).

Regardless, for me, it works. And it tends to be even better when I both avoid electronics for the first hour that I’m awake in the morning, and the last hour I’m awake in the evening. Therefore, it’s time to end my post for today. 🙂

Side thought for today: I may need to switch blogging platforms soon. I would like to be able to post snippets of code, and I’m not happy with the formatting options available in WordPress.I’m currently considering Hugo, or possibly using Wiki.js to create a wiki/blog/everything website. So if anyone has a good suggestion, let me know!

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