Comments on: What I Learned Working Like Benjamin Franklin For a Week

By: J. Money

J. Money — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 13:34:40 +0000

In reply to Dave.

I have not but now my interest is piqued!!

Love that you task your students with this, haha…

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 11:30:26 +0000

This was great! I completely agree that being up this early is like being part of a secret club. And I’m right with you about being a little disappointed when the sky starts to brighten. It’s amazing how much more productive I am in the morning compared to any other time in the day. I’m not sure if it’s just that I’m most awake at that point, or that I have so many fewer distractions and so much less interference compared to later in the day.

Have you ever attempted his plan for moral perfection based on the 13 virtues from his autobiography? I have my students attempt it in class each year, and it’s a pretty fascinating exercise. He had his faults for sure, but how consistently he worked to improve himself and the lives of those around him is pretty admirable.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 21:15:38 +0000

In reply to ricky. Haha well, try out the morning routine firs and then see how you feel ;) But I'll take a nice compliment any day - thanks!

By: ricky

ricky — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 15:58:32 +0000

In reply to J. Money. I would like to join the secret club now please, J-money you are a true american influencer and i look up to you I think alot about how i should be more like ben franklin. Love you ricky

By: J. Money

J. Money — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 20:01:56 +0000

In reply to Marii. Waking up one hour before you normally do :) And then making sure to focus this time on YOU or things you love/want to accomplish. The time itself isn't that important, it's the habit of waking up earlier and setting the tone for the day. Otherwise it's just rush-rush-rush as always!

By: Marii

Marii — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 17:36:10 +0000

I’m curious – what would you recommend for people who have shift work? That means some weeks I work from 8am til 4 pm, others 4pm til midnight…

By: J. Money

J. Money — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 18:06:16 +0000

In reply to Sharon.

Agreed! I haven’t been able to sit still long enough to meditate myself (after about 20-30 mins of praying/thinking/reading I get the itch to walk over to the computer now), but I bet it would be pretty amazing to pull off if you can figure out how! I haven’t done so well on the exercising parts either like I thought I would eventually, but that’s next on my list to try and finagle… at least I’m still waking up early! :)

By: J. Money

J. Money — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 18:03:42 +0000

In reply to Eff You Money. Today marked work day #95 in a row waking up around 5am :) Some days I've accidentally slept in, and others I'll wake up around 5:20 instead, but more or less I've kept the morning routine going ever since trying this out. Pretty miraculous for someone who used to sleep in until 11am at one point!

By: J. Money

J. Money — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 18:02:04 +0000

In reply to Danielle.

Haha yeah… I literally have 3 alarms set just to make sure I don’t sleep in :) And I’ll often get up after the 3rd one if I stay up too late the night before! I haven’t been able to get back to sleeping early now that the habits have become “normal.”

By: J. Money

J. Money — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 17:59:18 +0000

In reply to Sharon. Hah! I'll do that on the 1-year anniversary of copying him ;)