That whole "4am CEO routine" trend ignores 90% of people who actually work

I see these influencers posting their morning routines. Wake up at 4, meditate, cold plunge, read for an hour. Great for them. But I was on a job site last week at 6am and the crew had already been there since 5. Nobody is doing breathing exercises when you gotta get a 3000psi machine running by first light. My dad worked two jobs my whole childhood and his routine was coffee and a bologna sandwich. Why does everyone act like success only comes if you wake up before the sun and have a journal? Has anyone else noticed this narrative just leaves out anyone who actually busts their ass?

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stella_scott965d ago

My neighbor's a nurse and she's been at the hospital since 4am for her shift change, but nobody's filming her because she's too busy checking vitals and drawing blood. The whole "wake up at 4 to grind" thing misses that most people are already up at that time because they have to be, not because they chose to. My uncle drove a concrete truck for thirty years and his "morning routine" was pouring black coffee into a thermos and checking his tire pressure. It's like these influencers forgot that half the country clocks in before dawn without a fancy journal or a cold plunge. The real world runs on alarms that don't have a meditation playlist.

the_viola4d ago

My crew is usually on site by 530 and we're slapping paint on walls while those folks are still setting up their ring lights. @stella_scott96 hit it right about your uncle checking tire pressure, because that's exactly what real early mornings look like. I keep a thermos of gas station coffee on my dashboard and spend my first ten minutes making sure nobody forgot to tape off the windows. That whole "wake up at 4 and manifest" stuff falls apart when you're just trying to get a hall bathroom done before the homeowner gets home from work.

wren2304d ago

Oh man, my "CEO routine" is hitting snooze three times before I remember the dog needs to go out and breakfast is whatever granola bar I find in my coat pocket from last week. Guess I'm failing at success forever.