The Secret to Becoming a Morning Person

For the last six years, Aine Rock has woken up at 5 a.m. every day. She sees it as a way to start her day with a quiet moment before the world bombards her with news updates and client demands and before she has to turn her attention to her 9- and 12-year-old children. “I choose me before anyone else,” the California-based high performance coach and breathwork facilitator says. Though a hard switch at first—Rock admits she was a night owl, committed to late nights and late mornings for most of her life— finally figuring out how to become a morning person has been life-changing, impacting her energy, clarity, mood, and sense of agency over her life for the better.