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For most people, getting up early looks like setting their alarm for 6am. Or maybe for 5:30am. Or, maybe, mayyyyybe for 5am.
But as someone who works the early morning shift here at Mamamia, my alarm goes off at a stark 4:45am in the morning.
The time before the birds have sung. Before the weather had decided what it wants to do for the day. And, certainly before any human who only drinks decaf coffee should arise.
The thing is, I absolutely love it. I love working in the quiet, long before the 'tippy tappy' of acrylic nails on a keyboard have descended on the office floor. And I love getting the hard things done first.
But I also love staying up late. Reading an extra chapter of my page-turning novel, binging just another episode of Love Island, getting in one last chinwag with my girlfriend over a freezing cold sauvignon blanc.
So, I'm here to tell you about sleep. Mainly, how to get it, how to get out of it when your alarm goes off, and how to do so without resenting your life or feeling like you have no fun. As someone who has perfected it over the years.
And don't just take my word for it, I've got sleep expert Olivia Arezzolo on my side to decode sleep for you. Thank me later!
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