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The benefits of waking up early has been questioned in the recent past, with some asking
if there are scientific benefits to getting up too early. A lot of practical advice for "hacking" your life so that you can wake up earlier is based on the very basic idea that the corporate 9-to-5 world is based on a morning-heavy schedule. Poor sleep wouldn't be helpful for productivity in the modern world.
The benefits of getting up early include;
1. Reduction of the risk of sleep inertia:
Sleep inertia is that groggy, cotton-wool feeling that we encounter when we're dragged out of sleep by artificial means, like alarm clocks. What you suspect is actually true: you really aren't fully awake yet.
The risk with sleep inertia is that you can actually hurt yourself quite badly by being part-conscious, or at the very least forget to complete basic chores of or your socks or something else vital as you bolt out the door.
2. Proactivity at all hours of the day:
One of the proponents of waking up early is proactivity in the morning hours.
Proactivity means you're more likely to actively create your own situations and circumstances, rather than sitting passively and waiting for things to happen to you.
3. Getting up early reduces the risk of depression:
It has been proven that morning people are less likely to be vulnerable to certain mental health risks. Those who stayed up more late and had little sleep were more susceptible to mental health disorders. It was reported that their brains had less white matter.
4. Your college grades will be better:
In one of the most famous studies on morning people versus night owls, a 2008 study by Texas University found that naturally getting out of bed early is a recipe for better grades in college. The experiment involved 824 undergraduates who were asked about their sleeping habits and then had their GPAs assessed. The result? College kids who get up early average a full GPA point higher than their late-partying counterparts: 3.5, as opposed to 2.5.
Of course, it may be a chicken-or-the-egg problem (which comes first, the high grades or the early rising?), but it's also got clear effects for later success. A good GPA means a good job, and higher earning potential — and that means you're more likely to be healthy.