I wonder how much of the benefit is specifically from waking up at the specific time 5am, and how much is simply waking up, then using the morning time to be productive in a way that isn't hurried or scheduled.
I don't think it has anything to do with the specific timing but instead that he made it a habit and stuck with it. If he were truly a night owl and made a habit to stay up and work from 10:00 PM - 1:00 AM on personal projects and wake up at 8:00 AM, he would accomplish the same thing.
I agree that my post was more about making it the habit than morning is better than evening. It was just that I struggled to manage private life and work life when hacking in the evening. I might amend the post to make it clearer.
How does your fiancee feel about you going to bed 9-10 most evenings, I'm guessing that's a fair while before she does? Tempted to give this a shot but I'm not sure how that part of it would go down.
She used to get up around 6.30am so this wasn't an issue as she is not a night person. But now, she is an early bird as well, working on some study, and wake up at 5am, so it's definitively not an issue ;)
