Why Making Time for Yourself Every Day Is More Generous Than Selfish

Allison Burney
5 min readJan 21, 2019

“If you don’t like your life, don’t be hard on yourself — be hard on your routine.” — Andy Traub

Photo by Julian Hochgesang on Unsplash

I recently re-discovered a book I loved, called The Early to Rise Experience: Learn to Rise Early in 30 Days by Andy Traub.

I was once again re-visiting my desire to wake up early, which triggered my memory of the book that helped start it all for me.

I first learned of Andy Traub through writer Jeff Goins, who talked about him and the massive movement he’s created around waking up early and how it’s changed thousands of people’s lives around the world. When I heard this, I was intrigued. I wanted to know how a book about rising early could be so exciting and enticing that people were actually spending money on it.

As a sucker for anything to do with personal development or self-help, I simply couldn’t resist. When something of that nature is presented to me, I naturally move towards it.

If it has the potential to help me become a better me, I’m in. Plain and simple.

I bought the book after hearing Jeff talk about it a couple of times, and basically never looked back. As soon as I got it in…

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Allison Burney

Writer, ghostwriter & proofreader. On a mission to keep exploring, learning & enjoying this adventure we call life. Work with me: allisonburney.com