Waking up at the crack of dawn because it will make you more productive is not a new thing. The likes of Dwayne Johnson and Jeff Bezos claim that their early wake-up time makes them super productive, and people have been jumping on the ‘5am club’ bandwagon for a long time.
But, like many routines designed to aid wellbeing, TikTok has taken this and run with it, and the five-nine routine has become a big, pre-work ordeal. The hashtag #5to9routine has 35 million views on the platform, and some people are really taking it to the extreme, sharing wake-up routines starting at four in the morning.
