The hardest debate you’ll ever win is convincing yourself to get up at 6 a.m.

The argument at that hour runs between two versions of you with completely different priorities, and the one holding the pillow is more persuasive, because it is speaking to you right now while the other is only a memory of a plan. Deciding again every morning guarantees you lose eventually. The reliable way through is to stop holding the debate at all.

Decide the night before and take the decision out of the morning: alarm across the room, clothes ready, first action already chosen. Willpower loses at six. Preparation does not.