Man, don't be so harsh to yourself, your circadian rhythm won't change just because you want so :D I spend 1 hour each day in the same way, from 7am to 8am, and

Man, don't be so harsh to yourself, your circadian rhythm won't change just because you want so :D I spend 1 hour each day in the same way, from 7am to 8am, and I bet there are a lot of people doing so. Instead of trying to make each single half an hour "productive" you can just be human and let yourself be adapting to waking up at 5am. If you can't but think it's a waste, avoid needing your analytical brain for something like chess and prepare breakfast for your kids, write poetry to let yourself go and drop into emotions, or dedicate time to some small housekeeping duty. All the time we live is somewhat "wasted", it's just as meaningful as we assign value to it. Don't stress yourself too much, people living in the countryside one hundred years ago used to live by the the sun, and they had so much time to "waste" that you wouldn't think possible, and I don't consider old farmers "lazy people" just because of that.