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In March, a viral video showed a man named Ashton Hall performing a morning routine that involved mouth tape, an ice bath filled with bottled Saratoga water and a banana peel facial. The start time to Hall’s eyebrow-raising regimen? 3:55 a.m.
In recent years, the 4 a.m. wake-up has been the domain of world-striding executives and businesspeople, but now, all sorts of folks are getting in on the action, writes Sam Schube, the newest reporter on WSJ’s Style News desk. In honor of his first piece at the Journal, we asked Sam a few questions to help readers get to know him better.
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What did reporting on extreme wake-up routines teach you about the productivity-minded set?
That getting a good start in the morning is less about when you wake up and more about how efficiently you do it—for some folks, waking up at 4:30a.m. is just the cleanest way to remove the obstacles that slow us down as we start the day.
This is your first piece at WSJ. What kinds of stories should readers expect from you?
I'm particularly interested in people and ideas who sit at the intersection of my favorite subjects: men's style, pop culture, business and sports.
What time do you typically wake up?
I'm usually up around 7:15, unless I'm trying to exercise—in which case I'm...probably also up around 7:15.
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