I am a night owl at heart I’m typically up late sometimes about 11 and I wake up at 3am every day to be at work at 5. I’m not 2 hours from my job but I shower every morning and leave about 3:45 and go by the gas station get a drink and a small breakfast and I’m at work by 4:20, I do this cause I’m not one of those people that can get to work in just enough time to clock in and start working cause then I feel like my whole days rushed. I do it so I have a good 30-35 mins before I go clock in and get ready for the start up meeting I guess that’s kinda my meditation time but it gives me a chance to wake up a bit. Now I’m not up this late every night and sometimes after being up a few nights that late and getting up early my body gets tired so sometimes I’m asleep by 7 or 8. But once my body catches up on sleep I’m usually back to staying up til 10 or 11 again lol. I used to always be up late and get 3-4 hours of sleep and still make it to work but I was a heavy drinker at that time so I never slept. But now that I’ve quit drinking it’s been a lot easier on my body to sleep better and not feel so negative with myself when I wake up. I also have a good job that I’m not necessarily happy to be going to work but the jobs low stress and low BS it’s worth going to work so I’m happy where I’m at. But just having the extra “chill” time to myself before my day gets started tends to put me in good spirits.

Edit: I also do things that are relaxing before bed as well that keep me happy, going fishing is something I love to do so even some days after work (weather permitting) I’ll go fish for a few hours. If you have a pet say a cat or dog, pet them for a while and show affection to them, it’s been proven petting a cat for some time will lower your stress as well as your heart rate and blood pressure and when you have a cat like mine that begs for pets it’s almost impossible not to lol.