– I didn’t know I was as affected as I am, says Ina Eriksen from Larvik. The 21-year-old would like to live by “My 5-am morning routine” and become “That girl”. It dawns on her while she is talking to news. – I have written in my Google calendar that I will get up at 6am every day. It’s about discipline and I have that, she says. Get up at 5 am and smile. The recipes are on TikTok and YouTube. “My 5-am morning routine” videos from influencers all over the world reach their followers in the millions. In one of the videos, a mobile phone rings in a nice apartment somewhere in the USA. It is 5 o’clock when a slim, young woman wraps her feet in a pair of soft slippers and goes to the bathroom. “Good morning, its time to brush my teeth and do my faceroutine”, she says gently to her mobile camera as she looks in the mirror. She makes her bed neatly “to be productive”, lights a scented candle and goes to the kitchen. “Lets grow that positive mindset,” says another as she makes herself a green tea with a hint of caffeine. My 5-am morning routine videos get millions of hits. Photo: Elisabeth Sandve / news It is time to manifest. She writes down today’s goals to become the best version of herself. It is 05.30 and now she has to train. She puts on “a cute workout set”. She does the session at the fitness center with effort. Then she drives home, showers and gets ready for work. That’s often how the videos are. Some are seen by millions. – I can spend many hours staring at such videos on my mobile phone, says Eriksen. Discipline and structure news challenged Eriksen to film herself being “That girl.” See how it went further down in the case. According to researcher Steffen Krüger at the Department of Media and Communication at the University of Oslo, it is about taking hold of one’s own destiny. – We are attracted by what these videos promise. They have a magic formula for getting better, thinner and fitter than before, he says. – Can this be positive? – The influencers themselves will be positive. They want to help others live like them and take control, but at the same time they are also very selfish and promote extremely harsh discipline, says the researcher. Researcher Steffen Krüger at UIO comments on why these videos are so popular. Photo: PRIVAT – Almost impossible to live by It is mainly foreign influencers, especially from the USA, who rule in this market. Monica Nyhus and Therese Lien Andresen are two Norwegian influencers with several thousand followers each on Instagram and TikTok. – I think this is crazy and I don’t think it’s completely real. I don’t think it’s worth living like this for several years, says Nyhus. “Getting up at five o’clock is not a problem in itself, but if you are going to do it all the time, you have to be in bed until 10 p.m. every night,” says Lien Andresen. Monica Nyhus (34) is an influencer and lives in Kristiansand. She cannot imagine living by the 5 am rule. Photo: Elisabeth Sandve / news They themselves believe that they could gain more followers by showing off such a lifestyle. – I think all new things will gain an audience, but it must not be too extreme, says Nyhus. – I think there are many better ways to do this. This joins the ranks of unhealthy role models. It’s not normal, says Lien Andresen (34) firmly. Therese Lien (33) from Moss. She is an influencer and has succeeded in showing her life unfiltered on Instagram. Photo: Geir Ingar Egeland / news – A built-in discipline whip – Each individual must find their balance and take some ownership of such a trend and feel that it gives them mastery, rather than that they are slaves in a self-created hamster wheel. That’s what physical and mental trainer Pia Seeberg says. She finds that young girls are becoming too strict with themselves and are motivated to increase control by these videos. – The problematic thing is that the trend is aimed at young girls who are already good at exercising self-discipline and rather need to be told they can relax and enjoy life, says Seeberg. Fitness and mental trainer Pia Seeberg fears that the 5am trend will put further pressure on young people to be even better at everything. Photo: Screenshot Many are therefore critical of the trend. But back to Ina Eriksen, who has already incorporated some routines that are repeated in the videos that are shared:
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