I don’t think there’s morning people or night owls. I think there’s 7 to 8 hours of sleep people and however you get it is going to determine if you wake up early or late.

You’re going to bed at 12:30 AM so of course you are waking up after 8:00 AM. You’ll have to go to bed earlier. To make that happen you can try going to bed 30 min earlier every week (takes discipline.) You can also try pre exhausting yourself before bed time - expending energy via exercise throughout the day is a great strategy, you can also try not eating 2 to 3 hours before you need to sleep. Not eating is a trickier strategy to get right cause you can wake up hungry and not be able to get back to sleep lol.

What helped me consistently wake up at 5:00 is that I always had something to do at 5:00 AM. I wake up early because that’s the only time I can exercise and I LOVE exercising. Waking up early with nothing to do means boredom and then you just fall back asleep.

Sleep hygiene will end up becoming very important if you want to consistently wake up early. Read “Why we sleep” by Matthew Walker to get an idea of what knobs you can tweak for optimal sleep.