Are you? I just can't seem to wake up early no matter how hard I try. No matter what time I sleep, I am still unable to do so. Any tips on waking up earlier? I work at 8:00.. get there at 8:10.. School at 8:30.. get there at 8:15 I mean like getting up around 5:00 Am to get in workouts and additional errands.
I'm not a morning person. I get up early for work but it only takes 1-2 days off to revert back to staying up til 3-4am and sleeping in. I'm also a lot more productive at night. You can put coffee and food in me in the AM and I'm still half the man I am at 9pm. You mention the gym. If I went to the gym at 6am I probably wouldn't be half as productive there as I would be if I went at 6pm. So it'd be pointless. Maybe try setting an alarm for 2am & 5am to try and come off a REM cycle at 5am.
The older I get the more I like waking up early. I love waking up early on a Sunday and going to H-E-B at 8 am with a cup of coffee and do my grocery shopping for the week. I get more done when I wake up early because I start my day in a more productive fashion. I definitely have a harder time on weekdays but my mornings are much better when I wake up earlier and don't have to rush. I bought one of those Sonic Boom alarm clocks and it really helps.
When I get up on time, my alarm goes off at 5:01am and my wife's goes off at 5:03am (that's her cue to push me off the bed). After showering, pooping and driving, I'm at work by 6:15am. What usually happens is my alarm goes off at 5:01am and I sleep for two minutes. Then my wife's goes off at 5:03am and she pushes me off the bed. I get back on the bed and go back to sleep. At around 5:45am I wake up and go "shiiiiiiiiiit" and after showering, pooping and driving, I'm at work around 7:45 or 8 (theoretically meaning I should stay until 5:45pm or 6pm, which doubles or triples my commute time home). A couple years ago I used to be really good about getting up at 4:45am every weekday morning and getting to work at or just before 6:00am even though I had a bit of a drive. Not sure what happened that made me worse at getting up in the morning, but in the wee hours of the morning my struggle is real. On the weekends I usually crash around 11:00pm and wake up around 6:30am because one of my dogs does not think anyone should ever sleep past 6:30am. Sometimes, after letting her out to pee and bark at nothing for 3-5 minutes, I can go back to sleep until 8:30am or 9:00am. Those are glorious mornings. As for going to the gym... if I go it's in the late afternoon or evening.
If you are going to commit to doing something that early, COMMIT to it. You are more than likely staying up late either FaceBooking or watching silly TV shows when you should be sleeping well to have a productive morning. It also seems that you've been "testing" what time you go to sleep. Your body will never get used to sleeping due to the changing sleeping schedules. Set a daily or regular time schedule and stick to it. Your body will adjust to that one and will raise flags and alarms if you disrupt it. Also, use the bed for sleeping only. YES, sleeping only... unless you want to use it for secksy times, but don't eat or watch TV on the bed. He did NOT mention the gym. He mentioned working out, which might be running, at home, or somewhere else, but not necessarily the gym.
You'll have to manually reset your internal clock. I spent a number of years traveling across big time zone gaps (6 hours+) and was constantly having to reset my sleeping habits very quickly. One easy way is to take a day on the weekend and force yourself to stay up for the full 24 hours. IE, instead of going to sleep at your normal time like midnight, stay up all night until a suitable time the next day (like 9pm). At that point you'll be so tired that you should just pass out. From then on, set your alarm for the appropriate time or even a half hour earlier (like 4:30 am). As soon as the alarm goes off, get up and turn on the lights and start your routine. Having the lights on will make it easier to remain conscious. Make the room even brighter than normal to help you stay awake if you're struggling. If the alarm alone isn't enough to wake you up, put some of your lights on auto timers. When the lights are on, your body will believe it's day time and make it easier to wake up and remain conscious. Also, make sure the room isn't too warm. When it's overly warm it makes you sleepy. It doesn't hurt to make the room a bit chilly when you awake to make it easier to get going. If you're exhausted when you awake, that's okay. It's normal. Just get up, hit the shower and get straight into your routine. Then just stick to that new sleep cycle. Do NOT sleep or take naps outside of that schedule no matter how tired you get. Within a few days your body should adjust and you'll be in good shape. On really long trips I used to make a point of NOT sleeping on the flight to make sure that my body was resetting the internal clock. A day or two of jet lag and I was good to go in spite of 6, 10 or 12 hour time shifts. Hope that helps.
Most people who wake up early (that's not me btw, I have the same problem as you do) sleep early. So commit yourself to sleeping at 10 pm every single night. I think within 1 week, if you keep doing that, you'll be able to wake up early.
This! I get up at 4am to be at work by 5am. Been doing it for 10 years now and the key is getting to bed early and sticking to your routine, except for staying up for those dang west coast games.
Have you tried using Sleep Cycle? It did me wonders. It wakes you up when you're in the lightest sleep.
I go to the beach about 30 or 40 minutes before sunrise to go surfing about 4 days a week. For me, it's all about habit. It's easy to get up if know there are are going to be decent waves. But, when I used to get up early to go to the gym, it was easy as long as I did it on a regular basis. But, if I took a couple of weeks off, it was hard to get back into the habit. In my late teens and early twenties, I slept past noon every chance I got.
That's actually how it usually goes down. Or if I can hold it, I wait until I'm at work. That's the best way to do it.
I don't have a problem sleeping or staying asleep, I have a problem being tired the next morning. Doesn't matter how many hours I get, some days are just torture. This is recent, and I am not sure why. Ill try the sleepcycle mentioned ^^. I hope it helps.
I'm a night owl (which some may have noticed when I post something at 3am), but as I get older (and older - that's for you, texxx), it's harder to sleep later to make up for being awake for so long. So I operate on less sleep. Every once in a while, I get in 8 hours, which feels great. So no, I'm not willingly a morning person.
Ditto this. I don't have to arrive at work at a set time. Because of traffic, I go in late and leave late, which encourages "night owl" behavior. Also, my need for sleep has declined over the years. Recently, my wife has demanded I get in the bed sooner so I'm trying to shut it down by midnight. It's been a challenge.
I'n not a morning person, but I can force myself to get out of bed usually by just thinking about what I'm waking up for. That's really been the best way for me.
If you're getting enough hours of sleep, it sounds like you're getting poor sleep. Being properly rested is about more than the hours of sleep, the quality of sleep is just as important. This can be for any number of reasons ranging from having too much lighting in the room, too many external noises, a poor selection of mattress and pillow, sleeping in an uncomfortable position, eating or drinking prior to sleep, being too active too close to sleep time, or various sleep disorders. Assuming you don't have a sleep disorder, you might want to look at this article... http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/sleep-benefits-10/slideshow-sleep-tips You would be amazed how improved your sleep will be if you allow yourself to go to sleep with the proper preparation.
