Well everyone, I’ve decided to become a morning person. This is literally the most annoying decision I’ve ever made.
Why I’m Going to Become a Morning Person
I hate waking up early. Especially to an alarm clock. Because morning’s are the worst. I’m sleepy, grumpy, and all the other negative dwarves (dwarf’s? My spell checker says I’m wrong). Definitely not happy.
But there’s this…thought gnawing at me. It says “Remember that time you used to jog three mornings a week before work?” and I nod, grudgingly.
And then I hear another thought. “Remember how you survived and you actually didn’t hate getting up so early with a passion, only with annoyance, after a few months?”
No. I don’t remember that part. But the thought thinks I didn’t hate it so much by the end there.
Something’s got to change
Maybe I don’t have to go jogging in the wee hours but I’ve got to at least get on a different schedule. I’m pretty tired most of the time, and I’m dragging myself through the day.
Sure, the super-cold weather has a bit to do with it, but I think it’s more to do with getting into a rut. Giving in to bad habits and becoming lazier and lazier.
So now I have to combat the snoozies and the lazies with some “Rise Up And Shine” action. No matter how grumpy I am at first.
(Watch out co-workers, this is not going to be pretty.)
Wanting to do this right I Googled around a bit for some good tips for magically transforming into a morning person
Unfortunately, all I found were pretty silly ideas like “do your hair the night before” and “give yourself a pep talk.”
Um…
My favourite suggestion was “set an alarm clock.”
Perhaps someone out there has a real suggestion? My husband says “just get up,” which I guess is the essence of what I’m trying to do…but I’d like the answer to be a little more sugar coated and, well, easier.
Posts about actually becoming a morning person
- Why I Got Up At 4:30 a.m. for 21 Damn Early Days
- Health Tips for Writers
- Four Ways to Outsmart Daylight Saving Time
- How to Trick Yourself into Becoming a Morning Person
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9 Responses
Have a kid… I don’t remember the last time I slept later than 6:30 🙂
Can you set your coffee pot to come on as an alarm? Waking up to the smell of coffee totally makes it easier to get out of bed for me
Oh – I know exactly how to turn you into a morning person. If you are able to do it I think I can promise you it will work. However, this is coming from a person who doesn’t do this…
Go to bed a heck of a lot earlier! I think the reason many of us aren’t morning people is because we’re too tired in the morning. And this is mostly from staying up late & getting up early. If you went to bed earlier, I would bet you’d feel a lot better in the morning.
Having said that, I never seem to be in bed before midnight and generally drag myself out of bed to take over with the kids as Mark is walking out the door.
But we do have a couple sets of friends who generally get to bed by 9:30 – and both sets are morning people.
I’ve found having an evening routine to wind down and a morning routine to wake up really helps me. Stretching (http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/5-great-good-morning-stretches-1156946.html) is a nice “treat” to wake up to…and you can do it with your eyes still closed on really bad mornings. 🙂
What time do you go to bed? It will be much easier if you’re going to bed at a decent time, obviously… like by 10:30 at the latest in my experience.
Also, I find I’m more awake if I get up and open up all the curtains right away, but I guess it’s not summer there, so there might not be much sunshine right now if you do that! haha… but it’s good in the summer!