What are some ideas on how to become an early riser? Im the absolute worst at getting up early?

Research confirms that having a set schedule, if you can, is one of the best ways to make it easier to get up. It's called having a healthy "circadian rhythm", which sounds like it would have something to do with crickets, but doesn't. URL1 Make sure you're getting enough sleep by going to bed earlier if you need to.

Some people's circadian rhythms are affected by caffeine: I can't have any after about 2 p.m. Or I will wake up in the middle of the night. Others can't fall asleep.

Another tip is to let your body wind down by not exercising too close to bedtime. Depending on the individual, this might be within three hours, or it might be five. To help your body make the adjustment, try taking melatonin for a couple of weeks, and then keep the lights low.

Bright artificial lights throw off your body's clock--your cells think it's earlier in the day, so you don't feel sleepy. Once this winter, my daughter decided we should have a candlelit family night. I returned home from my son's class to find the house unusually dark.

She'd fixed supper and set up a game on a coffee table. The problem was that by the time we'd eaten and cleaned up, everyone one was unusually sleepy! It helped the whole family get back into a more normal schedule after New Years Eve.

Metabolic problems can keep you awake. I was shocked when I started dealing with my own leptin insensitivity disorder, and suddenly started sleeping more deeply, waking refreshed as I had not done for years. There are several other good, practical tips at the Zen Habits link below.

Finally, if you try all these things and your alarm clock still won't wake you, try getting one of these. youtube.com/watch?v=VtimPCnal8o.

1. Fix a small time band of 30-40 minutes like say 9.30 pm to 10.10 pm to go to bed every night. 2.

Have dinner atleast 2-3 hours before that. 3. Have a glass of warm milk just before going to bed.4.

Work out every day in the morning or early evening. 5. Try reading a book preferably something very heavy and serious that can lull you into sleep.6.

Listen to podcasts of people with monotonous voices and you can doze off easily.7. Keep an alarm to get up at the required time. The key is to get to sleep first and then waking will come automatically.

Set your alarm and get up. Do it for a couple weeks and your body will get used to it. Worked for me.

When I travel to the mainland, I tend to have a bad time with jetlag plus at 9am on the east coast it is 3am in Hawaii. I usually go in June or July. I normally to to bed about midnight.

Beginning March 1, I start going to bed at 11:30pm. No excuses. March 15, 11:00pm.

April 1, 10:30. April 15, 10:00. May 1, 9:30.May 15, 9:00. I do the same thing for rising, gradually getting up sooner and sooner.

By the middle of June (after school is out), I am getting up at 5:00am, or 4:30am which is 10:30am on the east coast. Like I said, no excuses. I am often tempted to stay up for some reason, but if I keep to my schedule my plan works.

How to become an early riser: Clearly you'll want to go to bed on time but here are some other tips *The night before, think of some things your excited to do the next day. Write it down and put it somewhere where you'll see it the moment you wake up. You'll be excited to accomplish those things, and that will give you the motivation to get up.

*Do the dirty work the night before. No one wants to wake up to a pile of paper work, or a sink full of dishes. Get it done the night before so that you aren't dreading it the next morning.

*Offer a reward. If you get up early, you'll have time to make yourself your favorite breakfast, take an extra long shower etc. *Exercise in the morning. If you don't regularly exercise it may be hard at first.

Once your body gets used to it, it will help wake you up. It's very refreshing, and it can also be something you look forward to. Plus it gives you time to clear your head before the day starts.

Make it a habit of waking up (on time), showering, dressing, reading the Bible or scripture, and offering a prayer. Make sure the place of study is quiet and private. You need time to introspect and ponder.

Write your thoughts down and dedicate yourself to refining the experience. The experience and practice is so rewarding. Most of the world rises at sunrise for prayer.

Why not enjoy the practice, also.

I get up most days at 5:30 am. I find the easiest way to wake up early is to go to bed a little bit earlier than normal. I'm always tempted to stay up late and watch TV or play on the computer, but then it's harder for me to wake up.

I love getting up early! I never use to. I use to be the guy who slept in until 8:45 and leave myself just enough time to make it to work on time.

Now, I'm up at 5 - 5:30am every day and I love it. Why? Well mainly because I have kids and that's when we play... but I've been getting up longer than I've had kids because it's a really great time to work.To change your sleeping pattern, you need to conform to regularity.

Every day, 7 days a week (yes weekends too), you need to get up at the same time. This will help your body to adjust to the new time and when it does, you'll start feeling better. Don't supplement too heavily with coffee.

If your body is use to getting a caffeine jolt as soon as you get up, not only will you become dependent on the coffee to feel good but your swings of high and low periods throughout the day will amplify. Well... this is what I found anyway... your millage may vary.

Do not take any caffeine during the day, * do not drink any alcohol late at night, * do not eat anything late at night, * no bright lights late at night, * keep your bedroom curtains open to get the maximum amount of light in the morning, * keep the temperature of the bedroom cool, * if necessary, use caffeine first thing in the morning, * try and fall asleep early.

My recommendation would be to try to get in the habit of a consistent time to go to bed, and a consistent time to wake up. A loud alarm that's across the room from you would help as well. You could also try drinking some amount of water before going to bed, so that you'll be forced to get out of bed to go to the bathroom when the alarm gets you up.

I think that there are just some people who are just not morning people. I'm one of them. I've been working at this particular job for about a year now, and still have a hard time getting up at 5:00 a.m.

I even tried putting my alarm clock across the room, so I have to get up to shut it off, then I just crawl back into bed. It doesn't matter what time I go to bed either, I'm always exhausted when my alarm goes off, and then I start cursing my job and wondering why I can't win the lottery so I can just sleep in.

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