A lot of people find it very difficult to wake up early, and they come up with alot of excuses as to why they sleep in... These may sound familiar.
Its unbearably cold in the morning without my blankets covering me in my warm bed
I don't have anything to look forward to when i wake up
I'm way too tired
Its so comterable i cant get up
Excuses .. excuses...
The fact is that when we first open our eyes to awake in the morning we are not 100% concious at first, so we often can't make an accurate and intelligent decision based on the lack of conciousness. Waking up early involves some self-discipline and ofcourse some motivation. Ask yourself these two questions..
What are the benifits of sleeping in? What are the benefits of waking up early?
For me personally, I wake up anywhere between 5am-6am without an alarm clock. I find waking up this early allows more productivity time in the morning and tends to make me feel more refreshed and productive during the day aswell. I certainly enjoy being up before the sun, i may be tired for the first 10 -15 minutes of waking up but once im up and ready to go i feel very refreshed and excited abot what the day will bring and what i can accomplish. My usual routine consist of waking up, grabing a shower then fixing myself a cup of tea and a bite to eat and by this time i feel fully awake, alert and ready to take onthe day ahead of me.
Now.. what you have probably been waiting for. Strategies on how to become an early riser. There are lots of different things you can do to help wake yourself up in the morning but i can't stress it enough that the most important thing to do is want to wake up early and not force yourself into it so to speak. You need to ask yourself why you want to wake up early and find the motivation within yourself to willingly get out of your bed in the morning proudly and confidently! Once you do this several times it will eventually become a routine and waking early will come naturally.
Heres a very good trick i would like to share with you. I bought a small bristol board and marker which i mounted to the wall next to my bed. I wrote on that bristol board reasons that i would like to be up early and i wrote a motivational quote below the reasons so i would see this every morning when my alarm went off, and i would look at these things i wrote down and it would immedietly refresh my mind and remind me of what i am trying to do and why i want to do it. This is an awesome idea because it instantly remind you and snaps you out of that drowzy non caring state of conciousness. Before i took action and decided i really wanted and needed to be up early i was a person who would sleep in until noon or later. Now i wake early and am loving it.
So.. to wake up earlier you must want to be be up early, willingly. Conciously decide how being an early riser will benefit you vs how sleeping in will benefit you. Be motivated to strive for what you want in life - This will make you an early riser.
"You have two choices, either go back to sleep and dream or get up and chase those dreams"
