wake up when my alarm clock goes off

not exactly when my alarm went off, but about 15 minutes after :) so awesome!

this morning i got OUT OF BED at 4:45. amazing! i went to sleep at about 1am. i’m surprised i got up. hopefully i go to bed early tonight and get up early again tomorrow.

someone mentioned a technique Steve Pavlina mentioned in his article regarding how to get up when your alarm clock goes off (http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/04/how-to-get-up-right-away-when-your-alarm-goes-off/). he says that we’ve created a habit when our alarm clock goes off, and that in order to achieve this goal – we have to change our habit. he says to actually practice getting up when your alarm goes off.

i thought it was kind of silly, but now i realize that my habit is automatically pressing the snooze button as soon as i hear that noise. i don’t even think twice about it, i just hit snooze….again and again and again, until i HAVE to get up. so, i’m going to try out his suggestion over the weekend. i really have nothing to lose, and i really want to change this habit of mine.

PROGRESS!!!!! it’s about fucking time!

set my alarmS for 5:30, got up pressed snooze but actually thought to myself ‘this isn’t what i want to do. this isn’t what i want to do.’ i fell in and out of sleep till 6:00 & finally listened to myself and woke up!!! YESSSSSSS

i did a workout video at home then got ready for work :) i already feel fantastic! my arms are all wobbly from the workout, and i’ve drank about 40oz of water already.

PROGRESS. fuck yeah!

tomorrow my goal is to get up at 5:30 and GO to the gym.

i’m so happy!

this goal is kicking my ass. i don’t understand what is wrong with me. why do i loathe getting up these days? i know i’m getting enough sleep. i’m trying to change my morning routine. maybe i’m just scared of doing that. i dunno. what i’d really like to do is get to the gym by 5:30 and do a class then run a few miles, sit in the steam room, shower, get ready and head to work and get there 30 min early (8:30). i’ve done this before and when i do, damn i feel good. so, why is it i’m standing in the way of that amazing feeling?

last night, as i was setting my two alarms, i told myself that i just had to get up, i didn’t care how tired i was and that i COULD do it and i’d feel so much better. but, again…i just got up and turned both alarm clocks off.

i’m pising myself off :)

well, i did end up moving my alarm clock to my kitchen. i live in a studio, so it’s really just across the room. i set that alarm for 5:30 then set my cell alarm for 5:50. do you know what i did for two hours? pressed snooze on both and got out of bed every 10 minutes to turn the damn thing off. WTF. i ended up being more sleepy than i was when i first turned it off at 5:30.

well, tomorrow is a new day & hopefully i’ve learned my lesson from this morning.

ROUND 2 – 2/6 – 5:30am

tomorrow will be day 1 for me. i’m going to set my alarm in my kitchen, so i have to physically get out of bed to turn it off. i’m going to the gym tonight, so i should be ready to go to sleep early.

2/5 5:30am

i set my alarm for 5am, woke up, turned it off but actually felt rested! AWESOME. i did stay in bed, AWAKE, till 5:29 :)

i went to bed a bit earlier than usual last night, i’m sure that helped.