wake up happy

I did some research, and these are some things I want to try to help me wake up happy and energetic each morning:

No wine, coffee or chocolate after 7pm
Meditate and/or pray each night before bed
No eating after 8pm
Sleep with the window open
Have a consistent sleep pattern
Drink water in the morning
Stretch in the morning
Deep breathing in the morning
Have something to be excited about each day
Get up right away
Be grateful for being alive
Eat a hearty breakfast

and I really felt excited about the day and glad to be alive. Now if I can just do that before work! :P

Had a couple of good mornings this week. One day I woke up in a fairly agreeable mood and got a lot done that day, even though I didn’t get up at the time I wanted to. Another day this week I woke up just a minute before my alarm went off (I’ve done that before and it baffles me). I was in a good mood that day too and got a lot done again. I guess you just have to have good intentions about it. I have a theory that if you’re unable to bring yourself to do something (quit smoking, ask for a raise, etc.) then it means you don’t really want it yet.

I reordered my goals today in a more logical order with the daily things first, then weekly and other short-term things, then what I want to do in the next year or so, and finally life-long goals. I put this one first because waking up happy is the first thing I have a chance to do every day.

I’m a person who tends to wake up gradually. I set the alarm about an hour before I really want to get up and usually hit the snooze button three or four times at ten minutes a pop.

I suspect waking up happy involves getting a good night’s sleep the night before. I woke up in a decent mood and was fairly energetic this morning. I noticed that my sheets were still tucked in about as tight as when I went to bed, meaning I didn’t toss and turn too much. Now all I have to do is figure out what I did to get such a restful sleep. Anyone have thoughts?