get up when my alarm clock goes off

Getting up earlier would help me in organizing my time and I know it, so I have motivation. What seems to be missing is the knowledge of that motivation at the moment I wake up…

I like the method by Steve Pavlina. The idea is to condition yourself to get up immediately before your brain has time to protest. It worked for me before and I think I need to try it again.

I want to wake up feeling well rested, so I also need to go to bed early enough and listen some relaxing music. I am already experimenting with classical music and I think it helps (usually I listen power metal or fast trance… NOT good for relaxing).

I also try not to do anything too stimulating late in the evening (like playing poker or exercising). This has definitely helped me sleep earlier.

What else could I do? Oh yeah, no tea or coffee for a while.

• Set the alarm to sound after a minute or so.
• Go to bed, turn off the lights, take a good sleeping position.
• When the alarm goes off immediately jump out of the bed, stretch, and walk out of the bedroom.
• Repeat the previous steps 10-20 times. The idea is to bypass your brain by preconditioning.

Your brain may be suggesting you various things about getting up, but with preconditioning you don’t give it a change… you are already out of the bed when the brain wakes up to protest :-)

(if you ever fall back to not getting up immediately simply retrain yourself)

I have done that before and it works. Now I have to do it again…