It’s day 12 of getting up at 6:30am and I’ve realized the following things.
- Unless you go to bed very early you will definitely need a nap at some point in the day.
- Eat properly and regularly, don’t snack on sugar to give you a quick boost. Eat right and don’t let yourself get hungry and low on energy.
- Don’t drink excessive amounts of caffine, you’ll buzz then shortly crash, if you’re tired eat something full of protein for energy and have a coffee or something every 4 hours at the most.
- Splashing cold water on your face really does help.
- Don’t get up and then laze around, sitting on the couch will just make you sleepy. Give yourself daily tasks and keep busy.
- Pick an alarm that’s an upbeat song rather than a repetitive, irritating noise. It makes waking up a lot easier.
- Put your alarm across your room so you need to get out of bed to turn it off, don’t keep it by your bed or under your pillow because you’ll just turn it off and fall back asleep.
- NO SNOOZE BUTTON. Don’t allow yourself to sleep in.
- Common sense. If you’re really tired, DON’T GO TO BED TOO LATE.
Also, if you have trouble sleeping at night I think becoming an early riser really helps you sleep, I fall asleep straight away now when before I would toss for hours. 4 months ago