become an early riser

wakey wakey! i am going to try and change my sleeping habits to get more time in my life and start being at work early.

I think this one may be a good key in starting this.

My intention is to start waking up earlier (5:30???)and exercise. The true intention is to create both as a habit.

My understanding is that those who exercise early tend to make it a truly long term habit.

I plan on setting my alarm for 5:30 (maybe work toward 5 am) for tomorrow and get up and exercise. We’ll see how it works.

“Le jour appartient à ceux qui se lève tôt” (Someone)

Translation: the day belongs to early risers.

Every year I tell my self: This year, I will get up early, go outside, breath the fresh air of the early morning, do some exercise, perhaps jogging come back home, eat breakfast and start the day feeling great.
But I fail every time. I have never been an early riser for more than 4 days. Where can I get this motivation, this determination to be able to keep this rhythm?
To find the answer, I will adopt this routine, and this time, I will not give up. Anyone willing to try it with me? :)

School starts in one week and Iv’e been sleeping to 11, i need to be able to wake up at 6 AM. Every day for the rest of the week i am going to set my alarm 30 min earlier than i did before starting at 8:30. I sure hope it works or else I am going to be REALLY late for school!

I currently get up at 7:30 every morning out of necessity. Would like to make it 6:00 or even 5:30 but I don’t want to pile too much on at once. I’m going to try waking up a minute earlier each day. If this works like I plan I will be getting up at 6:00 in 3 months.

So far, no success. I’ve got up at 11am almost every day.

This is probably because I go to bed late. Ways to improve this:

(a) Go to bed earlier
(b) Improve morning incentive (cup of coffee and cigarette)

It really is true. There is no way to be an early riser if you stay up late at night. I’m up in the morning usually around 6 but definitely before 7. I love it. On the flip side, I’m passing out between 9 and 10 PM! But there’s a different sense of peacefulness and tranquility in the early morning hours that just doesn’t exist until about 4 or 5 AM rolls around. Watching the sun come up has done wonders for my overall perspective. My eyes, ears, nose, all wake with the rising sun as I watch the colors outside change shades, hear the night insects nestle down and morning insects start their days tasks, hear the birds start singing their morning songs, smell the morning dew and then smell it evaporate with the heat of the sunlight. It’s fantastic!

First attempt

7 days consistently getting up at 8am with no exceptions

Going to bed at 11pm

Well, it’s been just about two months now since I set this goal, and my habits have definitely changed.

I’ve been getting up between 6:00 and 7:00 almost every morning. I’ve only slept in beyond that a couple of times. (The latest by far was one morning when my fiancee and I slept in until like 9:00 – we’d stayed up the night before having a Scrabble tournament – I know, we really live on the edge, don’t we?)

I’ve had a few (only a few!) late nights, but by ‘late’ I mean, like, 12:30am, which isn’t that bad. I’ve usually gotten to bed by 11:00, often by 10:30. I still want to be more consistent about getting in bed at 10:15 and waking up at 6:15, my target times. I’ve just been a little more lenient with myself lately because it’s summer. But still, I want to be ready for the onslaught of my fall schedule when it comes!

Only 29 more days until I can call this goal accomplished! And this is definitely a habit that I plan to stick with for good….

I have a habit of sleeping in whenever I can – even when I get to bed reasonably early (9.00). And I feel like I could get so much more done if I start the day off a little earlier. So I’m gonna give it a shot!