Some ups and downs during the last days. I woke up twice after 11:00 am. But the other days, I woke up before 7 am with the earliest being 6:15.
I am struggling with this goal, but I’m hoping to eventually find the right number of hours of sleep I need to feel rested and energetic the next morning. 4 months ago

Though haven’t been updating 43things, I’ve been doing okish. Been getting up daily at 6-6:15ish around and going for a jog with Taekwondo classes on monday tuesday. Recently I could again feel that wonder and curiosity about early mornings, and the temptation to start the day a little bit early. A few hiccups aside, it’s been going nicely.
Target for tomorrow is 5am jog. 4 months ago

I really have to decide if I want to be a night owl or an early riser. Went to bed around 3 am… Didn’t emerge from sleep until after 1pm :( 4 months ago

Woke up at 8:25. It’s better than my usual wake-up time. 4 months ago

I feel like I’ve conquered this goal. I no longer want to sleep in, my alarm goes off every day and I spring out of bed and get on with my day. Before, I would just sleep all day and not care about the time I was wasting but I want to be productive now, I want to make the most of my day. I think I can now say that I’m an early riser :) 4 months ago

Recently I’ve started waking up naturally at around 5am so hopefully soon I won’t need the alarm and my body will just naturally wake up at 6:30am. 4 months ago

Woke up around 5:15 am, before the alarm went off. The night before I went to bed after 2, so I crashed around noon.
Will have to go to bed early (midnight to the latest) from now on. 4 months ago

Day – 14.

Still going well, I haven’t messed up yet! :) 4 months ago

Went to bed around midnight.
Woke up at 6:12 before the alarm went off (yay) butI had to take a nap around 1 pm. 4 months ago

Realized this – Too much tension (in my case from the job), can cause you sleep late and hence wake late. As you learn to take care of that, everything else falls in place. 4 months ago

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

Went to bed after 2:00 am
Emerged from sleep around noon
Fail 4 months ago

I got up easily but I’m feeling a little down today, I kinda just want to go back to bed and not do anything :( 4 months ago

Went to bed yesterday around 12:30
Alarm went off at 6:00
Stayed in bed for about 30 minutes. For motivation, I read on my cellphone articles on the benefit of being an early riser.
Took a shower at 6:50

Good start. 4 months ago

Really struggling to stay awake today.. I could have done with a few extra hours of sleep. I really need to start going to sleep at around 10pm or at least no later than 11pm, I really need rest :( 4 months ago

First disappointing day as I could not wake up with the alarm. Has earlier set the alarm at 5am, could not wake up then, but did not re-set the alarm. This is a warning sign.

So woke up at 6am, and now ready to face the world :) 4 months ago

Woke up easier than yesterday because I got a lot more sleep. I think it’s going well but I still don’t think that I can call myself an “early riser” even though I have no trouble getting up when my alarm goes off, there’s still that feeling of “Omg, I wish I could just roll over and go back to bed” and I want to be able to wake up and feel ready to face my day, not that I need more sleep so I think I’m gonna have to start going to bed earlier. 4 months ago

Woke up at 6am. Taekwondo class stands cancelled, so just enjoying lazing at room. 4 months ago

Getting up was hard today, I felt so tired.. I wanna go back to bed 4 months ago

Set up alarm at 5:45am. Woke up and snoozed it for 6am. Got up, and got ready to rush to the Taekwondo class from 6:30. Back at 8:30, took bath and a hot glass of milk :).
Now cozing in a quilt. To office in another half hours. Good times ;) 4 months ago

Last night being a casual working day, slept on time at 10:15pm. Set the alarm at 5am for today. Woke up at 5am today, but was feeling need of more sleep. First thought of going for a jog and coming back to sleep, later though against it. Thought it’s better to improve the habit in incremental fashion and hence re-set the alarm for 6am. Right now, it feels like the right decision, so I don’t get demotivated in future.

So Woke up at 6am, took a bath and went for a brisk walk/jogging. Good experience, going back to sleep again :) 4 months ago

Woke up at 7:20am. Ye you can Boo-hoo me. Aiming for 5am tomorrow :) 4 months ago

I’ve been planning to be a strict 5am riser for long time now, but it always slogs to 6-7 am. I know this is justified because I sleep late, by 11pm, but I can cut back on that time and rather invest it in the morning.
This looks simple, but is frankly a big commitment which requires a lot of dedication (against odds, if I may say!). Hope I can get into this beautiful habit in next 1 month. So hope by 4 Feb 2013, I’m am seeing this entry at 5 in the morning and being proud of myself :)

Oh, and there’ll be daily entries. 4 months ago