go to bed earlier to wake up earlier

I’m doing pretty good with the go to bed earlier part but I’m waking up too early. Last night I went to bed at 10:30pm, read, turned the light off at 11:00, Monti and I snuggled for a few minutes, then I fell asleep. I woke up at 5:00am! The alarm goes off at 6:30. I tossed and turned for 1.5 hours. :( Instead of fighting it, I should just get up and use the time to do something productive. Doh! Maybe next time.

I’ve been cheating and taking Advil PM some nights but I don’t want to use it all the time. I think I will tonight though.

This is a HUGE problem for me & I would like to follow some of your ideas. I too have to get up at 6:30 and I am up until usually about 3am and throw myself all off on the weekends! I stay in a constant slump of tiredness.

Goal:

During the week: 10:30 – 11pm
Friday & Saturday nights: 11:30pm – midnight

During the week: 10:30 – 11pm
Friday & Saturday nights: 11:30pm – midnight

Still struggled to wake up early during the week…probably because I wake up around 4:30-5am and struggle to get back to sleep then when the alarm goes off at 6:30 I don’t want to get up so I snooze for 15 minutes then have to hurry to get ready.

I woke up nice and early this morning to watch the sunrise through my bedroom window. It was nice and bright today but it was ccccccold!

During the week I went to bed around 10pm, read or meditated then turned the light off around 10:30pm. I’m still hitting the snooze button too many times in the morning though.

Friday night went to bed 11pm, read then turned light off at 11:30pm and woke up at 8am. Saturday night went to bed at midnight and woke up all ready to go at 7:30am. It’s strange waking up so early on a Sunday…but I enjoyed it, even though the sun is nowhere to be seen.

My new condo was making a bunch of funky noises last night. The wind had kicked up and it sounded like someone very large was beating on the outside of the 2nd floor bedroom wall last night. I had a hard time getting to sleep, then I had a hard time waking up, then I was 10 minutes late for work. :\

Now that I moved it only takes me 15-20 minutes to get to work. I’m still about a mile into the construction on the freeway but it’s only affecting my commute home. It takes me about 30-35 minutes to get home…the exit ramp is closed going home but the on ramp to go to work is open. Hopefully they get that bridge completed soon.

I want to switch back to 8am-4:30pm at work. I was thinking about starting it in Oct. but maybe I should wait until spring because I’m not doing to good with going to bed early (looks at clock-almost 11pm) and when it starts snowing that will definitely add to my commute time. :\

Well now they really screwed up my commute. They extended the construction on the one expressway, then they started construction right before my exit on the other expressway and on the service drive right right at my exit. GRRRRR! Now I’m definitely going to have to go to bed earlier to get up earlier to make it to work on time.

So the construction on the expressway hasn’t added to my commute time, which is wonderful. I’m still leaving 15 minutes earlier, just in case. So now I get to work earlier…but since my boss isn’t letting me get overtime right now, I sit in my car in the parking lot until it’s about 5 minutes before I start.

Also, I’m back on the anti-anxiety meds which make me really sleepy about 30 minutes after I take them. So I’ve been taking them at about 9:30 then I’m ready to pass out at 10pm.

The orange construction barrells were on the side of the expressway this morning, which means very soonish one lane will be blocked both ways adding to my commute both ways. UGH!

I always have a problem falling asleep Sunday nights. I tend to think too much then. So I cheated and took half of an Advil PM. Those babies are strong though. If I take the recommended two I sleep for 12 hours, if I take one I sleep for 9-10 hours, so half of one lets me fall asleep fast but then I can wake up when the alarm goes off.

I officially changed my time at work to 8:30am – 5:00pm. I’ll stay on that schedule for a few then switch to 8:00am when I know I can get up early enough to get to work on time. One thing that might hinder me is road construction, which will be starting soon. In Michigan we have two seasons, winter and construction. ;)