wake up earlier

When I got back from Southeast Asia, I had terrible jet lag. I tried to take advantage of it and be productive. I was only sleeping four hours a day; I was up at 3am. I didn’t feel tired but thought something was wrong. I tried valerian root, coffee, and melatonin in the hopes of getting on a practical schedule. After some intense dreams, drowsy mornings and the shakes (I don’t drink coffee), I’m back at square one.

This is related to my exercise in the morning goal. I woke up early today and completed some exercises so I’m happy with that. Hopefully I can continue my success from today.

Day 1 – 7:25

Day 1 – 7:25 – Had to be in the office by 8:30 so getting up early today a no-brainer.

Day 1 – 8:00
Day 2 – 8:00
Day 3 – 7:31
Day 4 – 7:51

Day 3 – 7:31 – The only good day this week so far! Got up and made fab breakfast. Need to need to need to do this more!! Have been going to bed before 11pm the last couple of nights, so definitely feeling more and more rested. One more sleep til the weekend yesssssssssssss….

Day 1 – 7:35
Day 2 – 7:45
Day 3 – 7:42
Day 4 – 7:53

Day 2 – Was super stressed this morning. I would really like to use this to motivate me out of bed instead to staying curled up for that extra 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 minutes. In that extra 35 minutes I could listen to some music while leisurely making breakfast and drinking my coffee. And maybe read something.

it’s almost midnight so I have to go brush my teeth and then straight to bed. I can do this! night y’all

Even though I get up at a reasonable to time to make it to class, when I set my alarm for earlier in the morning I am too disoriented to get up. I wake up in a panic, confused about what is going on. Then every morning, I shut off the alarm and go back to sleep. I wish there was a way to remember in the morning what I was getting up so early for so I won’t become so disoriented. Anyone have any ideas?

Hi everyone,
I have been trying to get up at 5am but never succeed. And the reason is because the first thing I ask myself when the alarm go off is what am I gonna do when I wake up.. it’s 5am..still dark outside and I haven’t really make a plan what to do when I wake up. Now that I have a plan (exercising,breakfast and reading a book)I will try one more time.. and hopefully will make it. In the other hand If I can’t wake up at 5am my roommate will wake me up at 7am right before he go to work. Good luck to everyone else on this.
PS Excuse my wrong english..

I am so good at sleeping. i can snooze for hours. But i also love the creativity that happens in the mornings when i do manage to get out of bed. So the aim is to get up earlier. I am going to start getting up at 6.30 for one morning a week and cut down snooze time for the others. I like the thought of getting up, doing yoga, having breakfast and then starting to write….....say no to snooze!