this is going better, but I’m still tired throughout the day,
I need to find more energy!
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Karrieon is ready to start living!
I have been getting up earlier for over six weeks now. So I am moving this to the accomplished category. It was easier this week because (thanks to the time change) it is sunny when I get up in the morning. The combination of having a warm house, sun shining on me and warm coffee waiting for me has really helped. I used to get up around 8:25 and now I have moved it back to 8:10. I would love to see that pushed back to 8:00 some time. But I would need to find a way to fill that free time with something more motivating than sleep. For now though, this goal is accomplished!
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I’m having to commute to London now for work, it’s not forever, but it does mean getting up before 7 every day in order to get the train.
I must be getting used to it though cause I’m getting up earlier at weekends too
I “got up earlier” the past two days, but I only slept for 7 hours maximum… so now I feel like I have too little energy. I have to make sure that I can sleep (at least)8 hours… Other than that, I’m doing fine on this goal :)
I got up at 6.45 today! I didn’t linger in bed, I got immediately out of it! That’s really an improvement :)
I got up at 6.30 and was almost too late for my bus :s
I’m not sure yet wether I’m going to sleep till 7 or 8 tomorrow morning… I definitely shoudn’t get up after 8, still have homework to do. Luckily classes start at 11am tomorrow.
I didn’t get up at 7
it was 9 this morning
but the sun is shining, that makes it a bit better :)
tomorrow I have to be up at 6 am because it’s an early schoolday
Karrieon is ready to start living!
I’ve made it to the four week mark. This week was a little more difficult and I found myself pushing back the time I get up by five minutes. But next week I will remain firm. I’ve got the heat to go on earlier, so it’s nice and warm when I get up. And I have figured out how to set my automatic coffee pot, so something warm is waiting for me!
I’ve always found getting up in the morning so so difficult. No matter how much sleep I have I tend to snooze and never have enough time to get ready in the morning. I end up going to work in a bit of a mess with half the stuff I should have taken forgotten – not good! I really think for me it is just a habit, so from tomorrow I am going to try to force myself out of that bed a bit earlier!






