How to become a morning person...?

[TyraBanksIsFierce]

My alarm goes off at 6:30, i then snooze till about 7:25 (lol) then skip breakfast and rush in the bathroom till about 7:57. My bus leaves at 8;05 from town (I live really close to town so it doesn't take me long to walk down there.) Promptly miss my bus then catch the public bus which makes me miss all of form class and i get in trouble - I usually manage to get my bus(just) but lately ive been missing it much more often than i used to..

Help?

(its really just the fact that I just can't bring myself to get out of bed )

Whats your morning routine?

[Tokarov]

Mine is

Wake up at 6
Roll out of bad at 630
Shower, eat, get dressed for school, and out the door by 730 exactly. Otherwise, Traffic is a pain!

It's not easy, it all depends on what time I go to bed. Sometimes 9 or 10, or 1 or 2 am lol, but lucky for me, I always seem to make it.

What time do you go to sleep? that might be helpful.

[Zec24]

Well I'm usually up around 6am, but I'll lay around in bed til 6:30. However, I have to be up and dressed and outside by 6:42 so by the time I get up and get going I have a few minutes to change. I go to a military school so my case is different, I don't have a choice in the matter I get up when they tell me to. I guess its a good thing I'm a morning person.

Either change and get ready faster or train yourself to wake up earlier. You can wake up a little earlier each week and get your body to adjust to waking up earlier. It worked for me when I had to be up at 4:45 back when we did summer training and I was in charge. I just had to adjust.

Also, maybe try going to bed earlier (not sure when you go to bed now though)? Try 10:30 bed time if possible. Then you'd be getting enough sleep to be up by 6:30.

[InaRut]

Well...Maybe get the sent of coffee going in your room somehow. My morning (or at least my morning use to..) not start till I smelt some nice Tim Hortens (the Canadian Coffee franchise)

Also, try and plan your sleep appropriately. Maybe go to bed a little earlier? And don't skip out on breakfast. Grab an apple or Granola bar on your way out the door. It'll make your day go by alot smoother...

You can always try an ihome docking system too. They make wicked alarm clocks. Wake up to the music you want to wake up to. Like "I believe in a thing called love" by the Darkness. Instant pumpage and instant good day

[davo-man]

I attempt to get up an hour before I have to leave, although depending on which day it is, this is different each day (ie work on weekends can start at 9 or 10 or 11, depending on the shift...and Uni starts either at 9 or 10). To do this, I use the alarm on my phone that plays Sex Bomb when I need to get up. To make this even more effective, I put my phone on the desk on the far wall opposite my bed. This makes me actually stand, walk/run to my phone, which gets me woken up.

I often skip breakfast (not something I recommend), but I usually don't have time cos I take heaps long to actually get out of my slumber.

Anyway, my advice would be to put your alarm clock as far away from your bed as possible, so that you have to get up to turn it off. Otherwise, you just lay in bed and go back to sleep (which I always used to do)

I like... set my alarm for 5:30-5:45. I wake up anywhere from 5:35-6:15 though XD then I shower until like... 6:35, do my hair until like 6:45 (cowlicks suck D; )and then eat until usually 6:55 and then I come up, brush my teeth, shave, put on deodorant, and finish fixing my hair xD and then leave around 7:15 pick up my carpool and drop off my brother, get to school around 7:45 :x lol. Put books away and ya. Thats my whole morning =] Unless its weekends, I sleep until like... 11-12 =o

[Jard]

I'm up at 6 and out at the door by 6:30. >.>

And I usually hit snooze once too.

[Grof142007]

lets see TV ( my alaram) comes on at 5 i usualy hear it about 6 I will then either shower and go back to bed or roll Over and sleep till 7 then at 7 i get dress drop my bro at school and then go to class =) weekened i work till 12 stay up to *looks at clock 3ish 4ish AM* then i go to bed and wake up about 12pm and repeat

yea i have bad sleep pattern i use to be a morning person (waking up at 6 with no promblems) but even sincei gradauted HS i cant do it anymore unless i have some im looking forwarding to do ( like u cant sleep on christmas even just cause the next day christmas that thing)

Yea that was confusing post hope u understand it is late 3:40am *yawn*

[Vampyrecat]

Alarm goes off at 7
Get up and finish eating before 7:15
Clean room and get dressed before 7:30
Makeup, hair, bag packing/lunch making before 8.
catch bus at 8:10.
I hate early mornings.

[sngl]

There are 2 things that work for me.

I just love waking up to some music I like. I can't always do it, but sometimes, when I can, I set my computer to wake up a few minutes before I have to and I also schedule 1 or 2 songs to start in winamp. It makes waking up so much easier, and I'll probably be in a good mood if the first thing I hear in the morning is my favorite music

Most of the time though, I just set 2 alarms on my phone, let's say one at 6:40 and the other one at 6:45. I wake up to the first one and I know I'll have to get out of bed in 5 minutes, so I stay in my bed and relax but don't fall asleep completely. Then when the next alarm goes off I'm ready to get up.

These might not work for other people though...this is just me

[Red87]

Put the Alarm clock across the room from you so you HAVE to get out of bed to turn it off? It worked for me at one time, now I don't even use an alarm clock anymore, I just wake up naturally when I'm supposed to... its weird, but I don't know how I do it, especially in when waking up late in my occupation has severe penalties.

[ok455]

Go to bed earlier! and get another alarm clock and set one for 6:00 and the other one for 6:30 and see what happens that always works for me

And if you take a nap before going to bed that can cause you to stay up late and have a bad morning. Try to find something to do so you wont have to take a nap in the morning

[bleep]

Originally Posted by davo-man

Anyway, my advice would be to put your alarm clock as far away from your bed as possible, so that you have to get up to turn it off. Otherwise, you just lay in bed and go back to sleep (which I always used to do)

This is my advice too! That's how I manage to wake up every morning. ^_^

Urmm Well this week I did something different. I set my iPhone's alarm on -

6:30
6:45
7:00
7:15
7:30



Just incase i missed one alarm, i have several more to try and wake me up.
Im usually a bit late though, and I am no morning person! I always skip breakfast because I don't have the time to eat and its just annoying =/

It might have something to do with the fact that I usually go to sleep around 11-12 or sometimes even 1. I don't know how it happens, it just does -.- I don't like saying goodbye to someone im speaking to on msn when were having a good conversation over something silly like sleep haha!

But really... I need to change -.-

[Martin]

My mum wakes me up at 7am. I try and use my mind to wish time backwards but fail. I eventually crawl out of bed at around 7:20am but i take my bed duvet with me. I then lie on the couch until 8am trying to wake up. I then go and get ready. I then pack my bag and leave at about 8:50am for college.

Tis like groundhog day.

[TriBi]

Maybe it gets easier with age?...

...or the fact that I used to get out on the bike training at 5.15am (or earlier ) before work...

Hey - I found sanity - don't do the mega training any more (the body is getting old and tired) - but I am now very definitely a morning person. I usually wake well before 6am...and am rarely in bed after that (unless I have had too many nights with not enough sleep - then I might go later).

I get a heap of stuff done in the morning before work - and always have a good healthy breakfast (couldn't exist without it - most important meal of the day).

hehe - embrace the dawn - watch the sun come up...it's luvverly

[interstella]

my mum comes into my room between 6.45 and 7am and i lie in bed for about half an hour, which is not good when i realise that i have half an hour (at the most) to shower, change, eat breakfast, pack my bag, print off my homework and get into the car

i hate mornings.

[trumpetkid23]

Well, I am BY NO MEANS a morning person, but I've managed to find a way that gets me going. First off, try getting in bed a little earlier (which I know is easier said than done). If you don't get those oh-so-precious eight hours a night, then you're going to feel it in the morning. If you routinely don't get enough sleep then you need to get yourself into a pattern of good sleep. It may take awhile before you really notice a difference, but it really does help. Also, be sure not to eat certain things before you go to bed (i.e. things with lots of sugar or caffiene). I always drink a glass of milk before bed and it helps sorta calm me down.

But as far as when you actually have to get up, I have some really stupid, but really effective things that you can do to wake your brain up pretty quickly. My AP English teacher taught us these, and they really work! It's called "Brain Gym" and they're just little exercises that wake you up and make you more alert. Here they are:

"Brain Buttons"
This exercise helps improve blood flow to the brain to "switch on" the entire brain before a lesson begins. The increased blood flow helps improve concentration skills required for reading, writing, etc.

-Put one hand so that there is as wide a space as possible between the thumb and index finger.
-Place your index and thumb into the slight indentations below the collar bone on each side of the sternum. Press lightly in a pulsing manner.
-At the same time put the other hand over the navel area of the stomach. Gently press on these points for about 2 minutes.

"Cross Crawl"
This exercise helps coordinate right and left brain by exercising the information flow between the two hemispheres. It is useful for spelling, writing, listening, reading and comprehension.

-Stand or sit. Put the right hand across the body to the left knee as you raise it, and then do the same thing for the left hand on the right knee just as if you were marching.
Just do this either sitting or standing for about 2 minutes.

"Hook Ups"
This works well for nerves before a test or special event such as making a speech. Any situation which will cause nervousness calls for a few "hook ups" to calm the mind and improve concentration.

-Stand or sit. Cross the right leg over the left at the ankles.
-Take your right wrist and cross it over the left wrist and link up the fingers so that the right wrist is on top.
-Bend the elbows out and gently turn the fingers in towards the body until they rest on the sternum (breast bone) in the center of the chest. Stay in this position.
-Keep the ankles crossed and the wrists crossed and then breathe evenly in this position for a few minutes. You will be noticeably calmer after that time.



You'll look rediculous doing these, but they really help! Also (and this is a bit superficial and...err, gay, lol), giving myself time to do my hair and pick out a decent outfit for school helps me to wake up. Sorry that was so long, but hopefully it'll help you! Oh, and DON'T skip breakfast. That's one of the worst things you could do. And a cup of coffee (in the morning) can't hurt so long as you keep an eye on yourself and make sure you don't get addicted to caffiene. Then you'll never sleep.

[Ak911]

maybe try going to bed eariler. I don't mean hours earlier, but maybe like 30min or so. And try to stay away from caffine type things in the evening so you can have a more restful night of sleep.

[Snowden]

My preferred method for getting up in the morning (which I too find rather difficult) is to make a cup of coffee and keep it in a Thermos by my bed. I'd definitely recommend that, especially if you live somewhere as freezing as I do. The coffee should just about be drinkable even after eight hours. I'd recommend using crappy instant coffee rather than brewed though, because the taste does tend to go.