Waking Up In The Morning...
By Beruang
@Beruang (1309)
Malaysia
November 18, 2008 5:14am CST
I need to wake up early in the morning and that is about 6am. However, I just can't get myself to go to bed before 12 midnight. i would only feel sleepy after 2am. due to that, I would always find it almost impossible to wake up at 6am. There were only a few times that I managed to get out of the bed but then they were too few to matter.
The only reason I want to wake up at that time is that I could go for a morning jog or walk and by doing it at 6am, I would have ample time to exercise and then get ready to go to work.
I have tried to do a few things. For example, I purposely go to bed at 9pm hoping that I would be sleeping all the way till 6am but i would always woke up around 2am to 4am and then I could never go back to sleep again.
I have tried to force my self to wake up by putting on multiple alarm clocks and that did not work either as i would only wake up to shut off the alarm and then I would be happily sleeping again only to wake later at 8am and the rush like mad to get ready for work.
So, my myLot friends! Do you have any idea or suggestions on how to get me to achieve this task of waking up early in the morning. Any suggestion would be appreciated! Cheers!
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13 responses
@mobhomeir (7558)
• Philippines
18 Nov 08
Yes i have one i hope this could help solve your problem of waking up early in the morning....TRY PUTTING ALL YOU SAID ALARM CLOCKS FEW METERS AWAY FROM YOUR BED, ENOUGH TO HEAR THEM WHEN IT RING. BE SURE ONE OR TWO OF THOSE ALARM CLOCKS WORK OKAY?...Never ever put again those alarm clocks beside you, okay? Good luck friend..
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@rosdimy (3926)
• Malaysia
18 Nov 08
Usually I use the mind control method. The mind is a powerful tool which can help us achieve many things if we trust in it. Here is how it is done.
When you lie down to sleep, close your eyes and relax. Tell yourself that you are going to sleep. Say to yourself that during the sleep period your whole body is recharged. Continue on by saying by 6 a.m, you will wake up full of zest and energy for the new day(or whatever positive things).
You may not succeed the first time you try. Keep on trying and most probably you will start seeing a change.
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@sudiptacallingu (10879)
• India
18 Nov 08
My only suggestion is don’t get up so early at all. Why do you need to jog or walk? Is it because jogging at the park or exercising looks cool, I mean are you doing it just because others are doing it too? Be honest to yourself. If so, then you will never be motivated enough to get up so early. However, if you have genuine reasons then that should be your motivating factor. I go to bed at 12 and wake up at 5am…my motivation is preparing my child from school in time.
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@leicyn (96)
• Philippines
27 Nov 08
I used to be like that before but i decided to change my daily habit. Why don't you try to relax and get out of all the things in your mind. and set your mind to sleep and before you sleep atleast one glass of milk will do. and you will see as time goes by its working. Its hard to live in that kind of routine. Try to set your mind to sleep. We need t o take good care of our immune system by having a good sleep. I know it because i just breakdown my immune because of that.
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@PrettyButterfly (19)
• India
26 Nov 08
Hi Beruang!
If you are not able to wake up early, change your routine. The best timings to go on walk are in the morning before 7:00 am and evening after 6:00 pm. So, instead of trying to wake up at 6:00 am to go on walk or jog, you can shift the walking/jogging time to evening after 6:00 pm if its possible for you to go on walk/jog in the evening. But if you neither have time for jogging/walking in the evening nor get time in the morning, you can do any one of the following:
- If you want to do walking/jogging to lose weight or stay fit, you can replace it with some other exercises like swimming or some sports.
- If you want to do walking/jogging for fresh air or to relax, then you can take out time for 10 - 15 minutes in the morning or evening at any time to go out for walking/jogging.
Pretty Butterfly
@katkat (2378)
• Philippines
19 Nov 08
Well if you only sleep for a couple of hours is not healthy and you should not wake up that early just to have a jog early in the morning. If you want to be fit and healthy it's not helping you as you have only a couple of hours to sleep. You could have a jog around 7 or 8 in the morning if you really want to jog. Afternoon jog is also an option if you can't make it in the morning.
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@qiqiwonder (122)
• China
19 Nov 08
i suggest that you should go to bed at 11pm,because the time 11pm-1am is the best sleeping time of the whole night.i have read a report saying that if you sleep at 12pm for 5 minute it will eaqul to you sleep 5 hours at other time.
at the begining maybe you can't fall asleep but i think after sticking to some time you will form a habit.
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@rajnayar (33)
• India
18 Nov 08
if you are going for a walk to loose your weight or for anyother reasons then that should be always there in your mind .this happened with me also..i used to sleep late in the night. i wanted to loose my weight..so i had decided to go for a walk in the nearby park...whenever i getup early in the morning i felt like sleeping again...but loosing weight was in my mind so i would get up suddenly thinking that....hahh it would seem funny but tht may work on u...
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@ghostie (9)
• Australia
18 Nov 08
I tend to have the same problem, my body is just not programed to fall asleep before 12pm, nor get up so early! Like a previous poster said, you could try, slowly, to alter you sleeping pattern to more 'coventional' time zones. Otherwise, try getting all those morning things done at night, so there isn't the mad rush in the morning? Why not try going for a job/walk earlier in the evening? It might help to tire you out and make it easier to fall alseep.
Anyway, good luck and i hope you sort something out!
@zak_ro_gl (12)
• Romania
18 Nov 08
Well,I have to wake up everyday,expects weekends,at 6 am because school starts at 7 and I have no choice.The thing is I also want to exercise when I wake up but I really can't because I don't have time.So I do that sometime after school when I'm free.I think this tactic works best as because of the exercises I get pretty tired and go to bed at about 11pm and fall asleep pretty fast.So I can wake up at 6 am without any problems.
@roo2605 (40)
•
18 Nov 08
try a hot drink before you go to sleep, or reading - that relaxes you.
In my summer holiday from uni, i was working at a supermarket with WEIRD shifts and my body clock was so confused and i couldn't get to sleep as i kept wondering if i'd set my alarm for the right time and general other worrying about work, but i started drinking horlicks before i went to sleep and reading (even if only read for about 5 minutes) and most nights i got a great night's sleep!
