How do you win the battle of the Bed?

I invest a lot of my time sleeping too and I have just the same struggle. I get annoyed at myself. There was a time when I could get up early but I don't know, I just lost that again. It felt good though waking up in the morning, going outside, your feet getting moist from the morning dew on the grass as you are walking on it, the feel of the damp cold air. The early rays of the sun are a sight to behold too. I've seen, felt, smelled what early morning is and it felt nice. Wish I could do that again.

I don't know how large of a person you are, or how heavy your mattress is, but if you have a room mate that's willing to make sure that you are awake by any means at the time you want to be awake by ... here's something I had suggested in a chatroom. The lady mentioned that she always has trouble getting her husband out of bed to make sure he was up in time to get ready & head to work. I suggested to her that she lift up one side of the mattress & dump him out of the bed to let the floor rudely wake him up. She mentioned that he & the mattress was too heavy. So I suggested that she climb onto the bed, sit down, & use her feet to push him out of the bed & let the floor rudely wake him up. Then through her member name, she said back, "Will you stop giving my wife bad ideas! You're a bad influence on wives." Apparently he chose to chat through her account instead of turning on his computer to log in. Anyway, he mentioned that she was laughing too hard to type right now, but he had to head out to work, & that she'll be back when she could stop laughing long enough to type. Well, when you sleep, do you watch out for the edge of the bed?

your title implied something else.i tend to be lazy in my parents home getting up around 10.i live with my in-laws,hubby and kids(custom of our country).my in-laws would frown upon me if i get up late ,so i am forced to get up early,which i cannot if i dont go to bed in time.as you said ,it does have its advantages........

just get up and smile at the day. But when you work weird hours then you just sleep weird hours. I never could lie in bed after awake like to day I got up at 3.30 am and I wont get to bed till 8 ,9, or 10 then I am up early again.

i have never been a good sleeper so i don't usually go to bed till late & am usually up fairly early.

I have the same problem at times. But StevePavlina.com has an article that tackles this body clock issue that helps me when I need to rise early.

Well with me I have kids so right there is how I win. I go to bed anywhere between 1 to 2 normally and get up by 6:30. I hate sleeping there is so much to do and so much I want to do that it just seems a waste of time. However I know that I need at least 6 hours to be productive. So I have been trying to go to sleep a little earlier every night.

I have to get out of bed early because my daughter has to go to school.

I have struggled with the same problem. But lately I get out of bed early in the morning. Put on some up beat music and jump in the shower. This seems to help wake me up and get me going.

Oh! I got the wrong idea about this discussion, I thought it was to do with how we got on with our partner in bed! Not that I have a girlfriend or wife at the mo!. My biggest struggle is getting off the internet, to prepare for bed. It's already quarter to midnight now in little ole England. Too long on the net and I find it makes me really tired at work the next day - I usually start work at 8am to 8.15am. Still seem to manage!!!!

Hi zandi! I have been getting to bed alot earlier lately! I haven't been staying up until 3-4am like I used to! I have been making myself get into bed earlier and getting to sleep a bit earlier too! But, I still don't want to get out of bed any earlier! I still stay in bed until the afternoon if I don't have anywhere that I have to go to! Since it is very cold out I don't want to leave the house unless I absolutely have to! Unfortunately, I do have appointments and things that I have to do! I try to go on the days when the weather is the warmest, which here means maybe in the 30's!

Your body needs a certain number of hours of sleep. If you stay up until 3 or 4 in the morning then you will have to sleep later so your body gets the rest it needs. You will have to go to bed earlier if you are going to get up earlier. It may take awhile to retrain your body to sleep and wake when you want it to but you will be glad you did the training.

Hey, I too used to have the same situation, not due to my habit, but due to my working hours. I had to work in all three shifts and had monthly rotation of my shifts. So, at the starting of every month, my whole routine changes and it was very hard to adjust with. In your case, what i will suggest is keep 2 or 3 alarms, first of all you must lock the door before sleeping. Then you should three options for alarm. The first one should in nearer to you, somewhere near your bed. The other two should be in two different parts of your room in such a way that you will have to get up and walk from your bed to switch off the alarm. The second alarm should be within a gap of 5 to 10 minutes time from the first one, then the third one should be 5 min apart from the second one. Also keep a note in front of both the second and third to remind you that you should not go back to bed "that must be a resolution." I hope this will be helping you with your waking problem, but for your sleeping time you will have to adjust. Hope this will work for you as it has for me :-)

Wel I can't say that I stay up late, a late night for me is around 10pm. I have two little daughters and nither one of them is partial to sleeping in. If my girls were to sleep in a little longer than 6 am, I might consider staying up later. I find that because I need time to sleep, I can never get everything done. I always seem to have chores that get left behind for the next day and so forth. I guess that until I learn how not to need sleep, I will just have to keep sleeping and rising early. If you figure it out could you please pass on the information as it would be greatly appreciated,LOl. Thanks a lot for the discussion.

I have to do it. I have a big family with my husband and in-laws. I have to cook breakfast for them, and then I need to assist my mother-in-law for her other daily activities. Thus I have a fixed routine and have to get out of bed every morning with 7. Otherwise I myself guilty of avoiding my duties. If I sleep late, then also there is no escape, and thus in my case this is not a battle, but a compulsion.

It all depends on your life style and work profile.Being a mom of two kids, I don't have time to sleep for so long though I too love to sleep like you. My day starts from 4 am and ends by 10pm usually and sometimes even 1 or 2 hours more. Though I'm a housewife, I can't have a nap in the day because I can't rest for short intervals like an hour or so. Moreover I feel daytime is more precious and do anything in life than nighttime.

my advice to u is that live how u wish to live.. waking up early or late doesn't mean anything. u better try to make every single day unforgetable ;)

I never win the battle of the bed. The bed is warm enough for me to stay out longer. So it is difficult for me to get up earlier. When in work day, I get up earlier to go on time. But at weekend, it's a best time to stay out longer in the bed.

ah...it seems most people need to have the battle with bed but i not. i can't stay on bed once i wake up. i get up at 6:00AM and out for some excerice at these 4 years.but most of friend and classmate think it's unacceptable to get up so early ..perhaps this also can explain with men are differently...

seriously sleeping is a thing which i hate the most!!....i sleep at about 3 am!...and wake up at 10 am!...if it is possible that i don't have to sleep then i would never do so!!...we waste at least 8 hrs everyday in sleeping!! this time can be utilized in doing great things!!....i try to stay awake for as long as possible..but my head starts aching and then it becomes impossible for me to not sleep!!