“I’m a morning person.”
Four little words I shudder at the sound of.
For so many of us, early mornings are typically a hazy mess of caffeine cravings, alarms on snooze, semi-conscious showering and the monotony of the daily commute.
For these reasons I am convinced my mornings will remain unremarkable and unproductive.
Experts say that the way we start our day has a significant impact on how the rest of it plays out, so for us slow risers that’s a pretty grim announcement.
According to one motivational author, however, you don’t have to be a *morning person* to have a successful A.M, every day.
Hal Elrod, author of The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8 AM), argues that the best way to make the most out of your morning is to start copying the things that people who have good mornings do.
We’ve summarised some of the easiest steps you can take towards taking control of your morning happiness:
Know what you’re doing tomorrow, before you go to bed.
The Morning Miracle explains that the last thought we have before we go to sleep tends to be the first thought we wake up with, so make it a good one.
“Do not think: ‘I can’t believe I have to get up in six hours.’ Think: ‘I am full of enthusiasm and excitement for this day.'”
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I'm a long time bedtime calculator user myself (kind of becomes a habbit) and my "go to" choice is usually https://sleep-calculator.com/. The nice thing they've got an android app as well: https://play.google.com/sto...
Just my 2 cents.
I used to put my alarm on the other side of the room. I also used to set two alarms - one at 6:30 and another at 6:45, just to make sure! It worked. :)
I sadly became a morning person without really trying sometime in my early 30s, so I don't do it any more. . I can very rarely sleep past 7:30 these days, even when I'm not working, so waking up an hour or so earlier is not so taxing.