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Originally Posted by elainevdw  I had a hard time doing the regular waking time thing. Then I decided to start running in the morning. It's kind of funny how I trained myself to get my butt out of bed. I downloaded a particular ring tone I could use as an alarm on my cell phone, and every night before going to sleep I played it and rehearsed in my head getting up the next morning. Then in the morning I'd go on autopilot, put on my running gear and head out the door (or put on my yoga gear and do yoga, on off days). It's amazing -- after only about a week of doing this consistently, I went from hitting snooze 20 times to transitioning from deep sleep to total wakefulness about 30 seconds before my alarm was supposed to go off each morning. I think pairing activity with your wakeup time helps accelerate programming your body to wake up that time every morning.
I don't do this anymore, unfortunately... I really started to miss morning cuddle sessions on the weekends, and you really have to be consistent to keep it up!
The no-caffeine thing rocks, too. I drink caffeine every once in a while now, but only to serve a specific purpose. And I tell you what, not having your system deadened to the effects of caffeine makes it doubly effective when you do drink it! |
I'm definitely going to use this method of waking, especially because my clock method is awful. Each night I'll listen to the ring and imagine myself opening my eyes and sliding comfortably out of bed. My question is, is the exercise necessarily coupled with your method or could I just hop in the shower?
Great advice, this sounds like a smarter and happier way to wake up, mainly the sound!
