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Originally Posted by Mark Lapierre  What about waking up do you find hard? Do you just hit the snooze button? Do you end up feeling tired and/or groggy?
The two things that have the greatest effect on how I feel in the morning are 1) waking up with an alarm, and 2) what I'm going to do that day.
If I set an alarm to wake me up, even if it's only 30 mins before the time I'd wake up naturally, I feel drowsy and have to force myself to get up.
If I'm just going to work, and I'm feeling ambivalent about it, I'll almost always feel drowsy. If I'm looking forward to something, then I feel no resistance at all.
I use my mobile phone as an alarm clock, and to make sure I get out of bed when I have to I leave it on the other side of the room. That way I have to get up out of bed to turn it off. I find that even though I'm initially groggy, once I get moving that feeling fades pretty quickly.
So give that a shot, and also take a look at how you feel about what you're doing during the day. If you're working, are you enjoying it? Do you look forward to getting up in the morning? |
I guess it is that I do not look forward to the day ahead of me. I was recently layed-off, and it has been a chore to work on sending out resumes. I guess it is just a matter of me changing my attitude about the day ahead of me. I do tend to use the snooze button, so I might change to using my cell phone, and put it across the room so I have to get up. Thanks for the response.