30 day challenge--wake up 15 minutes earlier than last day, until 5am is reached

[Lupe]

Starting tomorrow. Will set my alarm clock to 7:00am for a start. Not too bad, seeing as I have been waking up at 8:30am

I will record everyday when I woke up

[seeker5]

Originally Posted by Lupe

Starting tomorrow. Will set my alarm clock to 7:00am for a start. Not too bad, seeing as I have been waking up at 8:30am

I will record everyday when I woke up

Good luck!

I find it easier myself to just go straight to that time I want to wake up and hold it no matter what. Because then you just have to adjust massively once and keep that same time daily.

When you go down 15 minutes a day, it's like everyday is *groan* another day getting up early then the previous day.

However, if this is the best way for you, I wish you much success!

[Lupe]

Woke up at 7:00 without too much grogginess; I could have rose then but my dominating idea that wishes me to fail at any kind of endeavor pushed me to sleep, and despite waking up again later kept sleeping on till 10:00

miserable failure.

Making goals like this makes me do even worse than before. If I didn't make any goal about waking up I would have woke up at 8:30.

But I shall by dint of constant effort overthrow this part of me that chooses to make the bad choice.

[Lupe]

2

Woke up at 9. My alarm was in muffled in the blankets, so I didn't hear it.

[vMike]

Good luck!

I'm now 18 days into my 30 days trial of waking up at 7 am as well. So far so good.

Originally Posted by seeker5

I find it easier myself to just go straight to that time I want to wake up and hold it no matter what. Because then you just have to adjust massively once and keep that same time daily.

That prooved to be more effective for me as well

[Lupe]

Ok, I'm just going to wake up at 5 and hold on to it, as well as trying to fix my diet so that I can actually sleep less--no meat, no dairy products, and dinner of fruits.

[Lupe]

3

For some reason my 2nd alarm didn't work, and again my 1st alarm was muffled in blanket. Woke up at 10:00

[Lupe]

4

Woke up at 7 (alarm worked) but went back to sleep, woke up at 9:40

Tomorrow, I'll set the alarm on 5:00 and then do some productive work until I feel my focus weak, then I'll run or jump outside until I feel that I am refreshed can do some productive focused work again.

[John Lemire]

I wish you luck on your challenge. I have some questions too! What time are you going to sleep? Are you getting at least 7 hours of sleep? How old are ya? Not knowing these answers here is my advice, if you'll take it!

Try to go to bed earlier. Dont eat anything for like 3 hours before you go to sleep. Having food being digested decreases the efficiency of your sleep, making you sleep longer. You had said you were getting up at 830 with pretty good consistancy. start there and work your way back, dont jump the gun with 7. And last I would have something to do in the morning, something important, some goal to get you outa bed. Like make it a goal to get out of bed, eat, brush teeth, take shower, get dressed. That way, not only did you get up at your goal time, you got ready for the day too. Then you can have a nice little morning all to your self, till you have to go out.

Again good luck and let me know how it works out! =]

[Lupe]

Originally Posted by John Lemire

I wish you luck on your challenge. I have some questions too! What time are you going to sleep? Are you getting at least 7 hours of sleep? How old are ya? Not knowing these answers here is my advice, if you'll take it!

Try to go to bed earlier. Dont eat anything for like 3 hours before you go to sleep. Having food being digested decreases the efficiency of your sleep, making you sleep longer. You had said you were getting up at 830 with pretty good consistancy. start there and work your way back, dont jump the gun with 7. And last I would have something to do in the morning, something important, some goal to get you outa bed. Like make it a goal to get out of bed, eat, brush teeth, take shower, get dressed. That way, not only did you get up at your goal time, you got ready for the day too. Then you can have a nice little morning all to your self, till you have to go out.

Again good luck and let me know how it works out! =]

I guess I'm getting lots and lots of sleep Last night I fell asleep probably 5am and woke up today on 12:00 am. I turned off the alarm that went off at 7:00. I didn't set it to 5am because I laid myself at 4:30 ish.

Maybe I should have skipped last night's sleep altogether. Then I could actually be sleepy all day and so I could sleep at 10 or 11 and wake up at 5:00.

[Lupe]

6

9:30.

Don't remember hearing the alarm. Perhaps one was too far to hear, another was muffled in the blanket. Slept at 3am so not bad.

[Lupe]

7

Woke up at 8:30 but went back to sleep; 9:30.

Forgot about setting the alarm.

[seanner689]

I have an alarm clock that doesn't need to be set every day, it just goes off at the same time so there's no worry about forgetting to set it, it probbably cost about 10 dollars. Also, if your alarm clock keeps getting muffled in your blankets, you might want to think about moving it off your bed ... this will also force you to get out of bed to turn off the alarm, which is probbably better than being able to turn off your alarm while laying down with your eyes still closed.

[Lupe]

This time I did wake up on 7:00 but alas! the alarm was right by me and I turned it off.

So today I'll take Steve's post's advice and artificially make the habit of getting right up whenever the alarm sounds:

The wrong way is to try using your conscious willpower to get yourself out of bed each morning. That might work every once in a while, but let’s face it — you’re not always going to be thinking straight the moment your alarm goes off. You may experience what I call the fog of brain. The decisions you make in that state won’t necessarily be the ones you’d make when you’re fully conscious and alert. You can’t really trust yourself… nor should you.

If you use this approach, you’re likely to fall into a trap. You decide to get up at a certain time in advance, but then you undo that decision when the alarm goes off. At 10pm you decide it would be a good idea to get up at 5am. But at 5am you decide it would be a better idea to get up at 8am. But let’s face it — you know the 10pm decision is the one you really want implemented… if only you could get your 5am self to go along with it.

Now some people, upon encountering this conundrum, will conclude that they simply need more discipline. And that’s actually somewhat true, but not in the way you’d expect. If you want to get up at 5am, you don’t need more discipline at 5am. You don’t need better self-talk. You don’t need two or three alarm clocks scattered around the room. And you don’t need an advanced alarm that includes technology from NASA’s astronaut toilets.

You actually need more discipline when you’re fully awake and conscious: the discipline to know that you can’t trust yourself to make intelligent, conscious decisions the moment you first wake up. You need the discipline to accept that you’re not going to make the right call at 5am. Your 5am coach is no good, so you need to fire him.

What’s the real solution then? The solution is to delegate the problem. Turn the whole thing over to your subconscious mind. Cut your conscious mind out of the loop.

Now how do you do this? The same way you learned any other repeatable skill. You practice until it becomes rote. Eventually your subconscious will take over and run the script on autopilot.

This is going to sound really stupid, but it works. Practice getting up as soon as your alarm goes off. That’s right — practice. But don’t do it in the morning. Do it during the day when you’re wide awake.

Go to your bedroom, and set the room conditions to match your desired wake-up time as best you can. Darken the room, or practice in the evening just after sunset so it’s already dark. If you sleep in pajamas, put on your pajamas. If you brush your teeth before bed, then brush your teeth. If you take off your glasses or contacts when you sleep, then take those off too.

Set your alarm for a few minutes ahead. Lie down in bed just like you would if you were sleeping, and close your eyes. Get into your favorite sleep position. Imagine it’s early in the morning… a few minutes before your desired wake-up time. Pretend you’re actually asleep. Visualize a dream location, or just zone out as best you can.

Now when your alarm goes off, turn it off as fast as you can. Then take a deep breath to fully inflate your lungs, and stretch your limbs out in all directions for a couple seconds… like you’re stretching during a yawn. Then sit up, plant your feet on the floor, and stand up. Smile a big smile. Then proceed to do the very next action you’d like to do upon waking. For me it’s getting dressed.

Now shake yourself off, restore the pre-waking conditions, return to bed, reset your alarm, and repeat. Do this over and over and over until it becomes so automatic that you run through the whole ritual without thinking about it. If you have to subvocalize any of the steps (i.e. if you hear a mental voice coaching you on what to do), you’re not there yet.

Feel free to devote several sessions over a period of days to this practice. Think of it like doing sets and reps at the gym. Do one or two sets per day at different times… and perhaps 3-10 reps each time.

Yes, it will take some time to do this, but that time is nothing compared to how much time you’ll save in the long run. A few hours of practice today can save you hundreds of hours each year.

From: How to Get Up Right Away When Your Alarm Goes Off

[Lupe]

8

forgot to do the habit technique.

woke up at 9 but slept unfortunately until 10.

[Lupe]

9

forgot to do the habit technique. again.

maybe I should do it before I sleep?

woke up at 10.

[Lupe]

My dad turned off the alarm because it woke him up instead of me.
Woke up at 10:00 ish.

I'm going to take a sleep fast this night so I can sleep well tomorrow, early.

I should put the alarm right by my head so that I would definitely wake up.

And make a big determination before sleeping and plan for what to do. Before sleeping I will try to do the habit making by setting the alarm, then rise. repeated until I do it without thinking about it.

Did anybody else try this and does it actually work? Because I was thinking that it might not work because when you practice, you actually know that it's fake, but when the real thing comes, you are sleepy and you know that you don't have to wake up if you don't feel like it and might try to go back to sleep?

[tsjechov]

hi lupe, how are you now? i have the same kind of 30day challenge, although i want to end up waking up at 7 in june, and at 6 (?) is the idea for july. i have a little thread about this.

strange enough it is good too read your trial, because when i wake up late i feel quite a loser. a little part of me says, whatever live life enjoy lalala. now i read your experience and i have respect that you try it and its also cute! off course you are not there yet, but still...
maybe this helps me not beiing so hard on myself.

a solution is maybe to put the alarm at 6. Then you can change it again to 7. But then your really have to get up...?

[Lupe]

start over again starting today.

Today I naturally woke up at 8:30 am. My goal is to wake up before the sunrise so that I can sungaze at the rising sun.

Goal for tomorrow morning: wake up at 5:00 am.