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tsjechov · 06-26-2009, 08:33 AM

Day 15: woke up at 8!

Ok not at 7, but one hour later is good for me, i am guiltfree then. More than an hour later is not good.

I start to feel better every day, the strange thing is though that my energy-peakmoments are at very different times! I have loads of energy in the morning and daytime, but some hours less so. Then in the evening - my old energypeaking moment - i feel really tired and at a certain moment i cannot do anything anymore, just watch a great movie. Which is ok, as a last enjoyment after having a succesfull day.

And as i was used to eat quit late, i have to change that too. Yesterday i ate way too late and not enough so i felt really bad.

These changes will take a while but i am very happy to have gone this road.

At the same time i have enough energy to do my work and i take no naps. Naps are for me personally another meeting with my enemy: the alarmclock. And destroying the alarmclock one time a day is enough really. I am to afraid i will not wake up after a nap. For other people they might work well, maybe for me too in the future.

As i have animals at home, it is interesting to see their rythm changin too. They sleep a lot more in the daytime

as they have no written goals. But they are getting used to the early waking too. For them it is also healthier to wake up when the sun rises.

I am still thinking about my july-goal: waking up at 6 and going to the gym every morning. Whew what a goal!! It does sound good to me, because when i don't go there then i really know it is not for me. When waking up at 6 or even earlier, i will have so much time so i might even get bored when i don't go to the gym

Goal tomorrow: really 7 o'clock!

tsjechov · 06-27-2009, 07:33 AM

Day 16: woke up at 8

I am still happy this is going like it is. The fact that my energylevels on the day are very different and that i have to eat lunch/dinner much earlier are very strange to me.
I am over 30 so maybe it is that also: i'm getting older

Yesterday at 18:00 i was supertired, after a walk that did not help i took some coffee and i crashed really. At 22:30 i went to bed but could not sleep untill 24:00 (ggreat).

As i work for myself, mostly at home, it is more difficult i think because i have a lot of time to think about me beiing tired

. At work or with friends there is more distraction. But hey i cannot complain, working at home is what i wanted

Goal tomorrow: if i manage to sleep on time at 7, otherwise no later then 8.

tsjechov · 06-27-2009, 02:07 PM

Took a nap of 1,5 hour today, from 13.00 to 14:30.
I was really too tired and with my bedroom near me and it beiing weekend it was too hard too resist. And it felt good

tsjechov · 06-28-2009, 08:32 AM

Day 17, weekend, woke up at 9.
Yesterday i felt i had fever, today i feel better.
Want to go back to 7-8 tomorrow.

tsjechov · 06-29-2009, 07:03 AM

Woke up at 8. I even woke up by myself before the alarm!

tsjechov · 06-30-2009, 10:19 AM

Woke up at 8. Feels better every day!

tsjechov · 07-01-2009, 11:44 AM

Woke up at... ... ... SEVEN. 7! Yeah.

I realised that i had to wake up at 7 yesterday too, but because of other things i had to do i did not think about that.
But here we are, at 7, feeling good, feeling great and keeping it that way!

Tomorrow my goal is 7 again.

tsjechov · 07-02-2009, 10:57 AM

Woke up at... 9.
As i have had a few late nights out, i really didnt get enough sleep...
Learnmoment/Solution: go to bed ealy tonight

Goal tomorrow: 7 again

tsjechov · 07-07-2009, 04:16 PM

Today i woke up at 7
Last days i woke up before 9, but because of workload in the evening it wasn't early enough.

Goal next week: 6:30. Monday i wanna go down and start waking up at 6:30.
Goal week after: 6:00.
Goal week after that... we wil see, but not later than 7:00.

Goal tonight: going to bed early, 10 or 11, and read in bed.
Goal tomorrowmorning: waking up at 7:00.

tsjechov · 07-08-2009, 07:02 PM

stayed up to late and made it till 9 o'clock. I do feel absolutely totally very mucho better and really awake in the morning. Better than i used to, when i artisticly woke up at 12, 13, 14, 15 or even 16:00 o'clock!

But as (almost) always i am staying positive

. For tomorrow i will assign myself with the same goal as yesterday.

LifeFirst · 07-08-2009, 09:01 PM

I am going to try this....wake up at 7 starting tomorrow.

tsjechov · 07-09-2009, 11:55 AM

9...

tsjechov · 07-13-2009, 01:33 PM

9 for all the last days... no 7... still i am quit happy it is not much later and it is an improvement. it became a habit really. i always wake up at 9, don't stay longer in my bed.

tomorrow 8

tsjechov · 07-14-2009, 05:55 PM

it's a fine 9. but 7 would be heaven.

tsjechov · 07-16-2009, 03:00 PM

8.30 today, though i did not sleep a lot. that is good for tomorrow. i thought about it, and it is time for a new 'phase'. Phase II that is.

I: from 12 to 8.30.
II: from 8.30 to 6.30!!
II. from 6.30 to 5.30? (o my god)

ok. tomorrow i want to wake up at 7.00. let's do it!! ?

Kaybee · 07-17-2009, 03:04 AM

Each of us are programmed to need a certain allotment of sleep per day. I have learned over the years that when I sleep in later, I'm usually sleeping longer hours which goes over the allotted amount of rest I need. When I get too much sleep, I am sluggish and get less done during the day.

I've found that I'm most productive and creative after I wake up from a sound sleep with just enough rest (sort of like Goldilocks and the Three Bears - it has to be just right).

Anyway, I think you need to learn your sleep/productivity ratio. That's the first step. The next step is to develop a solid routine for bedtime and wake time.

Kim
Self Improvement and Motivation
Fuel-My-Motivation.com

tsjechov · 07-17-2009, 10:25 AM

Hi LifeFirst, good luck too you!

Hi Kaybee, thnx for you message. Well i can agree with you, oversleeping does not work for me too. That was my problem when i had that nightly artist rhythm, but i just did not seem to wake up and also get out of bed too.
Now that i wake up at a more 'natural time', so between 7 and 9 for the last weeks, i really get out of bed more easy and i have more energy. And also the creativity, i have most of that in the evening and sometimes too much really, that is still there. So beiing nicy nicy early risy did not block that

I need to go to a solid wake time... my bedtime will come naturally then. I do notice that alcohol does not work in this... When i drink 1,2 glasses of beer or wine i get more awake and don't want the evening to end. So i go to bed later.
Hmm. Better not to drink or only at dinner for the next days.

tsjechov · 07-17-2009, 10:27 AM

Oops... forgot to mention, my first day since i posted that i REALLY OVERSLEPT!!!
Maybe it is because i sunbathed on the balcony and the wetter is so warm??
But i woke up at... shhht... 11 ?!?!?!?!
WOEI! What happened? I even changed the alarmclock myself!?!

Tomorrow i want to wake up at 8. Let's not get crazy but normal...

tsjechov · 07-17-2009, 06:22 PM

Just a quick note, i DO take this seriously. Because of a lifetime experience with beiing an eveningperson

and the problems in the mornings after, i want to wake up early. BUT i don't want to feel guilty or stress out if i make my mistakes, because stress is also not good. I stressed too much my life, and this is not worth it. There are nobler causes than that.

Ben1 · 07-18-2009, 04:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tsjechov

Thanks!

Yesterday I took a warm bath with relaxing stuff in it, and that really got me sleepy early! But i guess a little to sleepy... Today i woke up at 11... Ahem!

That is a good strategy for having healthier sleep patterns. Stay away from stimulating activities just before bedtime. No TV or video games! Something like a warm bath is a great thing to do before bed. Keep it up!

tsjechov · 07-18-2009, 12:55 PM

Thanks for you motivational words, thats nice, Ben

Hot baths are great as are warm herbteas and reading in bed...
today i woke up at 9, slept again till 10. :-(
Something has got to change NOW or i will be back at 12 in no time.

I have to change again because my early rising pattern is starting to slip away. What will i do:

1. Change morningroutine: start with excercising in the morning. Some dancemoves, martial arts too. Next week start at the gym again in the morning (used to go in the evenings, long ago). This way i get more tired in the evening.

2. Change morningroutine: no internet right away. Reading again, writing diary and movin.

3. Change diet: Drink nothing/less alcohol. I just do way less and sleep too late because i drink sometimes. More fruits, veggies, herbtea.

4. Change eveningroutine: Hot bath if i am totally awake, warm herbteas, reading in bed, dimming the light.

Help! And yeah!! I will feel better if i do that, it's getting out of hand...

Goal tomorrow: wake up at 8

tsjechov · 07-19-2009, 06:51 PM

Sooo i started my 1 hour workout (stretch, dance, martial) and it was FUN!
Sooo i did not drink yesterday, which felt better! Loads of water!
Sooo i did other usefull things...

Sooo we forget how 'early' i woke up - tomorrow is a new day ;-)

tsjechov · 07-20-2009, 04:51 PM

10. No comment. (Dreams can be very real. I dreamt my alarm did not go off ;-/)

tsjechov · 07-21-2009, 08:15 AM

OK, going dooowwwn again... woke up at 9, slept just a few hours which is great. Ok not a great step for human kind...
The weather is beautiful!

tomorrow 8.

tsjechov · 07-22-2009, 10:26 AM

Woke up at 9 again, totally tired of yesterday... as my cat peed on my bed 2 days ago - so i sleep on an airmatras, which only works for 4 hours and then the air goes out. Good trick to wake up early for sure! But not healthy.

Well as i am doing very good on other goals i can have a low like this

Tomorrow 7 or 8!

Tom Church · 07-22-2009, 11:43 AM

In the last 2 weeks I cut down from 10 hours sleep to 7. Going to bed at 12:30 and waking at 7:30 - it's not difficult for as long as you maintain discipline. Make sure you set two alarms, shower in the morning to avoid early fatigue, and unwind before you go to sleep by reading in soft light. I'm now working on having 6 hours sleep, with a 30 minute nap in the afternoon and so far it's going great!

tsjechov · 07-24-2009, 04:26 PM

Today i woke up at 7.30.

Just slept 5 hours but that was ok. Going down tomorrow again.

tsjechov · 07-25-2009, 02:36 PM

7.00

tsjechov · 07-26-2009, 04:59 PM

Woke up at 9:00 feeling totally refreshed.
What can i say, i am still not there where i want to be, but somewhere way better than before! I feel totally good during the day and go to sleep earlier. I know from experience that it is very difficult for me, as everyone has his/her difficulties. This is mine!

But i am getting there, just wait

As i have other goals and priorities i will write less here, maybe once or twice a week. Otherwise this topic gets a bit boring

07-01-2009, 11:44 AM	#37 (permalink)
tsjechov Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 109	Woke up at... ... ... SEVEN. 7! Yeah. I realised that i had to wake up at 7 yesterday too, but because of other things i had to do i did not think about that. But here we are, at 7, feeling good, feeling great and keeping it that way! Tomorrow my goal is 7 again. Last edited by tsjechov; 07-01-2009 at 11:50 AM.

07-17-2009, 06:22 PM	#49 (permalink)
tsjechov Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 109	Just a quick note, i DO take this seriously. Because of a lifetime experience with beiing an eveningperson and the problems in the mornings after, i want to wake up early. BUT i don't want to feel guilty or stress out if i make my mistakes, because stress is also not good. I stressed too much my life, and this is not worth it. There are nobler causes than that. Last edited by tsjechov; 07-17-2009 at 06:26 PM.

07-18-2009, 12:55 PM	#51 (permalink)
tsjechov Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 109	Thanks for you motivational words, thats nice, Ben Hot baths are great as are warm herbteas and reading in bed... today i woke up at 9, slept again till 10. :-( Something has got to change NOW or i will be back at 12 in no time. I have to change again because my early rising pattern is starting to slip away. What will i do: 1. Change morningroutine: start with excercising in the morning. Some dancemoves, martial arts too. Next week start at the gym again in the morning (used to go in the evenings, long ago). This way i get more tired in the evening. 2. Change morningroutine: no internet right away. Reading again, writing diary and movin. 3. Change diet: Drink nothing/less alcohol. I just do way less and sleep too late because i drink sometimes. More fruits, veggies, herbtea. 4. Change eveningroutine: Hot bath if i am totally awake, warm herbteas, reading in bed, dimming the light. Help! And yeah!! I will feel better if i do that, it's getting out of hand... Goal tomorrow: wake up at 8 Last edited by tsjechov; 07-18-2009 at 01:00 PM.

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06-26-2009, 08:33 AM	#31 (permalink)
tsjechov Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 109	Day 15: woke up at 8! Ok not at 7, but one hour later is good for me, i am guiltfree then. More than an hour later is not good. I start to feel better every day, the strange thing is though that my energy-peakmoments are at very different times! I have loads of energy in the morning and daytime, but some hours less so. Then in the evening - my old energypeaking moment - i feel really tired and at a certain moment i cannot do anything anymore, just watch a great movie. Which is ok, as a last enjoyment after having a succesfull day. And as i was used to eat quit late, i have to change that too. Yesterday i ate way too late and not enough so i felt really bad. These changes will take a while but i am very happy to have gone this road. At the same time i have enough energy to do my work and i take no naps. Naps are for me personally another meeting with my enemy: the alarmclock. And destroying the alarmclock one time a day is enough really. I am to afraid i will not wake up after a nap. For other people they might work well, maybe for me too in the future. As i have animals at home, it is interesting to see their rythm changin too. They sleep a lot more in the daytime as they have no written goals. But they are getting used to the early waking too. For them it is also healthier to wake up when the sun rises. I am still thinking about my july-goal: waking up at 6 and going to the gym every morning. Whew what a goal!! It does sound good to me, because when i don't go there then i really know it is not for me. When waking up at 6 or even earlier, i will have so much time so i might even get bored when i don't go to the gym Goal tomorrow: really 7 o'clock!

06-27-2009, 07:33 AM	#32 (permalink)
tsjechov Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 109	Day 16: woke up at 8 I am still happy this is going like it is. The fact that my energylevels on the day are very different and that i have to eat lunch/dinner much earlier are very strange to me. I am over 30 so maybe it is that also: i'm getting older Yesterday at 18:00 i was supertired, after a walk that did not help i took some coffee and i crashed really. At 22:30 i went to bed but could not sleep untill 24:00 (ggreat). As i work for myself, mostly at home, it is more difficult i think because i have a lot of time to think about me beiing tired . At work or with friends there is more distraction. But hey i cannot complain, working at home is what i wanted Goal tomorrow: if i manage to sleep on time at 7, otherwise no later then 8.

06-27-2009, 02:07 PM	#33 (permalink)
tsjechov Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 109	Took a nap of 1,5 hour today, from 13.00 to 14:30. I was really too tired and with my bedroom near me and it beiing weekend it was too hard too resist. And it felt good

06-28-2009, 08:32 AM	#34 (permalink)
tsjechov Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 109	Day 17, weekend, woke up at 9. Yesterday i felt i had fever, today i feel better. Want to go back to 7-8 tomorrow.

06-29-2009, 07:03 AM	#35 (permalink)
tsjechov Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 109	Woke up at 8. I even woke up by myself before the alarm!

06-30-2009, 10:19 AM	#36 (permalink)
tsjechov Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 109	Woke up at 8. Feels better every day!

07-02-2009, 10:57 AM	#38 (permalink)
tsjechov Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 109	Woke up at... 9. As i have had a few late nights out, i really didnt get enough sleep... Learnmoment/Solution: go to bed ealy tonight Goal tomorrow: 7 again

07-07-2009, 04:16 PM	#39 (permalink)
tsjechov Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 109	Today i woke up at 7 Last days i woke up before 9, but because of workload in the evening it wasn't early enough. Goal next week: 6:30. Monday i wanna go down and start waking up at 6:30. Goal week after: 6:00. Goal week after that... we wil see, but not later than 7:00. Goal tonight: going to bed early, 10 or 11, and read in bed. Goal tomorrowmorning: waking up at 7:00.

07-08-2009, 07:02 PM	#40 (permalink)
tsjechov Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 109	stayed up to late and made it till 9 o'clock. I do feel absolutely totally very mucho better and really awake in the morning. Better than i used to, when i artisticly woke up at 12, 13, 14, 15 or even 16:00 o'clock! But as (almost) always i am staying positive . For tomorrow i will assign myself with the same goal as yesterday.

07-08-2009, 09:01 PM	#41 (permalink)
LifeFirst Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 391	I am going to try this....wake up at 7 starting tomorrow.

07-09-2009, 11:55 AM	#42 (permalink)
tsjechov Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 109	9...

07-13-2009, 01:33 PM	#43 (permalink)
tsjechov Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 109	9 for all the last days... no 7... still i am quit happy it is not much later and it is an improvement. it became a habit really. i always wake up at 9, don't stay longer in my bed. tomorrow 8

07-14-2009, 05:55 PM	#44 (permalink)
tsjechov Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 109	it's a fine 9. but 7 would be heaven.

07-16-2009, 03:00 PM	#45 (permalink)
tsjechov Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 109	8.30 today, though i did not sleep a lot. that is good for tomorrow. i thought about it, and it is time for a new 'phase'. Phase II that is. I: from 12 to 8.30. II: from 8.30 to 6.30!! II. from 6.30 to 5.30? (o my god) ok. tomorrow i want to wake up at 7.00. let's do it!! ?

07-17-2009, 03:04 AM	#46 (permalink)
Kaybee Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 112	Each of us are programmed to need a certain allotment of sleep per day. I have learned over the years that when I sleep in later, I'm usually sleeping longer hours which goes over the allotted amount of rest I need. When I get too much sleep, I am sluggish and get less done during the day. I've found that I'm most productive and creative after I wake up from a sound sleep with just enough rest (sort of like Goldilocks and the Three Bears - it has to be just right). Anyway, I think you need to learn your sleep/productivity ratio. That's the first step. The next step is to develop a solid routine for bedtime and wake time. Kim Self Improvement and Motivation Fuel-My-Motivation.com

07-17-2009, 10:25 AM	#47 (permalink)
tsjechov Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 109	Hi LifeFirst, good luck too you! Hi Kaybee, thnx for you message. Well i can agree with you, oversleeping does not work for me too. That was my problem when i had that nightly artist rhythm, but i just did not seem to wake up and also get out of bed too. Now that i wake up at a more 'natural time', so between 7 and 9 for the last weeks, i really get out of bed more easy and i have more energy. And also the creativity, i have most of that in the evening and sometimes too much really, that is still there. So beiing nicy nicy early risy did not block that I need to go to a solid wake time... my bedtime will come naturally then. I do notice that alcohol does not work in this... When i drink 1,2 glasses of beer or wine i get more awake and don't want the evening to end. So i go to bed later. Hmm. Better not to drink or only at dinner for the next days.

07-17-2009, 10:27 AM	#48 (permalink)
tsjechov Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 109	Oops... forgot to mention, my first day since i posted that i REALLY OVERSLEPT!!! Maybe it is because i sunbathed on the balcony and the wetter is so warm?? But i woke up at... shhht... 11 ?!?!?!?! WOEI! What happened? I even changed the alarmclock myself!?! Tomorrow i want to wake up at 8. Let's not get crazy but normal...

07-19-2009, 06:51 PM	#52 (permalink)
tsjechov Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 109	Sooo i started my 1 hour workout (stretch, dance, martial) and it was FUN! Sooo i did not drink yesterday, which felt better! Loads of water! Sooo i did other usefull things... Sooo we forget how 'early' i woke up - tomorrow is a new day ;-)

07-20-2009, 04:51 PM	#53 (permalink)
tsjechov Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 109	10. No comment. (Dreams can be very real. I dreamt my alarm did not go off ;-/)

07-21-2009, 08:15 AM	#54 (permalink)
tsjechov Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 109	OK, going dooowwwn again... woke up at 9, slept just a few hours which is great. Ok not a great step for human kind... The weather is beautiful! tomorrow 8.

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07-22-2009, 10:26 AM	#55 (permalink)
tsjechov Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 109	Woke up at 9 again, totally tired of yesterday... as my cat peed on my bed 2 days ago - so i sleep on an airmatras, which only works for 4 hours and then the air goes out. Good trick to wake up early for sure! But not healthy. Well as i am doing very good on other goals i can have a low like this Tomorrow 7 or 8!

07-22-2009, 11:43 AM	#56 (permalink)
Tom Church Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 18	In the last 2 weeks I cut down from 10 hours sleep to 7. Going to bed at 12:30 and waking at 7:30 - it's not difficult for as long as you maintain discipline. Make sure you set two alarms, shower in the morning to avoid early fatigue, and unwind before you go to sleep by reading in soft light. I'm now working on having 6 hours sleep, with a 30 minute nap in the afternoon and so far it's going great!

07-24-2009, 04:26 PM	#57 (permalink)
tsjechov Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 109	Today i woke up at 7.30. Just slept 5 hours but that was ok. Going down tomorrow again.

07-25-2009, 02:36 PM	#58 (permalink)
tsjechov Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 109	7.00

07-26-2009, 04:59 PM	#59 (permalink)
tsjechov Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 109	Woke up at 9:00 feeling totally refreshed. What can i say, i am still not there where i want to be, but somewhere way better than before! I feel totally good during the day and go to sleep earlier. I know from experience that it is very difficult for me, as everyone has his/her difficulties. This is mine! But i am getting there, just wait As i have other goals and priorities i will write less here, maybe once or twice a week. Otherwise this topic gets a bit boring