Here's how you can wake up early full of energy.Some people wake up early bursting with energy for the day ahead, lucky them. But for many others, waking up early is virtually impossible. I struggled for years to drag myself out of bed and then spend the next hour in a zombie like state. I’m pleased to say I now wake up early, feeling refreshed and energetic.
So what can you do if you’re struggling to wake up in the mornings?
Follow these motivational tips below and get a better way to start the day.
Wake up to the right environment.
Believe it or not but the way your room looks can help or hinder your ability to wake up early. A messy room will generally make you not want to wake up early because cleaning your room will just be one of the many worries you have to tackle for the day.
But when you wake up to a clean room, just the sight of it can be energizing and make you jump out of bed. At least you’ve got one less worry to think about!
So make sure that your bedroom is a tranquil, clean and tidy place. Make it part of your night time routine to make your room a haven of tranquility.
Give yourself a good reason to wake up early.
Waking up early comes with instant benefits:
· Better health
· More time to spend on the things you want to do
· Greater productivity
Give yourself ten minutes to think about all the good reasons for waking up early and you might never stop writing. Now, focus on these reasons the first moment your eyes open and you’ll be up and about in no time!
Get a good night sleep
One common reason why people find it difficult to wake up early is simply because they didn’t have enough sleep or it wasn’t good sleep.
To get the best possible sleep, try to go to bed at roughly the same time each night whenever possible this way your body remembers it’s sleep time.
Sleep as much as you need. Most people need around 7-8 hours sleep each night. But some people get really good quality sleep for just 5-6 hours a night and feel great. Some people need 9 hours a night. My advice is get up as soon as you wake up until you get used to how much sleep you need.
Sleep effectively
A night’s slumber is more restful and peaceful when you haven’t procrastinated at work and there weren’t any problems at home which are swept under the rug instead of solving them as they come. If you have any unresolved issues from the day write them down in a book before you go to bed and then put it away, this is to deal with in the morning not now.
Definitely, where you sleep also matters. Try to be comfortable as you can. Change your bed, rearrange your room, or have air-conditioning, heating if that’s what will make you sleep better.
Get a grown up reward system.
Children are used to getting rewards for good behaviour. How about upgrading the reward system to motivate you to wake up early?
A reward system, however, should cut both ways. To make the system more effective, you need to set repercussions for yourself when you wake up late. You also need to be stringent in implementing the penalties. Don’t rationalize. Don’t justify. The more aware you are about the consequences of waking up late, the more motivated you’ll be not to do it again.
I use reward systems for myself all the time. When I was working on waking up early I had a notebook in the kitchen. Inside I wrote the dates on each line for 30 days. Every morning I woke up at the time I wanted or earlier I went straight to the kitchen and wrote a few words about how I felt. To start with it looked a lot like this:
Mon 12/3 –Woke up at 6.55am – tired, but I’m up.
Tues 13/3 – Woke up 6.58am – Tired
Wednesday 14/3 – Woke up 6.55am – Feeling okay this morning
It took me a few weeks before I started feeling really good when I woke up
I ran the reward system for 30 day and for every day I got up early I put 2 Euros in a pot. At the end of the thirty days I treated myself to a wonderful luxury massage treatment. It was heaven. Remember the treat must be something you want. It’s no good saving for a treat and then spending the money on groceries. If money is currently an issue why not treat yourself to a luxury bubble bath and get someone else to make the evening meal and wash up, take a night off.
At the beginning of my 30 days getting up early felt like a form of torture, now it’s just second nature. You are sure to have days when you just don’t bother. Don’t dwell on it, just get back on track the next morning.
Affirmations
Affirmations are statements we say to ourselves. I love them. I use them in my own life and with my life coaching clients to help them achieve happiness and success.
The secret to making affirmations work is consistency and time. They need to be done regularly at least three times in the morning and three times in the evening, for real effectiveness go for 100+ times a day. Also don’t expect miracles in the first couple of days. You will notice a difference almost immediately but for them to be really effective I recommend you stick with the same type of affirmation for at least 30 days.
Here are 5 Affirmations I recommend you use:
· I wake up early full of energy
· It is natural and easy for me to wake up early
· I am ready to start the day as soon as I wake up
· I love waking up early
· I always get a good night sleep
Here’s to quality sleeping and waking up early.
As always, I love to hear how you are getting on and if you have any questions.
Please feel free to comment below of email me at wendy@sunshine-coaching.com
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