{"id":6605,"date":"2016-12-24T08:12:16","date_gmt":"2016-12-24T08:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planetofsuccess.com\/blog\/?p=6605"},"modified":"2020-02-09T15:16:26","modified_gmt":"2020-02-09T15:16:26","slug":"waking-up-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planetofsuccess.com\/blog\/waking-up-early\/","title":{"rendered":"Mind over Mattress \u2013 25 Secrets to Waking up Early"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not a morning person but still have to get up really early in the morning? Read on\u2026 More than six years ago, I struggled with the very same problem. My early-rising girlfriend at that time would have never heard me say to her \u201cwake me up at 6:30 AM.\u201d The idea of voluntarily rising really early in the morning never ever crossed my mind. I even wrote an article about why being a later riser feels fabulous and presented some interesting reasons not to be an early riser<\/a>. As you can see, I struggled with the very same issue. Six years later, however, I\u2019ve transformed myself into an early riser. In the following, I\u2019ll show you exactly what I did to feel refreshed and rejuvenated \u2013 even when waking up really early in the morning. Here are the secrets to waking up early even if you\u2019re not really a morning person.<\/p>\n

Getting up early can be a real struggle. There\u2019s nothing more unpleasant than waking up when it\u2019s really dark outside and being forced to get out of your warm and comfortable bed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no sunrise so beautiful that it is worth waking me up to see it.\u201d
\nMindy Kaling<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Getting up when it\u2019s dark and forcing yourself out of a warm bed could be manageable if it wasn\u2019t for the all-encompassing tiredness. In fact, it\u2019s the very feeling of being exhausted and not at all refreshed that makes it so difficult to get up early. Understandably, no one really likes getting up early \u2013 especially when it feels like as if you\u2019ve only slept for a couple of hours.<\/p>\n

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I was confronted with the exact same situation. As a student, I had a lot of freedom, which allowed me to basically get up whenever I wanted. However, things began to get complicated once I started doing internships and it got even more difficult once I graduated. It was a time in my life when I really struggled with getting out of bed early. Even more so, the fact that I had to get up super-early in the morning didn\u2019t make things easier. And by super-early I mean 5:00 AM.<\/p>\n

The great problem with all of this was that I hated getting up early. To make things worse, I knew that I simply wasn\u2019t a morning person and thought that this would never change.<\/p>\n

At the same time, I repeatedly noticed that numerous exceptionally successful individuals such as Richard Branson, Tim Cook, Benjamin Franklin, and Howard Schultz had the habit of getting up really early in common. Some of these incredibly successful people stated that getting up early helped them to be a lot more productive. Others mentioned that being an early riser gave them important advantages over their late-rising competitors. Whatever reasons they gave for getting up early, they all were astonishingly successful in their lives.<\/p>\n

Naturally, this got me thinking.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On one hand, I understood that getting up early could help to increase my productivity. On the other hand, being an early riser made me feel terrible. Whenever I got up early, I was tired all day and saw my productivity decreasing significantly as a result.<\/p>\n

So how did I manage to become an early riser who not only feels refreshed when getting up at 5 AM in the morning but also wakes up before the alarm goes off?<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how I became an early riser\u2026<\/p>\n

How to wake up early?<\/h2>\n

Six years after my initial struggle, I\u2019ve transformed myself into an early riser. The transition wasn\u2019t always easy but in the end, I succeeded.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne key to success is to have lunch at the time of day most people have breakfast.\u201c
\nRobert Brault<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Whenever I get up nowadays, I feel pretty refreshed and a lot more energetic than back in the days when getting up late. At the same time, I fall asleep a lot easier and the quality of my sleep has greatly improved. I think this is mainly because my body makes a lot more use of the (reduced) sleeping time.<\/p>\n

It is important to mention, however, that becoming an early riser requires you to make certain adjustments. That\u2019s because there\u2019s no use in getting up early if it makes you feel like an unproductive and half-asleep shadow of yourself. Therefore, the following is designed to help you wake up early in a balanced way so that you are well rested for the activities of the day.<\/p>\n

The secrets to waking up early<\/h3>\n

Let\u2019s have a look at what you can do to feel refreshed and regenerated \u2013 even when waking up early.<\/p>\n

1. What you do in the evening before going to bed is key<\/h4>\n

You can greatly influence your success at becoming an early riser with the activities you do (and what you choose not to do) in the hours before going to bed. Therefore, making the transition to an early riser takes a good plan and a lot of preparation.<\/p>\n

There are certain activities that can positively influence the quality of your sleep and can help you to wake up feeling rested. At the same time, there are many other activities that reduce your sleep\u2019s quality. It is, therefore, important to engage in beneficial activities that increase your quality of sleep while simultaneously eliminating negative influences.<\/p>\n

Instead of spending hours in front of the TV or computer before you go to bed, give yourself time to unwind and relax. It\u2019s much better to end the day by reading a great book and meditating than activities that make it really difficult to find peace of mind<\/a>. At the same time, it is important not to exercise at least three hours before going to bed.<\/p>\n

2. What you eat in the evening is (another) important key<\/h4>\n

Most people underestimate the great influence what we eat has on how we sleep. As a result, numerous people feel terrible when having to wake up early morning because they eat mindlessly.<\/p>\n

Here are the things you really need to avoid:<\/p>\n