Learning to Wake Up!

1. Learning to Wake Up Early
From jackandjillpolitics.com

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In college, it’s almost frowned upon to sign up
for classes that start any earlier than 9:oo am.
Not many people can see the value of waking
up early in the morning, which for some means
before 8:00 am.
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If you haven’t experienced it before, there is
something about waking up early in the morning that
helps you become a lot more productive. I can attest
to you that waking up before the sun comes up gives
you some of the most clear, crisp, and peaceful times
that you can imagine. The hard part is, however,
learning to wake up early.
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Learning to wake up early is not an easy process, in
fact, the first couple of weeks will probably leave you
drained and drowsy during the daytime. At least that’s
how it was for me. However, over time I have noticed
a miraculous transition from groggy mornings to wide
awake and clear-minded mornings. It’s to the point
that it has almost become natural, waking up that
early.

4. So on that note, I just wanted to share a couple things that I have found, and found actually work
to help you become an early riser.
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1) Move your alarm clock
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- I used to have my alarm clock right
next to me on my bed. It was horrible, I
would just reach my arm over, punch
the snooze button, and proceed to
sleep in. It was pretty much worthless.
Moving my alarm to across the room,
where I would have to get up out of bed
and punch the darned thing, which
usually results in me being awake
anyway, was possibly one of the best
things that I have done.

6. 2) Never, I repeat NEVER use the
snooze feature
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- I believe the snooze button was made by
the oh-crap-I-slept-in demon. I don’t know
who thought it would be a good idea to
create a button that helps you procrastinate.
Therefore, stay away from it. Sleeping five
extra minutes has no benefit at all except
that you might just about fall asleep again
only to be rudely wakened again by a
blaring alarm clock.

8. 3) Create a routine
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- One of the biggest factors of
learning to wake up early is to
simply help it to understand that
you will be getting up at a
certain time everyday. Pretty
soon your body will be waking
itself up, believe it or not.

10. 4) Have a purpose

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- If you don’t feel like you have anything to do in the early morning, you will
most likely fall asleep. You may have experienced it before when you have
to wake up early to go on a trip or leave, or even finish some homework,
nothing quite gets you motivated like a reason. Even if you don’t think you
have anything to do, make something. Start reading a book, go jogging,
work on a project, write in your journal. There are so many different things
that we can do with that extra time, so make sure to utilize it.
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Waking up early can be one of the first and greatest changes you can make
in your life because first, it proposes that your mind is stronger than your
body, and second, you have at least that much self-control and discipline.
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The secret is to start tomorrow morning. Don’t put off developing this
great habit, it will be so worth it in the end when you see just how much your
life changes when you do something as seemingly little as waking up early
in the morning.

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For more tips on healthy sleep visit:
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http://www.intellibed.com/blog/