I try to go to bed with the Mantra I have a purpose. After waking up also I repeat to myself that I have a purpose. It helps me to get out of the bed early.
It’s hard. I can’t say I’ve mastered that just yet. I am trying just to be kind to myself and give myself the time. Eventually we won’t hit the snooze button.
Honestly, I’d say no. 1 would be just going to bed a little earlier so you feel less tired when the buzzer hits. Besides that there’s a couple of other things - let light into the room. Your body recognizes the light as the sun comes up and will wake you up naturally. If you get up before the sun there’s a clock that imitates sun rise by gradually getting lighter. Give yourself something to look forward to in the morning, like make yourself a really tasty "overnight oats" recipe that you can’t wait to eat or something. Hope this helps!
I use an app called Sleep Cycle that plays gentle music and it wakes you up within a half hour timeframe and targets your lightest sleep cycle. So the time when you’re closest to being awake the app tracks that and wakes you up. I do find this to be an easier way to wake up because I’m already naturally closer to being awake then with a traditional alarm clock where Im bolted awake and then instantly snooze. I also use essential oils so I keep peppermint or lime or eucalyptus right by my bed and the first thing I do when I roll over to grab my phone is smell one of those oils and it jolts my brain right into being awake.
Several suggestions: 1. Your alarm. Make the sound/ringtone a SONG. A motivational song that you love and will help get you out of bed. 2. Preparation. Get either your workout clothes or outfit laid out, beginnings of your breakfast set up, etc. the night before. The preparedness will help motivate you to get up and will be several less things to worry about while you’re first waking. 3. Gratitude ritual. Make some kind of gratitude self-talk ritual part of your first intentional thoughts upon waking. “I am so happy and grateful for...,” and repeat. Those are my specific suggestions.
Set your alarm away from the bed when it goes off stand immediately and go to turn it off don’t do social media think of all the things you’re thankful for and the all the accomplishment you’re made Life is Fantastic
To minimize the chance of snoozing in the morning, the night before I make a short written plan for my day or the first activities of the day (besides the golden triangle). So, even though I don’t get 100% consistency all of the time, it helps me to wake with determination and thus avoid snoozing. Hope this helps.
Think of your alarm as a trampoline- a spring board - when you hear it rise up chug that water and then get moving - I avoid looking at Social media to not get myself in a loop too until after my triangle is done
As soon as the first alarm goes off, I forced myself to turn on my bedside lamp. Then I moved my phone way out of reach so that I would physically have to get up to turn it off.
Ahhhh, I’m having the same exact problem. I have to make myself get up right when the alarm goes off. I cannot even allow myself one more minute, otherwise it’s too difficult to get out of bed at the time that I want.
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