Opening the blind to let in light will wake your body up. Sometimes I will set an alarm on my phone and then place it somewhere out of reach so that I will have to get up in order to turn it off .
I think the best for me is sleep early. At the least 7 hours makes me feel relaxed and if you can do also some exercise really helps 🙂
Have the wax in ears to stop the sirens, or have others make that contact with you. The dog is the best one because she doesn’t understand "not today"
My trick is to get out of my bedroom as soon as possible. To do this, I keep my cell phone (alarm) on a dresser not next to my bed so to turn it off I have to get out of bed. Then I just go to the bathroom. Not for anything in particular but at least that’s a room I can walk to, turn on the lights, and not wake anyone else up. While there, at least my mind is forced to say, "ok, what now? Brush teeth? Shower? Back to bed?" And as long as I don’t choose back to bed, my day gets started. Always remember, that you will never be disappointed in yourself for not going back to bed.
You could try setting some loud or annoying music to come on in a nearby room so you’re forced to get out of bed and walk to turn it off. Then hang a sign over the off button that says "Do NOT go back to bed!" Also, make yourself some kind of reward at the end of each week if you succeed in not going back to bed every day that week. Even put a pic of the reward with your sign to remind yourself.
Wake up knowing you have a purpose. Wake up knowing you have a job to do, not just for you but your family. By waking up you are able to meet the goals you’ve set for yourself. How else are you going to get those goals – you gotta get up and show up!!
A meditation session gets me started for the day.
I just count to 5, then I get up. I know that if I get up quicker, I won’t talk myself into going back to sleep and come up with reasons to stay in bed.
Seriously the best thing that helps me – do math! :)) start with simple 10+5,19+3,etcand make it gradually harder. Somehow this is the way for me to wake up my brain quickly when I need it. (FYI, I’m not a math fan, this just helps:))
If you set the alarm the time everyday, you end up having a mental alarm clock because you use to waking up the same time
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