Remind yourself that those extra few minutes will make you feel worse not better. So you are better off working towards going to bed earlier.
Make it as easy and seamless for yourself as possible! Put out your clothes the night before and have your breakfast ready or planned ahead. Get an accountability buddy who has the same goal. Set up a nighttime ritual (ex. In bed by 9:30, lights out by 10). Put away your phone for the last hour before you go to sleep. Reading helps me become relaxed and ease into sleep in a calm state. You’ve got this!
Usually if this is a problem, you need to prepare yourself the night before. As it is, scientists have found that when we give ourselves suggestions the night before, we usually wake up with those suggestions. So, if you suggest before sleeping that you will wake up at 6 and that you will be refreshed then it will work. Since our autosuggestion is usually that "I am sleeping so late, again I won’t be able to wake up early. " And that is why we feel like that even if we get the hours of sleep that we need. I hope it helps. And I am so happy that you are taking steps to wake up earlier. I am inspired to take it too nowww.
Search deep sleep cycles, each sleep cycle has duration 90min, what makes you less prone to get up due to tireness is waking up during a deep sleep cycle. Lets say for example you go to sleep at midnight, ideally your waking hours are 1:30, 3:00, 4:30, 6:00, 7:30, 9:00.. now just either choose sleeping 7:30 hours or 9 hours... I personally want to wake up at 6:30, so i go to sleep at 23:00, so i can get 7:30 hours of sleep... The best thing to do is give it a try
My reason to wake up at that time is because I have a yoga challenge everyday and that make me stick to it, I love the word Challenge and most of the things that I do are moved by that, maybe you can try by challenging yourself to get up at that time and give yourself a prize when you do it like your favorite breakfast or desert
hi!! sorry i really don’t know how to help you because i struggle a lot with that too. i recommend u to go to bed really early!! good luck ;)
Create a relaxing bedtime routine and ensure you go to bed at the same time each night, lights out 8 hours before you need to wake up
Set an alarm 5 minutes before 6 o’clock so it gives you time to really wake up properly before you get out of bed, don’t snooze the alarm and slowly set the alarm closer to 6 as the days go on.
Currently I’m having the same issue. Actually today I’ve been walking back from 7 to 6. Today I woke up at 6:45, planning to try 6:30 tomorrow. Try dialing it back bit by bit so that you can work your way there habit wise. Also try to get some good sleep! Best of luck!
Setting multiple alarms may help. An open window can as well tell the change from night to day. Programming your coffee machine to make a cup can also awaken you by the smell.
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