How To Wake Up

The Most Popular Articles on How To Wake Up Early and Not Feel Tired

The most popular group of search engine terms used to find this blog are not about sleeping but rather, waking up! More specifically, “how to wake up early” or “how to wake up without an alarm clock”.

With this in mind I thought I would do a little research and provide some brief extracts and links to the most popular articles on the subject. Please let me know if you come across others of interest.

How to Wake Up Early: 3 Keys

Here are three ways to transform you into a morning person, wake up well, and sustain the practice. The trick: In order to wake up early, it starts with the night before. READ MORE

How to Wake Up Early Without Feeling Sleepy

Waking up early morning is a good habit. But it is a difficult habit to master. Even on days when you wake up, you feel sleepy and fall back into bed. Here is a quick guide to beat that morning slumber and to become an early riser. Getting up early involves changing your habits not just during waking up, but also when going to sleep and during sleep. Having a good quality sleep is the surest way to wake up fresh every morning. READ MORE

7 Surprising Reasons You Wake Up Tired

When you can’t sleep, you know it. But what about when you can, yet you wake up feeling tired and achy or you’re groggy again a few hours later? What’s that about? All too often, it turns out, the problem is one that doesn’t keep you awake but does sabotage your sleep in more subtle ways, so the hours you spend in bed don’t refresh and revitalize you the way they should. Here are seven signs that you have a sleep problem that’s secretly stealing your rest. READ MORE

17 Ways to Wake Up Feeling Fresh in the Morning

Okay so we know that waking up and doing things in the morning is the best way to achieve our goals in life. We can exercise, study, work, meditate, etc. much better than other times in the day. However, most of us feel pretty crap in the morning. So what can we do about it? How can we wake up ready for work? READ MORE

Tips for Waking Up Early in the Morning – Go to Bed When You’re Tired

Sounds like common sense but there is a little more to this strategy. I’ve read articles on sleep that say you should go to bed at the exact same time every night. This is nonsense! Mostly because depending on your day’s activities, your energy usage will greatly vary from day to day. When heading to bed make sure you are tired enough to fall asleep within 5 minutes. If it takes longer than a few minutes to drift off, you are wasting your time. Conversely, if you rob yourself of sleep by postponing bedtime you may throw off your sleep cycle and wake up tired. READ MORE

What to do if your toddler wakes up early

Do you have a toddler who wakes up with the birds? Many toddlers have sleep patterns that wake them up early – and parents wonder if they can do anything to improve their sleep routine and get a few more hours of peaceful sleep. There is some good and bad news when it comes to unusual sleeping patterns – there are routines you can try to get your toddler to sleep in later – but some children are just the type that wake up early. READ MORE

Wake Up Early: 4 Steps

“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” Benjamin Franklin’s quote is used so often that it’s nearly a cliche. However, this simple piece of advice can make all the difference in your daily life. Getting enough sleep and having extra time in the morning before rushing off will give you peace of mind throughout the day. Try to give yourself something to look forward to each morning, even something small like high-quality coffee or fresh bagels. A little treat to start the day mixed with a solid morning can make all the difference in your temperament. Whether you’re establishing a routine of getting up early or just getting up to catch an early flight, with four easy steps we’re going to help you wake up early. Read more: http://au.askmen.com/money/body_and_mind_250/254_wake-up-early-4-steps.html#ixzz1yhkC3fJC

10 Advantages of Waking Up Early

Research shows that early birds really do get the worm. A 2008 study at the University of North Texas found that students who identified as morning people earned significantly higher grades. Similarly, biologist Christoph Randler found last year that early risers are more likely to anticipate problems and be proactive, which multiple studies have linked with better job performance, greater career success and higher wages. READ MORE

The 1 Step Plan for Super Productivity – Get Up Early

When I interview creatives, I often ask them what advice they would give to the next generation, the up-and-comers. Curiously, there’s one incredibly important habit that nearly all of them possess that is almost never mentioned. So what is the secret ingredient in their productivity regime? It’s simple: They get up early. READ MORE

Mind Over Mattress: How to Wake Early When All You Want to Do is Sleep

One thing I have learned over the past year and a half is that waking early is not just about setting your alarm clock for a particular time and getting up. For example, it is pointless to force yourself to wake early if it leaves you feeling like a zombie for the rest of the day. If you are interested in waking earlier, the following are a few things I have learned that may be of help. And hopefully we can work out why I have been bashing the snooze button so much….READ MORE

The Secret To Waking Up Early

Having troubles waking up early in the morning? Always snoozing until the last minute? Often late to work? Well, then you should learn the secret of waking up early. It’s all about the motivation. It is always easier to make an effort when you are really motivated. So, if you want to become an early riser after years of being a night owl, all that you need is to find a good reason to get up early in the morning. READ MORE

The Good Habit and Benefits of Going to Bed and Waking Up Early

“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” So states an old proverb, extolling the benefits of going to bed early and of waking up early. Is that really true? And how can one become a person that goes to bed early and wakes up early? Maybe you have heard some say that they are not a morning person. But just why is that? And can that be changed?  READ MORE

How to Get Up Right Away When Your Alarm Goes Off

When your alarm wakes you up in the morning, is it hard for you to get up right away?  Do you find yourself hitting the snooze button and going right back to sleep? That used to be part of my daily awakening ritual too.  When my alarm would blare its infernal noise, I’d turn the damned thing off right away.  Then under the cloak of that early morning brain fog, I’d slowly ponder whether or not I should actually get up: It’s nice and warm under the covers.  If I get up, it’s going to be cold.  That won’t be too pleasant. READ MORE

Tips for Waking up Early

Whenever I read an article about waking up early I find advice such as keep the alarm out of your reach, get an alarm that has higher ringing volume or go to bed early.  While these are good advice and while they sometimes can be helpful still waking up early requires much deeper understanding of yourself than these simple tips that everyone knows. This article will tell you about the deeper reasons that could be preventing you from waking up early other than these simple superficial reasons.  READ MORE

Train Yourself To Wake Up In The Morning

Do you have a hard time waking up in the morning? Millions of people around the world struggle with this, I was one of them until I started using some of the tips I’m going to share with you in this article. All the information you need to start waking up on time and feeling good can be found in this article. Imagine what you could do if you could wake up an hour earlier every day. READ MORE

How to Wake Up Without an Alarm Clock

Fingernails loudly screeching down a blackboard, the shrill tones of the Emergency Alert System all sounds: few things are as obnoxious as an alarm clock. Human beings have survived for most of our history without these confounded noisemakers—-why would you need one now? The answer, of course, is that everyone else has one, and it would look bad if you were the only one wandering into the office two hours late. But like momma said, just because everyone else in the world is doing it doesn’t mean you should. Waking up naturally is much easier on you, as your body will slowly adjust from deep sleep to a calm awakening. Here’s how to separate yourself from the alarm clock without quitting your job or dropping out of school. READ MORE

QUOTES ABOUT WAKING UP EARLY:

• If you’re going to do something tonight that you’ll be sorry for tomorrow morning, sleep late.  ~Henny Youngman
• Lose an hour in the morning, and you will be all day hunting for it.  ~Richard Whately
• The average, healthy, well-adjusted adult gets up at seven-thirty in the morning feeling just plain terrible.  ~Jean Kerr, Please Don’t Eat the Daisies, 1957

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