Wake up in the Morning Successfully

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This is a useful piece of literature for anyone who has to wake up early in order to catch a bus to school. Having to wake up early isn't all that gruesome when you follow these simple steps.

Steps

  1. Set up your alarm clock 10 minutes before you wake up. These 10 minutes ensure you extra time just in case you're a little slow out of bed that day. It also gives you time to relax and not feel rushed when getting ready in the morning. Rushing=Stress.
  2. Leave the blinds or shades open. When the light hits your retinas, it suppresses the production of melatonin, a hormone that helps you to sleep. It also helps you to get exposure to the light so you can wake up easier.
    • If you are an insomniac, it is recommended that you do not do this as melatonin is needed to help you sleep better.
  3. Turn on all the lights! This ensures that you wake up quickly and prevents you from going back to sleep. In the dark, you are never more tempted to snuggle back up in you sheets.
  4. Wash your face with cold water immediately after you get out of bed or have a cold shower. This ensures that your face is refreshed and this is yet another way to not fall right back asleep. Not to mention that this is also part of keeping good hygiene.
  5. Drink a glass of ice water. In the morning, after sleeping for hours, your body gets dehydrated and makes you feel more tired.
  6. Plug in your headphones and play upbeat songs as you get dressed in the morning. This will brighten your mood and you will tend to forget that it is 5 in the morning.
  7. Eat breakfast! Be sure you eat something or take something with you on the bus. One tends to be grouchy on an empty stomach.
  8. Eat an apple. Apples provide natural sugars and help your stomach to digest.
  9. Drink orange juice in a clear glass. Orange juice has natural sugars just like apples. The colour orange is found to be stimulating and may help you to perk up in the morning.
  10. Drink coffee after 9:30 am if you are a coffee drinker. Your body naturally produces higher amounts of cortisol (a stress hormone that regulates energy) between 8 and 9am. If you drink coffee before that, your body will produce less cortisol, giving you less overall energy throughout the day.
  11. Massage yourself. Massage areas such as the top of your head, the point between your thumb and index finger, below the centre of your knee cap, and below the ball of your foot. Massaging those areas will help you feel less fatigued.
  12. Go for a morning run. This will increase your energy levels and endorphins. It also helps you to get the needed sunlight!
  13. Use peppermint toothpaste. The scent of peppermint helps you to feel alert and focused.

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Tips

  • When you first get up, force yourself to get up, and go into the bathroom and splash cold water on your face. This will awaken you so that you are not tempted to go back to sleep.
  • As soon as you get up, stretch, and then grab your phone, iPod, iPad anything that you have that can play music. Play some music that is upbeat not calm music, calm music will make you more sleepy! Play songs that are fun, and make sure you like them!
  • Stretch and move your body around. Grab your phone, or radio, or anything, and put on music straight away - NOT CALM MUSIC. This will get you in the mood for dancing or singing along, which will get you more awake.
  • Try to have an idea of what you're going to wear the next day that way you never waste time picking out an outfit in the morning. (You could be spending this time sleeping) .
  • Pack your lunch the day before that way you don't waste time in the morning making a sandwich, or just not making lunch at all because you were too tired or rushed.
  • Here are some useful links to waking up early: Sleepnet and Howtowakeupearly.
  • Even if you don't have any big plans for the day, try to keep your daily routine. This will make it easier after the weekend is over to wake up.

Warnings

  • Always have a backup plan for waking up. For example, for the first couple days make sure one of your parents is available at that time to wake you up in case you don't.
  • These steps may not work for you, but they are worth a shot.
  • Do not fall back asleep after pressing the snooze button, and don't tell yourself that you have five more minutes.
  • Make sure you have enough time to complete all of these steps.

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