tell me how to get up in the morning! I'm struggling here.

[thebamker]

Anyone else just not able to get the fuck out of bed?  I have important shit to do, and I give myself a pep-talk before bed.

Suddenly, when the alarm goes off, all my important shit is just "eh, I'm sure I'll get it done".  ugh!

tips, tricks, kicks in the ass?

The worst part is that I could be making $125 more per week if I could just get to work at the right time.  in case you don't feel like doing the math... it's $6000/year.

what is wrong with me?

[Deleted]

I'm up at 4:30 every morning but I don't really have any tips. If its not a crying baby that gets me out of bed, it the train I have to catch. It leaves whether I'm on it or not.

You could get that alarm clock that runs around your room?

[Deleted]

I have the same problem. I am NOT a morning person.

Go to bed earlier?
Have everything done the night before so you can just roll out of bed?

That's all I got. I do those things and I still can't get my ass out of bed...

[eddy]

Maybe you need more PROTEIN.

Go to bed earlier?

Have a yummy treat waiting for you once you get out of bed?

[poppyseed]

Ugh, I'm in the same boat. In the last month or so, I just CANNOT get up on time. I used to get up and exercise before work and was on time every day. Now? I leave the house late so I hit the worst part of morning and it just throws my day off from the start.

Is it because it stays darker later now?

[pantsparty]

How much additional sleep are you getting by ignoring your alarm?

[picaflora]

I struggle with this too ALL.THE.TIME. Some things to try - make sure you're getting enough sleep. Does going to bed a little earlier make a difference?

Move your alarm clock to the other side of the room. That way you HAVE to get up to turn it off, and are less likely to hit snooze. The more difficult it is to shut it up, the better. You could even set multiple LOUD alarms in other rooms to go off within a couple minutes of each other. That way if you DO hit snooze and go back to bed - you'll have to get up and go further from the bed to turn them off.

If coffee motivates you in the morning, set it to come on just before you get up. Bonus points if you'll be able to smell it brewing.

[Deleted]

This would likely interfere with your bangin bod but I know I would be more motivated to get out of bed if I had something amazing for breakfast planned. Like, cinnamon buns with frosting, for example.

lol

[shopgirl07]

Do you get paid hourly?

I've always had a really hard time getting up. It's better now that I have a dog who doesn't let me stay in bed very late.

I wouldn't try to get up earlier so I could get chores or anything like that done. try to change your mindset that you HAVE to be to work at x time and plan accordingly.

[thebamker]

Oct 30, 2013 8:47:45 GMT -5 pantsparty said:

How much additional sleep are you getting by ignoring your alarm?

an hour(ish)

[joenali]

Coconut oil??

[greenapple]

My friend was just telling my about an app he started using It's an alarm but it won't turn off until you answer 3 math or word problems. The problems are pretty simple. It's designed to make you alert faster I guess. He doesn't go to work until noon but made it a goal to be up by 8am each day for the gym and errands. It worked for him.

I also agree about prepping everything you possibly can the night before. I used to think I was good with 6 hours sleep. I was an absolute beast in the mornings and it felt like sheer torture to get up. Turns out I am no longer 20 and I need 8 hours sleep. Are you getting enough rest?

[Deleted]

Use the extra $125 per week as fun money.

Walla.

[chedominique]

I'm in this boat too, lol. Could you try setting your clock 15-30 60 minutes ahead? My Mom does this to trick herself into thinking the time is later than it actually is.

I agree with the going to bed early too.

[joenali]

Oct 30, 2013 8:49:44 GMT -5 thebamker said:

Oct 30, 2013 8:47:45 GMT -5 pantsparty said:

How much additional sleep are you getting by ignoring your alarm?

an hour(ish)

Is it good sleep though, or restless sleep?

What about getting up an hour or 45 minutes earlier, stay in your jammies, have coffee, some breakfast and watch a little tv? That helps me ease into my day without that panicky feeling.

[luckyval]

Go to bed earlier and set your alarm earlier. I am notorious for hitting the snooze button 2-3 times.

[speckledfrog]

I know it sounds stupid, but just do it. If it were something you absolutely had to do or something you really wanted to do you would just get up. So, just get up. Don't hit the snooze, sit up and put your feet on the floor and start moving.

[wambam]

I put my phone (alarm) so that I have to get out of bed to turn it off. Then I pee immediately. Walking around makes me far less likely to get back in bed.

[sparkythelawyer]

I have found it has nothing to do with when I go to bed or what time I tell myself to go to bed. It is the comfyness and sleepyness of my nice warm bed in my nice dark room. It sucks.

What has helped me was creating a reward chart. Every day that I get out of bed on time, get in the shower on time, finish getting ready at home so I stop putting my makeup on in the car and make it to work on time I check the appropriate boxes. After four weeks of checked boxes, I buy myself a small prize, like a pedicure :-). I'm on month two now, and still doing pretty well for the most part.

[saucyc]

I second putting your alarm clock across the room so you have to get up to shut it off.

Or, I could send you my one year old, she is a champ at making sure I wake up at 5am on the nose every day.

[sparkythelawyer]

Also, my friend puts her coffee pot in the bedroom on a timer, so it starts brewing when the alarm goes off. The smell of coffee will get you up and moving :-)

[toepick]

The extra sleep you get after your alarm first goes off is worse than no sleep. I think you need to go to bed earlier, and set the alarm for what time you actually need to get up to be at work on time. No snooze at all. Also, have everything ready to go the night before to minimize the time you need in the morning.

"Not only do we delay the start of our days, but we compromise the very sleep we are trying to steal. The healthy, continuous sleep cycles we need are thoroughly disrupted by the snooze. When we hear the first sound of the alarm, our bodies release adrenaline and cortisol, hormones that wake us, interrupting our natural sleep cycle to make us alert.

Surrendering to the temptation of the snooze erases that hormonal surge: our bodies try to reenter the deeper periods of sleep. Only those restorative levels of sleep take a lot longer than nine minutes to enter, so every snooze confuses our bodies even more. We think three or four snoozes are the equivalent of an extra 30 or 40 minutes of rest, but the patchy, interrupted sleep of snooze is worse than no sleep at all. Instead of the natural sleeping then waking, the snooze drags us into unhealthy, unsatisfying fits of trying to sleep and trying to rise, but failing to do either."

www.psmag.com/health/devil-snooze-button-sleeping-sleep-morning-68787/

[casarosada]

Oct 30, 2013 8:59:37 GMT -5 kevin arnold said:

Can you go to bed an hour earlier?

I have one of those light-up alarm clocks, and it really does make getting out of bed easier when it's long before sunrise.

Can you give yourself something enjoyable to do first thing, before you start getting ready for work? A stretching/yoga DVD? Just some time to sip your coffee and relax and watch the morning news or listen to some music?

Do you drink coffee? A programmable coffee maker is awesome. I love having fresh coffee ready the second I get out of bed.

For me, having morning rituals and routines that I enjoy, that I can take my time with and ease into the day is really helpful. When all you have to look forward to when you get out of be is showering and leaving for work, then that's not very motivating.

Which light up alarm clock do you have? I was just looking at these on amazon yesterday and couldn't decide if it was worth it or not.

[AHappierHour]

Oct 30, 2013 8:56:32 GMT -5 speckledfrog said:

I know it sounds stupid, but just do it. If it were something you absolutely had to do or something you really wanted to do you would just get up. So, just get up. Don't hit the snooze, sit up and put your feet on the floor and start moving.

[br
I agree with this. After a few weeks your body will have adjusted and it won't be so bad.

[Deleted]

Oct 30, 2013 8:46:24 GMT -5 calamity said:

I have the same problem. I am NOT a morning person.

Go to bed earlier?
Have everything done the night before so you can just roll out of bed?

That's all I got. I do those things and I still can't get my ass out of bed...

Ya I suck at getting out of bed. Thank God my husband is a morning person.  Otherwise I would be that crazed lunatic mom running to the busstop in her pajamas with the kids lunches half made

[winnied]

Couple options:

If you're legitimately tired when your alarm goes off, go to bed earlier. It'll take a few weeks for you to get into the right pattern.

If you just need more time to ease into the day, get up and take a shower immediately. That will help wake you up and then enjoy coffee, read the news, etc.

[isabel]

What time are you going to bed/getting up? What are you doing in the couple of hours before you go to bed?

It sounds like part of your problem is just not wanting to wake up, but there could also be something going on with your sleep patterns. All light (anything not from the sun) triggers the brain to think you need to be awake. This is especially true of the light given off by tv and cell phones. At least an hour before bed, make sure you have shut off all electronics. My recommendation is to create a nightly ritual, which should help your body realize it's time to sleep. If bed time is 11pm, you should get ready for bed around 9:45. Maybe consider having hot tea if you're into that kind of thing, then spend an hour in bed reading. If you feel yourself start to drift off early, close the book and go to sleep. You need to teach your body to recognize the cues for sleep. If you make this a habit, your body should adjust and learn that getting in bed to read means going to sleep.

[casarosada]

Oct 30, 2013 9:07:32 GMT -5 kevin arnold said:

Oct 30, 2013 9:06:14 GMT -5 casarosada said:

Which light up alarm clock do you have? I was just looking at these on amazon yesterday and couldn't decide if it was worth it or not.

The Philips one that looks like a big white cone. It was like $70, and so worth it.

This one?
Are you able to set it so just the light comes on and not the actual alarm (radio or beeping noise?)
Hm. I think I might have to add this to my Christmas list. :-)

[Deleted]

I struggle with getting up the mornings after I workout. I wrote down a schedule for my morning to keep me on track. It helps me to know I only have a limited amount of time for each task. Once I write something down, I feel compelled to stick to it.

[sharknado]

I can't get out of bed either. I co-sleep with my 8 month old. Who wants to get out of bed when you are snuggled to a sweet sleeping baby?