How To Wake Up Early In the Morning. Let’s See.
Try these 5 habits for focus, peace, and productivity.
If you have ever setup an alarm with big dreams to becoming that person productive, peaceful, ahead of the world and there hit snooze button six times before waking up. Then let’s check out how you can wake up early in the morning. Waking up early sounds amazing in theory you have probably heard that athletes, monks everyone who is successful wakes up early.
But how do you actually do it? Let’s see some simple but powerful system to make you awake early in the morning, and make it up as a habit, even if you are not a morning person.
Step 1 :-
Let’s start with why do you want to wake up early, because it’s just to follow a trend then it won’t last. But if it’s to write a book, workout in peace, and finally have some time for you, now that’s the reason that can pull you out of your slumber. That’s the emotional reason. Now let’s get to the practical shift that makes getting up early doable and I would recommend you to try it this tonight itself.
Step 2 :-
The reverse alarm technique most people don’t realize that waking up early start the night before, that is if you sleep early only then you can wake up early. So set a reverse alarm at least one hour before your ideal sleep time. Let’s say 9:00 p.m. when a alarm rings that is sign to wind down put your phone away dim the lights, do something calm like reading, journaling, or light stretch’s, this helps your brain disconnect and prepare for body to sleep deeper and faster. Step two is about training your body.
Step 3 :-
Now, step 3 let’s train your brain. With one simple trick that remove the struggle from early wake up. Step 3, is about anchoring your morning to be something you love, setting your alarm clock alone will not get you out of your bed, motivation alone is also not enough. You need a reward to wake up at early morning everyday. Think about it, children wake up early when there is a school trip.
Why? not because they slept well, but because it is something exciting they are waiting for. So what’s your morning happiness reason that will make you up at early in the morning. Here are some double anchoring, you can try handful of herbal tea in the morning while city is sleep, 15 minutes of your favorite podcast without interruption, lighting incense or candle and journaling a single thought that been on your mind, a quick watercolor sketch even if you are not an artist, it is meditative dancing to your comfort songs for 3 minutes, going to gym and building good physic. The point is making your morning feel like a treat but not a task.
Step 4 :-
Step 4 is to use sleep loop technique. In this technique instead of forcing yourself out of bed with the carrying alarm condition. Let your brain to get associated with a specific sound with waking up peacefully, and consistently. Here is what you have to do pick up calming, but uplifting sound by like Birds sounds, flute, Ocean sound or a specific instrumental track set make it as wake up tone. Everyday as soon as it plays do the same sequence sit up, smile, yes even fake it, stretch your arms overhead this create a loop habit, sound action state of alertness. Overtime you are brain will respond to this, look automatically you will wake up smoother with less resistance. Train your brain to wake up early in the morning without any motivation with just few loops.
Step 5 :-
Step 5 is to created 20 minute no input zone. Make the first 20 minutes of your morning a sacred free, and distraction free, no phone, no news, no WhatsApp, no checking whether, or email. Just yourself, body, breath and your mind. Here a simple no input zone sequence, splash cold water on your face breathe deeply for 1 minute, sit in silence or stretch, drink water or your favorite morning drink, please give the brain time to wake up on your own terms. Without hijacking the people energy before the world force into you give yourself a moment to fill your own cup.
Think of it as a natural internal wake up call. Here, is the truth waking up early in the morning isn’t about discipline. It is about how you design your plan to wake up early in the morning. Everyday you don’t have to force yourself you just have to set up the right signals to protect your nights and build morning, that makes you feel to wake up. Start small wake up, 20 minutes earlier this week. Layer it on habit at a time before you know it you will wake up like one of those people wake up early morning everyday.
