Waking Up To Your Alarm Before You "Have To"

Mind is All

If you prefer to sleep until the latest time possible - getting up with just enough breathing room for you to get dressed and head out for work - chances are pretty good that you are able to get up to your alarm without much problem, as you will know the moment that you hear your alarm that you absolutely have to get up! On the other hand, it can sometimes be difficult to bring yourself to get up when you hear that alarm go off if you like to start out your day by being productive by getting up before you "have to."

One of the best ways to help yourself get up before you "have to" is to download an app on your phone such as the Sleep Cycle app; this app (and others like it) function by waking you up when you are at your lightest state of sleep - which is beneficial, because you will feel less tired when you are woken up at this point in your sleep.

People also have a tendency to lie in bed when their alarm goes off before they "have to" get up, talking their body into staying right there; practice getting out of bed right away (perhaps going to the bathroom to rinse your face and brush your teeth) and worry about "waking up" after that!

And finally, getting out of bed before you have to often comes down to "choosing" to discipline yourself and do so, and the best time to settle on making this choice is before you go to bed, deciding that you are going to get up the next morning (focusing on one morning at a time!) and not worry about whether you want more sleep.

Some people are still unable to get up when they want to even in spite of all these steps (and if this is the case for you, it might be best to simply try staying up a bit later and being productive then), but for most people, these steps are enough to help them get up before they have to!