How does one become a "morning person?"

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  • EmpireBusiness
    EmpireBusiness Posts: 333 Member
    Everyone I've known who got into the habit of getting up earlier actually likes it better, and feels it's a much more productive day.

    It definitely a habit.

    And once you've got it, getting up late makes you feel like you've missed part of the day...

    Exactly. It's 7:48 and I've already ran 5km, put a roast in the oven, started laundry and am doing homework. If I got up at 8 and stayed up late, I'd be watching tv instead and getting takeout because I don't want to bother cooking lol.
  • AKosky585
    AKosky585 Posts: 607 Member
    I don't know the answer to this, really... for the last year, I have had to be at work by 5am, therefore I have had to get up by 4. I am still not used to it and still want to hit snooze and sleep my way through the morning most days. Because I have no choice though, I just deal with it. My problem is that I am just not tired before 10 at night, and if I even TRY to go to sleep earlier, I just lay in bed awake with a million thoughts on my mind, I get reenergized, then am up all night *sigh*

    Good luck! I hope you find something that works for you.
  • PhearlessPhreaks
    PhearlessPhreaks Posts: 890 Member
    You need to go to bed earlier. I'm naturally a late night person but when I have to get up at 7am (early for me), I get to bed at 11pm.
    It takes practice. I was never a morning person, loved staying up late and sleeping in. Once I had kids that all went out the window and then once I started running I got up even earlier to be up before the kids. You just keep doing it until it becomes normal. Go to bed earlier. Set your coffee pot to have coffee ready for you when you wake up. There is something really magical about being awake and out when the sun comes up, I love it. Early morning is now my favorite part of the day.

    This- go to bed earlier and make it a routine- no matter what time you go to bed, get up at the same time. You'll adapt and mornings won't be so horrible. (I like being up before the kids too, just to enjoy coffee and read the news in peace!) :smile:

    ETA: if you have difficulty falling asleep at an earlier time, try taking melatonin, or valerian root in some tea.
  • EmpireBusiness
    EmpireBusiness Posts: 333 Member
    You need to go to bed earlier. I'm naturally a late night person but when I have to get up at 7am (early for me), I get to bed at 11pm.
    It takes practice. I was never a morning person, loved staying up late and sleeping in. Once I had kids that all went out the window and then once I started running I got up even earlier to be up before the kids. You just keep doing it until it becomes normal. Go to bed earlier. Set your coffee pot to have coffee ready for you when you wake up. There is something really magical about being awake and out when the sun comes up, I love it. Early morning is now my favorite part of the day.

    This- go to bed earlier and make it a routine- no matter what time you go to bed, get up at the same time. You'll adapt and mornings won't be so horrible. (I like being up before the kids too, just to enjoy coffee and read the news in peace!) :smile:

    ETA: if you have difficulty falling asleep at an earlier time, try taking melatonin, or valerian root in some tea.

    Your ETA gave me a flashback.

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  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
    You have to be born one. Otherwise, alarm clock.
  • gypsy_spirit
    gypsy_spirit Posts: 2,107 Member
    You have to be born one. Otherwise, alarm clock.

    Agree. Also, although I love Jim Carey in a bikini - that breakfast is drool worthy!
  • RabbitLost
    RabbitLost Posts: 333 Member
    Habit and caffeine.

    Two and a half years ago, I started waking at 4:30 so I could work out. It was the only way to fit in my schedule. Before that, it was no uncommon for me to go not bed after 2 in the morning. After a month or so of struggling, I adapted. Now, I am usually up by 6 with no alarm.

    Also - think about the prize. It sounds like you will graduate ahead of schedule. That can only be good and totally worth whatever you have to do for a few months.
  • kadsmaller
    kadsmaller Posts: 85 Member
    For me personally you don't!

    There are two types of people in this world:

    1) morning people

    2) people who want to shoot morning people

    I am of the latter.

    Happy hunting - said as duck down, I am up every day at 4:00 a.m. It is a stretch for me to sleep past 5:30 a.m.. People view me has happy, bouncy, cheery and all-around well balanced. These same people do not see me wiltering at 3:00 p.m., and almost mean by 5:00 p.m. I love mornings and yet...I would love to see how the other half lives. I do believe as one poster wrote that it is about changing your habits to make it become a part of you. It doesn't mean that you will ever "be" a "morning-person" (agreeable to it). It simply may be that you've adjusted to the mornings in a way to get done all that you need to do through out your day.
  • George_Baileys_Ghost
    George_Baileys_Ghost Posts: 1,524 Member
    Depends on what you mean by morning person. If it's just someone who automatically wakes up early, then yeah, that can be a learned habit. Regardless of when I go to bed, I've been waking up between 5:30 and 6 daily without an alarm clock for a couple of years now. (sometimes earlier) I learned this by habitually going to bed around 9 or 9:30 every evening, and waking up with an alarm clock for a year or so.

    If you mean someone who feels good and functions at the top of their game in the morning...I'm pretty sure that is innate. No matter when I go to bed, I feel like crap when I wake up, usually. I feel more alert and productive at night.

    If you're a night person, you can train yourself to wake up early, but at some point, every day starts feeling like:
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  • SunofaBeach14
    SunofaBeach14 Posts: 4,899 Member
    It's 9:15 on a Sunday. Why in god's name is everyone talking so loudly!? Zzzzzzz
  • supnicole
    supnicole Posts: 23 Member
    A ketogenic diet. Before, I'd need like 10 hours of sleep to function and then feel tired by like 4pm. Ever since I cut carbs, I'll go to bed at like 1am and wake up at 7 every morning, without an alarm, feeling refreshed, awake, and ready to go. I'm literally NEVER tired.
  • kenthepainter
    kenthepainter Posts: 195 Member
    Get up early, just remember to go to bed early also !
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    ETA: if you have difficulty falling asleep at an earlier time, try taking melatonin, or valerian root in some tea.

    Benadryl works crackerjack.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    A ketogenic diet. Before, I'd need like 10 hours of sleep to function and then feel tired by like 4pm. Ever since I cut carbs, I'll go to bed at like 1am and wake up at 7 every morning, without an alarm, feeling refreshed, awake, and ready to go. I'm literally NEVER tired.

    No.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Have kids.

    Alternatively, go to bed by 9-10pm.

    :laugh: :laugh:

    Pretty much.

    I had a job I had to wake up at 5am for, I ended up going to bed by 9pm most nights. It sucked at first but after a few days, I had no problem going to bed that early and it just fell in place really. It's just a question of habit, although 5am is still too early for me.

    Alternatively, just do what someone said, put your alarm clock 15 minutes earlier every 3 days to transition slowly.
  • dakotababy
    dakotababy Posts: 2,407 Member
    morn..ing?? I did not know time existed before 12pm.
  • Khatastrophic
    Khatastrophic Posts: 81 Member
    Have kids.

    Alternatively, go to bed by 9-10pm.

    Or borrow my kid! She'll have you up and making her breakfast by 6am.. Every.. Day... *yawn*
  • konerusp
    konerusp Posts: 247 Member
    This is an Ayurvedic way to become a morning person,I was like you before until I changed certain things in my daily routine.Simple life style changes that will make a difference.

    1.For the first week get to bed by 9PM or 10PM latest,no later than that.
    2.Set an alarm for 6:AM and force yourself out of sleep for that week.The body usually slips into a secondary sleep at this time,if you give in to this you will end up lethargic all day.
    3.Following week you will see that you are waking up at 6AM naturally,but would want to go back to sleep which should be avoided.

    Slowly you will find yourself having more energy through the day and not feeling lethargic,I dont even need coffee or any form of caffeine by following this.After I wake up i have a big glass of warm water or ginger tea(caffeine free) or lemon tea(caffeine free) without any sugar.Other things that will help are:Do not sleep during the day,limit sugars,eat at least 3 hours before bed.
  • aliakynes
    aliakynes Posts: 352 Member
    Try this bedtime calculator: http://sleepyti.me/wake/

    Enter what time you'll likely fall asleep and it will give you the best times to wake up (times you are likely in "light sleep" and are more easily awakened).
  • lisalsd1
    lisalsd1 Posts: 1,519 Member
    My husband (not a a morning person) has become a morning person. I'm a morning person; and after living together for 12 years...he's been forced to become a morning person.

    Coffee. Going to bed by 10 at the latest during the week. Maintaining the same schedule during the weekend (maybe stay up an extra hour and sleep-in maybe an extra hour at max). Not hitting snooze a million times, just get-up and go. Leaving the house as soon as possible...he goes straight to the gym in the morning (no shower at home, no b'fast at home).

    He says that he starts to crash around 2pm (don't drink anymore coffee)...he has a snack (usually almonds/nuts).

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