Comments on: Wake Me Up Before You Go Go

By: Brandon

Brandon — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:18:07 +0000

my bad lol

By: Brandon

Brandon — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:14:29 +0000

I'm in the Army and have to get up every morning at 0515. I am okay with this considering I have always been more or less a morning person. I don’t know if it’s something you can teach yourself to become as much as it is something you just do naturally. Being a good morning person has allot to do with your internal clock keeping good time. I find if and when I wake up just before my alarm goes off every morning I’m far more awake and chipper then if I wait for it to go off. How do I do this I’m not sure but I think it might have something to do with willing yourself to wake up when the time is right. Like something in your sub conches saying get up you Well Have to run to PT Hope this helped.I'm in the Army and have to get up every morning at 0515. I am okay with this considering I have always been more or less a morning person. I don’t know if it’s something you can teach yourself to become as much as it is something you just do naturally. Being a good morning person has allot to do with your internal clock keeping good time. I find if and when I wake up just before my alarm goes off every morning I’m far more awake and chipper then if I wait for it to go off. How do I do this I’m not sure but I think it might have something to do with willing yourself to wake up when the time is right. Like something in your sub conches saying get up you Well Have to run to PT Hope this helped.

By: Jenna Maria

Jenna Maria — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:10:03 +0000

As someone who has to be teaching at 7:07am, getting up early isn't an option for me. I am not a natural morning person, but have begun to make a habit of it, even on the weekends.
I think that the gradual wave of one week at 10, the next at 9, etc. might be effective. A coffee pot with an automatic timer is wonderful. Placing it within reach of your bed is even better. (I've not had to do that, but why not? It's all right there in reach! I may start.)
I also have an alarm in the TV which is set to go off at 5am. The weather/news comes on and I'll get up just to shut it off. BUT, if I didn't have to, I'd enjoy the time to just relax!

It is great to be finished with work by 2pm every day. I then can do what I wish with my afternoon and evening. Maybe just one or two days of early rising a week would give you a few early end times. I would sleep in if I could though too!

By: diane

diane — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 11:23:35 +0000

I agree with Katie that you shouldn't feel guilty and that you *obviously* are very conscientious.

BUT I agree with you that getting up early & getting stuff done can feel great, and I've been training myself to get up about 7.40 (why 7.40? 7.30 is just that bit too early…)

You really have to be determined, and also I make the bed once I'm up, so there's no going back. Terry might not like that so much though…

It's funny cos I haaaaaaaaate going to bed, I find it so so boring, but then in the morning I never want to leave it. But like most things, it's okay once you get used to it.

Another tip is to gradually change the time you get up by 10-15 mins so as not to shock your system too much.
Can be a bit slow, though, and I suspect you might be as patient as I am…

By: Kristabella

Kristabella — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 04:46:38 +0000

I have the same issues. I love how much you can get done if you get up early, but I just can't. Especially on weekends. I want my sleep. And I want a lot of it. And the dishes can sit in the sink for another week.

By: Shinykatie

Shinykatie — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:06:39 +0000

I know for a fact that you're not lazy – you work like a crazy person. But hearing you say that makes me feel better – because I think exactly the same thing about myself. I'm a morning person (if only because I'm rubbish at night), but I just love lounging around in bed and I really struggle to get up.

I've got one of those wakeup lights, and that really helps to make getting out of bed less traumatic. Plus, you wake up naturally and can lie there dozing for a bit.

But, speaking as someone who felt guilty every day as a freelancer and who now has to haul her arse out of bed every day to go into the office, I have to tell you to stop worrying about it and enjoy your freedom! I really wish I had! You get twice as much done working at home anyway, so you're entitled to loaf about a bit if you feel like it.

Here endeth the sermon!

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:31:36 +0000

I wake up earlier than I need to because I find that I'm more productive in the morning. Those dirty dishes from dinner last night that I was too lazy to wash? Done! Take the trash out? Piece of cake! Now I need to see about working out in the morning, though that may be a bit much to ask of myself!

By: Mel

Mel — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:27:45 +0000

I am no good at getting up and also no good at staying up. I don't feel like a person until at least three hours after I get up. I hate it, but as yet haven't found any way to fix it.

By: Hayley

Hayley — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:11:16 +0000

There's an alarm clock at Uncommon Goods that I have been thinking would be great if I couldn't get up in the morning. Unfortunately for me, once the alarm goes off, I can never get back to sleep. But it might work for you. Here's a link to the actual clock. http://www.uncommongoods.com/item/item.jsp?itemId... After you hit the snooze once, when it goes off again, it will roll off the nightstand or wherever it is and keep going until you find it and shut it off.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:31:36 +0000

I'm actually a morning person too. Sorry, not trying to rub it in I think Toni is right. You either are or you're not. But on the downside I'm falling asleep by 9.00 in the evening and that's not so good. Oh god I love the Folk of the Faraway Tree too. The bit where the Angry Pixie throws the ink over Connie . . . ha ha.