5 Tips to Wake Up Early Fast and Love It Too

Wake Up Early Quick & Fast?

Getting up early is one of the key aspects of a successful life and is now believed to be more important to our health than diet and exercise. But how do you avoid the ‘snooze the alarm’ button and wake up early to face the day like a warrior? 

Don’t worry, because, in today’s article, I will give you five tips on how to wake up early and more importantly how to love it. 

1. Have Something Exciting To Wake Up Early

The easiest and most important step in this list is to have something exciting to wake up for. Do you remember being a kid waking up at 5:00 AM on your birthday? So excited to open those presents. You didn’t even need an alarm clock. Try having something exciting to wake up for. Anything you are passionate about or inspires you. 

Maybe it’s a steaming hot cup of delicious Joe or a chapter of your favorite book or perhaps a healthy yummy breakfast and a little time doing something you’ve always wanted. Learning to play the guitar or drawing a couple of pages in a sketchbook. We all live busy lives and people tend to socialize in the evenings so doing the important things early on in the day is the best way to make sure you get the stuff done. 

There’s a famous quote “Always have a goal that motivates you to jump out of the bed every single morning.”

Motivation is key and keeping a list of reasons why you want to get up early is a great way to keep motivated. Let me give you my example. I love to play soccer and have a workout to stay fit. And it is something that motivates me. So to get up early, I always schedule a morning soccer practice session or just a short fitness workout. Believe me, I don’t even need an alarm clock. 

2. Go to Bed Early

The next step is to get to bed early at night. For the first night of your new routine, don’t worry about this so much. You’ll be so tired from waking up much earlier than usual that you’ll naturally want to go to sleep a few hours earlier. 

It might feel strange going to bed earlier every night when you are used to staying up indulging in a Netflix binge but after a couple of days, it will become your normal bedtime routine. 

Sleeping seven to nine hours a night is necessary. So make sure you’re getting into bed at least eight hours before your alarm goes off and a little more if you are going to read which brings us to our next step.  

3. Establish a Bedtime Routine

When you create a set of habits, you can essentially let your brain run on autopilot. You don’t even have to think about what time to go to bed or what to eat for dinner. Try something like taking a hot bath, brushing your teeth, and then getting into bed and reading a book for some time.

Your brain will start to recognize these cues and realize that it’s now time to shut down and go to sleep. Turn off your screens an hour before you sleep as the blue light from smartphones and laptops will trick your brain into thinking it’s daytime. With this, you will easily wake up early in the morning.

4. Make Yourself Tired

Your mind needs to relax at bedtime but so does your body. Most people find if they don’t move around during the day. They have extra energy that needs to be released. 

It can be something as easy as a half-hour walk but if you want to conch as soon as you hit the pillow, a high-intensity workout will do the trick. 

Cardio or resistance activity is fine. Anything that tires you out but just make sure it’s not too close to your bedtime. You don’t want to get into bed feeling punked. 

5. Set Up Your Bedroom For Quality Sleep

The last one is setting up your room for quality and interrupted sleep. A cool, dark, quiet room is key here. If you live near a busy road and are traveling, wear earplugs. Blackout curtains are best for keeping the room dark but if that isn’t possible, an eye mask will do the trick. 

You want your room to be cool too so make sure your heating turns off an hour or so before you go to sleep or your AC is on if it’s summertime.

These tips in combination will make you wake up early feeling as fresh as a daisy.