How many people justify their nocturnal lifestyle with some mythical properties of the body. They say I'm an owl, and my body is designed so that I can't get up early, but at night I'm very energetic. Have you ever wondered why, for example, there are no owls or larks in the army? Yes, because there is a regime! And with him, all people are people, and not birds at all.
Staying awake early in the morning or in the afternoon is just a force of habit. It is this lady who makes us take her instructions for personal desires. For the first time I felt it when I refused to add sugar to tea. The once-beloved sweet drink suddenly became completely tasteless. A month after the start of my experiment, I decided to add sugar to tea and was surprised to find that such a drink no longer seemed delicious to me.
If you went to bed late, then getting up early is out of the question. A vicious circle.
The same is the case with sleep. At first I got up at 8 o'clock in the morning. When my working day began to depend only on me, I was happy. I could sleep until 10. Then, somehow imperceptibly, my working day started at 11, then at 12 o'clock in the afternoon. And so I started getting up at 3 o'clock. The later I got up, the harder it was to fall asleep early, so the bedtime shifted every time. And if you went to bed late, then getting up early is out of the question. A vicious circle. That's how people mutate into owls.
The moment came when I received an offer to host a morning show. This meant that I had to get up at 4:30 in the morning. Of course, I could not refuse such a tempting offer. I had two months to change my regime. Every day I tried to get up a little earlier than the previous one. At first it was difficult — every morning I was ready to give up this idea. But the motivation was very high.
First rule: to get up earlier, you need to go to bed earlier.
Ah, what a difficult task it is! It can be even harder to lie down earlier than it is to get up earlier. Don't wait until you feel sleepy. Go to bed at the same time.
It will be difficult to fall asleep at first. Use some tricks.
The second rule: the first 5 minutes after waking up are very important, make them as comfortable as possible for yourself.
The third rule: bright colors and cheerful smells should become your faithful companions every morning.
Hang bright curtains in the kitchen, buy bright dishes. I made a pomander, which now hangs in my kitchen. This is a fragrant ball that fills the room with fragrance. The simplest pomander, which is very suitable for waking up in the morning, is made from citrus fruits. We take an orange, tangerine or lemon, pierce it with a sharp stick and rub it with cinnamon powder. We stick clove seeds into the holes. The finished "device" is removed to a warm place for 1.5–2 weeks. After this time, we tie a beautiful ribbon and hang it in the kitchen. Citrus pomander will delight with its aromas for about six months.
And be sure before you decide to start getting up earlier, decide for yourself why you need it. The Life Hacker has repeatedly talked about the power of motivation. But if there is not enough motivation, adopt alarm clocks-shredders. You put a couple of hundred rubles in the alarm clock, and if you don't get up at the appointed time in the morning, the alarm clock cuts the bills into small pieces.
